# discretisedfield
[Marijan Beg](https://github.com/marijanbeg)<sup>1,2</sup>, [Martin Lang](https://github.com/lang-m)<sup>2</sup>, [Samuel Holt](https://github.com/samjrholt)<sup>2,3</sup>, [Swapneel Amit Pathak](https://github.com/swapneelap)<sup>2,4</sup>, [Ryan A. Pepper](https://github.com/rpep)<sup>5</sup>, and [Hans Fangohr](https://github.com/fangohr)<sup>2,4,6</sup>
<sup>1</sup> *Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK*
<sup>2</sup> *Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK*
<sup>3</sup> *Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK*
<sup>4</sup> *Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany*
<sup>5</sup> *Research Software Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK*
<sup>6</sup> *Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany*
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| Documentation | [](https://ubermag.github.io/documentation/discretisedfield.html) |
| YouTube | [](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7MSqVQSMFV42R1jAYmKGLg) |
| Binder | [](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/ubermag/discretisedfield/latest?urlpath=lab/tree/docs) |
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| License | [](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause) |
| DOI | [](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3539461) |
## About
`discretisedfield` is a Python package, integrated with Jupyter, providing:
- definition of finite-difference regions, meshes, lines, and fields,
- analysis of finite-difference fields,
- visualisation using `matplotlib` and `k3d`, and
- manipulation of different file types (OVF, VTK, and HDF5).
It is available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. It requires Python 3.8+.
## Documentation
APIs and tutorials are available in the documentation. To access the documentation, use the badge in the table above.
## Installation, testing, and upgrade
We recommend installation using `conda` package manager. Instructions can be found in the [documentation](https://ubermag.github.io/installation.html).
## Binder
This package can be used in the cloud via Binder. To access Binder, use the badge in the table above.
## YouTube
YouTube video tutorials are available on the [Ubermag channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7MSqVQSMFV42R1jAYmKGLg).
## Support
If you require support, have questions, want to report a bug, or want to suggest an improvement, please raise an issue in [ubermag/help](https://github.com/ubermag/help) repository.
## Contributions
All contributions are welcome, however small they are. If you would like to contribute, please fork the repository and create a pull request. If you are not sure how to contribute, please contact us by raising an issue in [ubermag/help](https://github.com/ubermag/help) repository, and we are going to help you get started and assist you on the way.
**Contributors**:
- [Thomas Kluyver](https://github.com/takluyver)
- [Sergii Mamedov](https://github.com/sergii-mamedov)
- [Natalie Downing](https://github.com/gamdow)
- [Min RK](https://github.com/minrk)
- [Rebecca Carey](https://github.com/rlc2v07)
## License
Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License. For details, please refer to the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.
## How to cite
1. M. Beg, M. Lang, and H. Fangohr. Ubermag: Towards more effective micromagnetic workflows. [*IEEE Transactions on Magnetics* **58**, 7300205](https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2021.3078896) (2022).
2. M. Beg, R. A. Pepper, and H. Fangohr. User interfaces for computational science: A domain specific language for OOMMF embedded in Python. [*AIP Advances* **7**, 56025](http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.4977225) (2017).
3. Marijan Beg, Martin Lang, Samuel Holt, Swapneel Amit Pathak, Ryan A. Pepper, and Hans Fangohr. discretisedfield: Python package for the analysis and visualisation of finite-difference fields. DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.3539461](http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3539461) (2022).
## Acknowledgements
- [OpenDreamKit](http://opendreamkit.org/) – Horizon 2020 European Research Infrastructure project (676541)
- EPSRC Programme Grant on [Skyrmionics](http://www.skyrmions.ac.uk) (EP/N032128/1)