'''
Script to convert from MPAS netCDF format to the Triangle format:
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.node.html
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~quake/triangle.ele.html
Only works for planar meshes.
'''
from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, \
unicode_literals
import sys
from netCDF4 import Dataset as NetCDFFile
from optparse import OptionParser
[docs]def mpas_to_triangle(mpasfile, trifile):
fin = NetCDFFile(options.mpasfile, 'r')
if fin.on_a_sphere == "YES":
sys.abort("ERROR: This script only works for planar meshes!")
if len(fin.dimensions['vertexDegree']) != 3:
sys.abort("ERROR: This script only works for vertexDegree of 3!")
nCells = len(fin.dimensions['nCells'])
nVertices = len(fin.dimensions['nVertices'])
xCell = fin.variables['xCell'][:]
yCell = fin.variables['yCell'][:]
ConC = fin.variables['cellsOnCell'][:]
nConC = fin.variables['nEdgesOnCell'][:]
ConV = fin.variables['cellsOnVertex'][:]
# create node file
fnode = open(options.trifile + ".node", 'w')
# write node file header: First line: <# of vertices> <dimension (must
# be 2)> <# of attributes> <# of boundary markers (0 or 1)>
fnode.write("{:d} 2 0 1\n".format(nCells))
# Remaining lines: <vertex #> <x> <y> [attributes] [boundary marker]
for i in range(nCells):
if ConC[i, 0:nConC[i]].min() == 0:
isBdy = 1
else:
isBdy = 0
fnode.write(
"{:d} {:f} {:f} {:d}\n".format(
i + 1,
xCell[i],
yCell[i],
isBdy))
fnode.write("# Generated from MPAS file: {}\n".format(options.mpasfile))
fnode.close()
# create ele file
fele = open(options.trifile + ".ele", "w")
# calculate number of non-degenerate triangles
numtri = 0
for i in range(nVertices):
if ConV[i, :].min() > 0:
numtri += 1
# write ele file header: First line: <# of triangles> <nodes per
# triangle> <# of attributes>
fele.write("{:d} 3 0\n".format(numtri))
# Remaining lines: <triangle #> <node> <node> <node> ... [attributes]
cnt = 0
for i in range(nVertices):
# write non-generate triangles only
if ConV[i, :].min() > 0:
cnt += 1
fele.write("{:d} {:d} {:d} {:d}\n".format(
cnt, ConV[i, 0], ConV[i, 1], ConV[i, 2]))
fele.write("# Generated from MPAS file: {}\n".format(options.mpasfile))
fele.close()
fin.close()
print("Conversion complete.")
def main():
parser = OptionParser()
parser.add_option(
"-m",
"--mpas",
dest="mpasfile",
help="input MPAS netCDF file.",
metavar="FILE")
parser.add_option(
"-t",
"--triangle",
dest="trifile",
help="output file name template to be in triangle format (FILE.1.node,"
" FILE.1.ele).",
metavar="FILE")
options, args = parser.parse_args()
if not options.mpasfile:
parser.error("An input MPAS file is required.")
if not options.trifile:
parser.error("A output Triangle format file name is required.")
mpas_to_triangle(mpasfile=options.mpasfile, trifile=options.trifile)