Reading, Writing a MED file using MEDLoader basic APIΒΆ

import MEDLoader as ml
# Mesh creation
targetCoords = [-0.3,-0.3, 0.2,-0.3, 0.7,-0.3, -0.3,0.2, 0.2,0.2, 0.7,0.2, -0.3,0.7, 0.2,0.7, 0.7,0.7 ]
targetConn = [0,3,4,1, 1,4,2, 4,5,2, 6,7,4,3, 7,8,5,4]
targetMesh = ml.MEDCouplingUMesh("MyMesh",2)
targetMesh.allocateCells(5)
targetMesh.insertNextCell(ml.NORM_TRI3,3,targetConn[4:7])
targetMesh.insertNextCell(ml.NORM_TRI3,3,targetConn[7:10])
targetMesh.insertNextCell(ml.NORM_QUAD4,4,targetConn[0:4])
targetMesh.insertNextCell(ml.NORM_QUAD4,4,targetConn[10:14])
targetMesh.insertNextCell(ml.NORM_QUAD4,4,targetConn[14:18])
myCoords = ml.DataArrayDouble(targetCoords,9,2)
myCoords.setInfoOnComponents(["X [km]","YY [mm]"])
targetMesh.setCoords(myCoords)
# Writing mesh only
ml.WriteUMesh("TargetMesh.med",targetMesh,True)  # True means 'from scratch'
# Re-read it and test equality
meshRead = ml.ReadUMeshFromFile("TargetMesh.med",targetMesh.getName(),0)
print "Is the read mesh equal to 'targetMesh' ?", meshRead.isEqual(targetMesh,1e-12)
# Writing a field and its support mesh in one go
f = ml.MEDCouplingFieldDouble.New(ml.ON_CELLS, ml.ONE_TIME)
f.setTime(5.6,7,8)                              # Declare the timestep associated to the field
f.setArray(targetMesh.computeCellCenterOfMass())
f.setMesh(targetMesh)
f.setName("AFieldName")
ml.WriteField("MyFirstField.med",f,True)
# Re-read it ans test equality
f2 = ml.ReadFieldCell("MyFirstField.med", f.getMesh().getName(), 0, f.getName(), 7, 8)
print "Is the read field identical to 'f' ?", f2.isEqual(f,1e-12,1e-12)
# Writing in several steps
ml.WriteUMesh("MySecondField.med",f.getMesh(),True)
ml.WriteFieldUsingAlreadyWrittenMesh("MySecondField.med",f)
# A second field to write
f2 = f.clone(True)         # 'True' means that we need a deep copy
f2.getArray()[:] = 2.0
f2.setTime(7.8,9,10)
ml.WriteFieldUsingAlreadyWrittenMesh("MySecondField.med",f2)
# Re-read and test this two-timestep field
f3 = ml.ReadFieldCell("MySecondField.med",f.getMesh().getName(),0,f.getName(),7,8)
print "Is the field read in file equals to 'f' ?", f.isEqual(f3,1e-12,1e-12)
f4 = ml.ReadFieldCell("MySecondField.med",f.getMesh().getName(),0,f.getName(),9,10)
print "Is the field read in file equals to 'f2' ?", f2.isEqual(f4,1e-12,1e-12)

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