pygadgetic

Create Gadget initial condition file with Python.

Installation

• Download the package or clone the repository
• run the following command from the main pygadgetic directory

python setup.py install

Requirements

• numpy

Cookbook

In order to produce an initial condition file using pygadgetic, you need to follow the following steps:

• put at the top of your script:

import pygadgetic

• create a header and a body object.
• fill in the objects with your own code.
• call dump_ic() function to produce the initial condition file (currently inly the binary type 1 format is supported).

You can also have a look at the example.py for an example of how to produce such a file.