create_file

pysac.io.gdf_writer.create_file(f, simulation_parameters, grid_dimensions, data_author=None, data_comment=None)

Do all the structral creation of a gdf file.

gdf files should be written in a x,y,z order, please swap them before calling this function!!

Parameters:

gdf_path: string or h5py instance

Filename to save out

simulation_parameters: dict

Key value pairs for attributes to be written to the simulation_parameters group.

grid_dimensions

data_author: (optional) string

Author to write to file

data_comment: (optional) string

A comment to write to file

Returns:

h5py.File instance

Notes

GDF is defined here: https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/grid_data_format/