pyddscat -- A Python interface to DDSCAT

pyddscat is a Python package for interfacing to the popular scattering simulator DDSCAT. pyddscat provides a rich toolset to:

• Create standard DDSCAT scattering targets based on physical (rather than dipole dimensions)
• Construct and visualize complex custom scattering targets
• Manage the job parameters found in the ddscat.par file
• Organize iterative jobs requiring multiple targets or input parameters
• Script job submission to cluster queue managers
• Maintain profiles and defaults for deployment on platforms other than the local machine
• Load, plot and manipulate DDSCAT output tables
• Manage the output from multiple jobs through results collections
• Work with and visualize near field results as multidimensional numpy arrays
• Suitable for interactive or scripted use

Installation

You will need a fortran compiler, e.g.:

mamba install -c conda-forge fortran-compiler

Then clone and install locally with pip:

git clone [email protected]:phokaia/pyddscat.git
cd pyddscat
pip install -e .

Documentation

See phokaia.gitlab.io/pyddscat.

Examples

See the example gallery.

Acknowledgement

This project is based on ScatPy and has been ported to Python 3.