tidy3d.MeshOverrideStructure#

class tidy3d.MeshOverrideStructure#

Bases: tidy3d.components.structure.AbstractStructure

Defines an object that is only used in the process of generating the mesh. A MeshOverrideStructure is a combination of geometry Geometry, grid size along x,y,z directions, and a boolean on whether the override will be enforced.

Parameters
  • geometry (Union[Box, Sphere, Cylinder, PolySlab, GeometryGroup]) – Defines geometric properties of the structure.

  • name (Optional[str] = None) – Optional name for the structure.

  • dl (Tuple[PositiveFloat, PositiveFloat, PositiveFloat]) – [units = um]. Grid size along x, y, z directions.

  • enforce (bool = False) – If True, enforce the grid size setup inside the structure even if the structure is inside a structure of smaller grid size. In the intersection region of multiple structures of enforce=True, grid size is decided by the last added structure of enforce=True.

Example

>>> from tidy3d import Box
>>> box = Box(center=(0,0,1), size=(2, 2, 2))
>>> struct_override = MeshOverrideStructure(geometry=box, dl=(0.1,0.2,0.3), name='override_box')

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{
   "title": "MeshOverrideStructure",
   "description": "Defines an object that is only used in the process of generating the mesh.\nA :class:`MeshOverrideStructure` is a combination of geometry :class:`Geometry`,\ngrid size along x,y,z directions, and a boolean on whether the override\nwill be enforced.\n\nParameters\n----------\ngeometry : Union[Box, Sphere, Cylinder, PolySlab, GeometryGroup]\n    Defines geometric properties of the structure.\nname : Optional[str] = None\n    Optional name for the structure.\ndl : Tuple[PositiveFloat, PositiveFloat, PositiveFloat]\n    [units = um].  Grid size along x, y, z directions.\nenforce : bool = False\n    If ``True``, enforce the grid size setup inside the structure even if the structure is inside a structure of smaller grid size. In the intersection region of multiple structures of ``enforce=True``, grid size is decided by the last added structure of ``enforce=True``.\n\nExample\n-------\n>>> from tidy3d import Box\n>>> box = Box(center=(0,0,1), size=(2, 2, 2))\n>>> struct_override = MeshOverrideStructure(geometry=box, dl=(0.1,0.2,0.3), name='override_box')",
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
      "geometry": {
         "title": "Geometry",
         "description": "Defines geometric properties of the structure.",
         "discriminator": {
            "propertyName": "type",
            "mapping": {
               "Box": "#/definitions/Box",
               "Sphere": "#/definitions/Sphere",
               "Cylinder": "#/definitions/Cylinder",
               "PolySlab": "#/definitions/PolySlab",
               "GeometryGroup": "#/definitions/GeometryGroup"
            }
         },
         "oneOf": [
            {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/Box"
            },
            {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/Sphere"
            },
            {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/Cylinder"
            },
            {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/PolySlab"
            },
            {
               "$ref": "#/definitions/GeometryGroup"
            }
         ]
      },
      "name": {
         "title": "Name",
         "description": "Optional name for the structure.",
         "type": "string"
      },
      "type": {
         "title": "Type",
         "default": "MeshOverrideStructure",
         "enum": [
            "MeshOverrideStructure"
         ],
         "type": "string"
      },
      "dl": {
         "title": "Grid Size",
         "description": "Grid size along x, y, z directions.",
         "units": "um",
         "type": "array",
         "minItems": 3,
         "maxItems": 3,
         "items": [
            {
               "type": "number",
               "exclusiveMinimum": 0
            },
            {
               "type": "number",
               "exclusiveMinimum": 0
            },
            {
               "type": "number",
               "exclusiveMinimum": 0
            }
         ]
      },
      "enforce": {
         "title": "Enforce grid size",
         "description": "If ``True``, enforce the grid size setup inside the structure even if the structure is inside a structure of smaller grid size. In the intersection region of multiple structures of ``enforce=True``, grid size is decided by the last added structure of ``enforce=True``.",
         "default": false,
         "type": "boolean"
      }
   },
   "required": [
      "geometry",
      "dl"
   ],
   "additionalProperties": false,
   "definitions": {
      "Box": {
         "title": "Box",
         "description": "Rectangular prism.\n   Also base class for :class:`Simulation`, :class:`Monitor`, and :class:`Source`.\n\nParameters\n----------\ncenter : Tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)\n    [units = um].  Center of object in x, y, and z.\nsize : Tuple[NonNegativeFloat, NonNegativeFloat, NonNegativeFloat]\n    [units = um].  Size in x, y, and z directions.\n\nExample\n-------\n>>> b = Box(center=(1,2,3), size=(2,2,2))",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
            "type": {
               "title": "Type",
               "default": "Box",
               "enum": [
                  "Box"
               ],
               "type": "string"
            },
            "center": {
               "title": "Center",
               "description": "Center of object in x, y, and z.",
               "default": [
                  0.0,
                  0.0,
                  0.0
               ],
               "units": "um",
               "type": "array",
               "minItems": 3,
               "maxItems": 3,
               "items": [
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  }
               ]
            },
            "size": {
               "title": "Size",
               "description": "Size in x, y, and z directions.",
               "units": "um",
               "type": "array",
               "minItems": 3,
               "maxItems": 3,
               "items": [
                  {
                     "type": "number",
                     "minimum": 0
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number",
                     "minimum": 0
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number",
                     "minimum": 0
                  }
               ]
            }
         },
         "required": [
            "size"
         ],
         "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "Sphere": {
         "title": "Sphere",
         "description": "Spherical geometry.\n\nParameters\n----------\nradius : NonNegativeFloat\n    [units = um].  Radius of geometry.\ncenter : Tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)\n    [units = um].  Center of object in x, y, and z.\n\nExample\n-------\n>>> b = Sphere(center=(1,2,3), radius=2)",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
            "type": {
               "title": "Type",
               "default": "Sphere",
               "enum": [
                  "Sphere"
               ],
               "type": "string"
            },
            "radius": {
               "title": "Radius",
               "description": "Radius of geometry.",
               "units": "um",
               "minimum": 0,
               "type": "number"
            },
            "center": {
               "title": "Center",
               "description": "Center of object in x, y, and z.",
               "default": [
                  0.0,
                  0.0,
                  0.0
               ],
               "units": "um",
               "type": "array",
               "minItems": 3,
               "maxItems": 3,
               "items": [
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  }
               ]
            }
         },
         "required": [
            "radius"
         ],
         "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "Cylinder": {
         "title": "Cylinder",
         "description": "Cylindrical geometry with optional sidewall angle along axis\ndirection. When ``sidewall_angle`` is nonzero, the shape is a\nconical frustum or a cone.\n\nParameters\n----------\naxis : Literal[0, 1, 2] = 2\n    Specifies dimension of the planar axis (0,1,2) -> (x,y,z).\nsidewall_angle : ConstrainedFloatValue = 0.0\n    [units = rad].  Angle of the sidewall. ``sidewall_angle=0`` (default) specifies a vertical wall; ``0<sidewall_angle<np.pi/2`` specifies a shrinking cross section along the ``axis`` direction; and ``-np.pi/2<sidewall_angle<0`` specifies an expanding cross section along the ``axis`` direction.\nreference_plane : Literal['bottom', 'middle', 'top'] = bottom\n    The position of the plane where the supplied cross section are defined. The plane is perpendicular to the ``axis``. The plane is located at the ``bottom``, ``middle``, or ``top`` of the geometry with respect to the axis. E.g. if ``axis=1``, ``bottom`` refers to the negative side of the y-axis, and ``top`` refers to the positive side of the y-axis.\nradius : NonNegativeFloat\n    [units = um].  Radius of geometry.\ncenter : Tuple[float, float, float] = (0.0, 0.0, 0.0)\n    [units = um].  Center of object in x, y, and z.\nlength : NonNegativeFloat\n    [units = um].  Defines thickness of cylinder along axis dimension.\n\nExample\n-------\n>>> c = Cylinder(center=(1,2,3), radius=2, length=5, axis=2)",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
            "type": {
               "title": "Type",
               "default": "Cylinder",
               "enum": [
                  "Cylinder"
               ],
               "type": "string"
            },
            "axis": {
               "title": "Axis",
               "description": "Specifies dimension of the planar axis (0,1,2) -> (x,y,z).",
               "default": 2,
               "enum": [
                  0,
                  1,
                  2
               ],
               "type": "integer"
            },
            "sidewall_angle": {
               "title": "Sidewall angle",
               "description": "Angle of the sidewall. ``sidewall_angle=0`` (default) specifies a vertical wall; ``0<sidewall_angle<np.pi/2`` specifies a shrinking cross section along the ``axis`` direction; and ``-np.pi/2<sidewall_angle<0`` specifies an expanding cross section along the ``axis`` direction.",
               "default": 0.0,
               "exclusiveMinimum": -1.5707963267948966,
               "exclusiveMaximum": 1.5707963267948966,
               "units": "rad",
               "type": "number"
            },
            "reference_plane": {
               "title": "Reference plane for cross section",
               "description": "The position of the plane where the supplied cross section are defined. The plane is perpendicular to the ``axis``. The plane is located at the ``bottom``, ``middle``, or ``top`` of the geometry with respect to the axis. E.g. if ``axis=1``, ``bottom`` refers to the negative side of the y-axis, and ``top`` refers to the positive side of the y-axis.",
               "default": "bottom",
               "enum": [
                  "bottom",
                  "middle",
                  "top"
               ],
               "type": "string"
            },
            "radius": {
               "title": "Radius",
               "description": "Radius of geometry.",
               "units": "um",
               "minimum": 0,
               "type": "number"
            },
            "center": {
               "title": "Center",
               "description": "Center of object in x, y, and z.",
               "default": [
                  0.0,
                  0.0,
                  0.0
               ],
               "units": "um",
               "type": "array",
               "minItems": 3,
               "maxItems": 3,
               "items": [
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  }
               ]
            },
            "length": {
               "title": "Length",
               "description": "Defines thickness of cylinder along axis dimension.",
               "units": "um",
               "minimum": 0,
               "type": "number"
            }
         },
         "required": [
            "radius",
            "length"
         ],
         "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "PolySlab": {
         "title": "PolySlab",
         "description": "Polygon extruded with optional sidewall angle along axis direction.\n\nParameters\n----------\naxis : Literal[0, 1, 2] = 2\n    Specifies dimension of the planar axis (0,1,2) -> (x,y,z).\nsidewall_angle : ConstrainedFloatValue = 0.0\n    [units = rad].  Angle of the sidewall. ``sidewall_angle=0`` (default) specifies a vertical wall; ``0<sidewall_angle<np.pi/2`` specifies a shrinking cross section along the ``axis`` direction; and ``-np.pi/2<sidewall_angle<0`` specifies an expanding cross section along the ``axis`` direction.\nreference_plane : Literal['bottom', 'middle', 'top'] = bottom\n    The position of the plane where the supplied cross section are defined. The plane is perpendicular to the ``axis``. The plane is located at the ``bottom``, ``middle``, or ``top`` of the geometry with respect to the axis. E.g. if ``axis=1``, ``bottom`` refers to the negative side of the y-axis, and ``top`` refers to the positive side of the y-axis.\nslab_bounds : Tuple[float, float]\n    [units = um].  Minimum and maximum positions of the slab along axis dimension.\ndilation : float = 0.0\n    [units = um].  Dilation of the supplied polygon by shifting each edge along its normal outwards direction by a distance; a negative value corresponds to erosion.\nvertices : Union[Tuple[Tuple[float, float], ...], Array]\n    [units = um].  List of (d1, d2) defining the 2 dimensional positions of the polygon face vertices at the ``reference_plane``. The index of dimension should be in the ascending order: e.g. if the slab normal axis is ``axis=y``, the coordinate of the vertices will be in (x, z)\n\nExample\n-------\n>>> vertices = np.array([(0,0), (1,0), (1,1)])\n>>> p = PolySlab(vertices=vertices, axis=2, slab_bounds=(-1, 1))",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
            "type": {
               "title": "Type",
               "default": "PolySlab",
               "enum": [
                  "PolySlab"
               ],
               "type": "string"
            },
            "axis": {
               "title": "Axis",
               "description": "Specifies dimension of the planar axis (0,1,2) -> (x,y,z).",
               "default": 2,
               "enum": [
                  0,
                  1,
                  2
               ],
               "type": "integer"
            },
            "sidewall_angle": {
               "title": "Sidewall angle",
               "description": "Angle of the sidewall. ``sidewall_angle=0`` (default) specifies a vertical wall; ``0<sidewall_angle<np.pi/2`` specifies a shrinking cross section along the ``axis`` direction; and ``-np.pi/2<sidewall_angle<0`` specifies an expanding cross section along the ``axis`` direction.",
               "default": 0.0,
               "exclusiveMinimum": -1.5707963267948966,
               "exclusiveMaximum": 1.5707963267948966,
               "units": "rad",
               "type": "number"
            },
            "reference_plane": {
               "title": "Reference plane for cross section",
               "description": "The position of the plane where the supplied cross section are defined. The plane is perpendicular to the ``axis``. The plane is located at the ``bottom``, ``middle``, or ``top`` of the geometry with respect to the axis. E.g. if ``axis=1``, ``bottom`` refers to the negative side of the y-axis, and ``top`` refers to the positive side of the y-axis.",
               "default": "bottom",
               "enum": [
                  "bottom",
                  "middle",
                  "top"
               ],
               "type": "string"
            },
            "slab_bounds": {
               "title": "Slab Bounds",
               "description": "Minimum and maximum positions of the slab along axis dimension.",
               "units": "um",
               "type": "array",
               "minItems": 2,
               "maxItems": 2,
               "items": [
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  },
                  {
                     "type": "number"
                  }
               ]
            },
            "dilation": {
               "title": "Dilation",
               "description": "Dilation of the supplied polygon by shifting each edge along its normal outwards direction by a distance; a negative value corresponds to erosion.",
               "default": 0.0,
               "units": "um",
               "type": "number"
            },
            "vertices": {
               "title": "Vertices",
               "description": "List of (d1, d2) defining the 2 dimensional positions of the polygon face vertices at the ``reference_plane``. The index of dimension should be in the ascending order: e.g. if the slab normal axis is ``axis=y``, the coordinate of the vertices will be in (x, z)",
               "units": "um",
               "anyOf": [
                  {
                     "type": "array",
                     "items": {
                        "type": "array",
                        "minItems": 2,
                        "maxItems": 2,
                        "items": [
                           {
                              "type": "number"
                           },
                           {
                              "type": "number"
                           }
                        ]
                     }
                  },
                  {
                     "title": "Array Like",
                     "description": "Accepts sequence (tuple, list, numpy array) and converts to tuple.",
                     "type": "tuple",
                     "properties": {},
                     "required": []
                  }
               ]
            }
         },
         "required": [
            "slab_bounds",
            "vertices"
         ],
         "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "GeometryGroup": {
         "title": "GeometryGroup",
         "description": "A collection of Geometry objects that can be called as a single geometry object.\n\nParameters\n----------\ngeometries : Tuple[Annotated[Union[tidy3d.components.geometry.Box, tidy3d.components.geometry.Sphere, tidy3d.components.geometry.Cylinder, tidy3d.components.geometry.PolySlab], FieldInfo(default=PydanticUndefined, discriminator='type', extra={})], ...]\n    Tuple of geometries in a single grouping. Can provide significant performance enhancement in ``Structure`` when all geometries are assigned the same medium.",
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
            "type": {
               "title": "Type",
               "default": "GeometryGroup",
               "enum": [
                  "GeometryGroup"
               ],
               "type": "string"
            },
            "geometries": {
               "title": "Geometries",
               "description": "Tuple of geometries in a single grouping. Can provide significant performance enhancement in ``Structure`` when all geometries are assigned the same medium.",
               "type": "array",
               "items": {
                  "discriminator": {
                     "propertyName": "type",
                     "mapping": {
                        "Box": "#/definitions/Box",
                        "Sphere": "#/definitions/Sphere",
                        "Cylinder": "#/definitions/Cylinder",
                        "PolySlab": "#/definitions/PolySlab"
                     }
                  },
                  "oneOf": [
                     {
                        "$ref": "#/definitions/Box"
                     },
                     {
                        "$ref": "#/definitions/Sphere"
                     },
                     {
                        "$ref": "#/definitions/Cylinder"
                     },
                     {
                        "$ref": "#/definitions/PolySlab"
                     }
                  ]
               }
            }
         },
         "required": [
            "geometries"
         ],
         "additionalProperties": false
      }
   }
}

attribute dl: Tuple[Optional[pydantic.types.PositiveFloat], Optional[pydantic.types.PositiveFloat], Optional[pydantic.types.PositiveFloat]] [Required]#

Grid size along x, y, z directions.

attribute enforce: bool = False#

If True, enforce the grid size setup inside the structure even if the structure is inside a structure of smaller grid size. In the intersection region of multiple structures of enforce=True, grid size is decided by the last added structure of enforce=True.

attribute geometry: Union[tidy3d.components.geometry.Box, tidy3d.components.geometry.Sphere, tidy3d.components.geometry.Cylinder, tidy3d.components.geometry.PolySlab, tidy3d.components.geometry.GeometryGroup] [Required]#

Defines geometric properties of the structure.

attribute name: str = None#

Optional name for the structure.

Validated by
  • field_has_unique_names

classmethod add_type_field() None#

Automatically place “type” field with model name in the model field dictionary.

classmethod construct(_fields_set: Optional[SetStr] = None, **values: Any) Model#

Creates a new model setting __dict__ and __fields_set__ from trusted or pre-validated data. Default values are respected, but no other validation is performed. Behaves as if Config.extra = ‘allow’ was set since it adds all passed values

copy(**kwargs) tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Copy a Tidy3dBaseModel. With deep=True as default.

dict(*, include: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, exclude: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, by_alias: bool = False, skip_defaults: Optional[bool] = None, exclude_unset: bool = False, exclude_defaults: bool = False, exclude_none: bool = False) DictStrAny#

Generate a dictionary representation of the model, optionally specifying which fields to include or exclude.

classmethod dict_from_file(fname: str, group_path: Optional[str] = None) dict#

Loads a dictionary containing the model from a .yaml, .json, or .hdf5 file.

Parameters
  • fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml or .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to use as the base level.

Returns

A dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_file(fname='folder/sim.json') 
classmethod dict_from_hdf5(fname: str, group_path: str = '') dict#

Loads a dictionary containing the model contents from a .hdf5 file.

Parameters
  • fname (str) – Full path to the .hdf5 file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to selectively load a sub-element of the model only.

Returns

Dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> sim_dict = Simulation.dict_from_hdf5(fname='folder/sim.hdf5') 
classmethod dict_from_json(fname: str) dict#

Load dictionary of the model from a .json file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

Returns

A dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> sim_dict = Simulation.dict_from_json(fname='folder/sim.json') 
classmethod dict_from_yaml(fname: str) dict#

Load dictionary of the model from a .yaml file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

Returns

A dictionary containing the model.

Return type

dict

Example

>>> sim_dict = Simulation.dict_from_yaml(fname='folder/sim.yaml') 
classmethod from_file(fname: str, group_path: Optional[str] = None, **parse_obj_kwargs) tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Loads a Tidy3dBaseModel from .yaml, .json, or .hdf5 file.

Parameters
  • fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml or .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to use as the base level. Only for .hdf5 files. Starting / is optional.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to either pydantic’s parse_obj function when loading model.

Returns

An instance of the component class calling load.

Return type

Tidy3dBaseModel

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_file(fname='folder/sim.json') 
classmethod from_hdf5(fname: str, group_path: str = '', **parse_obj_kwargs) tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Loads Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .hdf5 file.

Parameters
  • fname (str) – Full path to the .hdf5 file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • group_path (str, optional) – Path to a group inside the file to selectively load a sub-element of the model only. Starting / is optional.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to pydantic’s parse_obj method.

Example

>>> simulation.to_hdf5(fname='folder/sim.hdf5') 
classmethod from_json(fname: str, **parse_obj_kwargs) tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Load a Tidy3dBaseModel from .json file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .json file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

Returns

  • Tidy3dBaseModel – An instance of the component class calling load.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to pydantic’s parse_obj method.

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_json(fname='folder/sim.json') 
classmethod from_orm(obj: Any) Model#
classmethod from_yaml(fname: str, **parse_obj_kwargs) tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Loads Tidy3dBaseModel from .yaml file.

Parameters
  • fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml file to load the Tidy3dBaseModel from.

  • **parse_obj_kwargs – Keyword arguments passed to pydantic’s parse_obj method.

Returns

An instance of the component class calling from_yaml.

Return type

Tidy3dBaseModel

Example

>>> simulation = Simulation.from_yaml(fname='folder/sim.yaml') 
classmethod generate_docstring() str#

Generates a docstring for a Tidy3D mode and saves it to the __doc__ of the class.

classmethod get_sub_model(group_path: str, model_dict: dict | list) dict#

Get the sub model for a given group path.

static get_tuple_group_name(index: int) str#

Get the group name of a tuple element.

static get_tuple_index(key_name: str) int#

Get the index into the tuple based on its group name.

help(methods: bool = False) None#

Prints message describing the fields and methods of a Tidy3dBaseModel.

Parameters

methods (bool = False) – Whether to also print out information about object’s methods.

Example

>>> simulation.help(methods=True) 
json(*, include: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, exclude: Optional[Union[AbstractSetIntStr, MappingIntStrAny]] = None, by_alias: bool = False, skip_defaults: Optional[bool] = None, exclude_unset: bool = False, exclude_defaults: bool = False, exclude_none: bool = False, encoder: Optional[Callable[[Any], Any]] = None, models_as_dict: bool = True, **dumps_kwargs: Any) unicode#

Generate a JSON representation of the model, include and exclude arguments as per dict().

encoder is an optional function to supply as default to json.dumps(), other arguments as per json.dumps().

classmethod parse_file(path: Union[str, pathlib.Path], *, content_type: unicode = None, encoding: unicode = 'utf8', proto: pydantic.parse.Protocol = None, allow_pickle: bool = False) Model#
classmethod parse_obj(obj: Any) Model#
classmethod parse_raw(b: Union[str, bytes], *, content_type: unicode = None, encoding: unicode = 'utf8', proto: pydantic.parse.Protocol = None, allow_pickle: bool = False) Model#
plot(x: float = None, y: float = None, z: float = None, ax: matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes = None, **patch_kwargs) matplotlib.axes._axes.Axes#

Plot structure’s geometric cross section at single (x,y,z) coordinate.

Parameters
  • x (float = None) – Position of plane in x direction, only one of x,y,z can be specified to define plane.

  • y (float = None) – Position of plane in y direction, only one of x,y,z can be specified to define plane.

  • z (float = None) – Position of plane in z direction, only one of x,y,z can be specified to define plane.

  • ax (matplotlib.axes._subplots.Axes = None) – Matplotlib axes to plot on, if not specified, one is created.

  • **patch_kwargs – Optional keyword arguments passed to the matplotlib patch plotting of structure. For details on accepted values, refer to Matplotlib’s documentation.

Returns

The supplied or created matplotlib axes.

Return type

matplotlib.axes._subplots.Axes

classmethod schema(by_alias: bool = True, ref_template: unicode = '#/definitions/{model}') DictStrAny#
classmethod schema_json(*, by_alias: bool = True, ref_template: unicode = '#/definitions/{model}', **dumps_kwargs: Any) unicode#
to_file(fname: str) None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .yaml, .json, or .hdf5 file

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml or .json file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

Example

>>> simulation.to_file(fname='folder/sim.json') 
to_hdf5(fname: str) None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .hdf5 file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .hdf5 file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

Example

>>> simulation.to_hdf5(fname='folder/sim.hdf5') 
to_json(fname: str) None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .json file

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .json file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

Example

>>> simulation.to_json(fname='folder/sim.json') 
to_yaml(fname: str) None#

Exports Tidy3dBaseModel instance to .yaml file.

Parameters

fname (str) – Full path to the .yaml file to save the Tidy3dBaseModel to.

Example

>>> simulation.to_yaml(fname='folder/sim.yaml') 
classmethod tuple_to_dict(tuple_values: tuple) dict#

How we generate a dictionary mapping new keys to tuple values for hdf5.

classmethod update_forward_refs(**localns: Any) None#

Try to update ForwardRefs on fields based on this Model, globalns and localns.

updated_copy(**kwargs) tidy3d.components.base.Tidy3dBaseModel#

Make copy of a component instance with **kwargs indicating updated field values.

classmethod validate(value: Any) Model#