Python: Visualisation of waves

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Python: Visualisation of waves

Hello. I want to programm an easy visualisation of wave propagation. I tried this with visual python (VPython) but the programm is very slow. I want to use a 2-D visualisation now. Which module could you recommend? Tkinter? Matplotlib?

For the computation i use numpy/scipy because it is fast. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Do you think matplotlib is a good choice? It looks very strong.

EDIT: I really get stuck. Please help me!

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Try this library:
http://linux.wareseeker.com/Programming/summon-1.8.8.zip/2911b4d847

Python Imaging Library is supposed to be good for 2D graphics:
http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

Other Useful Links:
Boost.Python http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/
PyOpenGL http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/

These link's have some good information on them.

I'm not familar with matplotlib but it's got some good review's:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/matplotlib/reviews/

chrissygormley 2010-02-16 15:07:19

I cant install summon on Python 2.6. vsvarsall.bat is missing (?)

kame 2010-02-16 17:45:19

I didn't find a refresh function for pictures in the PIL-module.

kame 2010-02-16 19:29:05

I don't know why I'm getting down voted.

chrissygormley 2010-02-17 10:50:45

Sorry but I think PIL doesn't refreshes the pictures. I wrote above that I want to show wave propagation and not a standing wave. I try to find a solution for many hours now. But nothing works.

kame 2010-02-17 11:11:24

@kame - That indicates that it is trying to run Visual Studio to compile some C code. See if your can get a prebuilt version, install Visual Studio (There's a free version) or see if you can find the options to compile with the MINGW compiler. Try Stackoverflow for questions like this!

Oddthinking 2010-03-07 06:28:53

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