desc.vmec.VMECIO.plot_vmec_comparison

classmethod VMECIO.plot_vmec_comparison(equil, vmec_data, Nr=10, Nt=8, **kwargs)[source]

Plot a comparison to VMEC flux surfaces.

Parameters:

  • equil (Equilibrium) – desc equilibrium to compare

  • vmec_data (str or path-like or dict) – path to VMEC output file, or dictionary of vmec outputs

  • Nr (int, optional) – number of rho contours to plot

  • Nt (int, optional) – number of vartheta contours to plot

Returns:

  • fig (matplotlib.figure.Figure) – figure being plotted to

  • ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes or ndarray of Axes) – axes being plotted to