Python Console

If you want to write quick snippets of code that act on Nion Swift immediately, you will want to use the Python Console.

Nion Swift includes a Python Console for basic scripting. You can access a Python Console window using the menu item File > Python Console (Ctrl-K on Windows/Linux; Cmd-K on macOS).

Once you have a Python console, you can enter Python code in the Python console. In addition, the Python console automatically configures the api variable for you.

>>> window = api.application.document_windows[0]
>>> data_item = window.target_data_item
>>> data_item.data.shape
(512, 1024)

The Python console assigns the api.show method to show making it easy to quickly display new items. Remember to have an empty display panel available to show the new item (right click on a display panel, choose Empty).

>>> d = numpy.random.randn(20, 20)
>>> show(d)
>>> api.show(d)  # same thing
>>> dd = xd.new_from_data(d)
>>> show(dd)

See Scripting Guide for more examples.