PyFVS

PyFVS provides Python wrappers and helper code to make automation of FVS a breeze.

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Example Usage:

# fvs_demo.py
"""
Demonstrate basic usage of the PyFVS extension.

Author: Tod Haren, tod.haren <at> gm....com
"""

import matplotlib.pyplot as pyplot

# import the fvs module
import pyfvs.fvs

# Initialize FVS for the required variant
fvs = pyfvs.fvs.FVS(variant='pn')

# Execute a basic FVS run
# run_fvs is a helper method of the FVS class.
# **As with commandline FVS passing a keyword file assumes a
#     matching treelist file in the same folder
fvs.run_fvs('./demo.key')

# Plot the projected merchantable volume
age = fvs.get_summary('age')
bdft = fvs.get_summary('merch bdft')
pyplot.plot(age, bdft)
pyplot.title('Merchantable Volume Per Acre')
pyplot.xlabel('Age')
pyplot.ylabel('VPA (bdft)')
pyplot.show(block=True)