MayaVi

MayaVi is a scientific data visualizer written in Python, which uses VTK and provides a GUI via Tkinter. MayaVi was developed by Prabhu Ramachandran, is free and distributed under the BSD License. It is cross-platform and runs on any platform where both Python and VTK are available (almost any Unix, Mac OS X, or Windows). MayaVi is pronounced as a single name, "Ma-ya-vee", meaning "magical" in Sanskrit. The code of MayaVi has nothing in common with that of Autodesk Maya or the Vi text editor.

The latest version of MayaVi, called Mayavi2, is a component of the Enthought suite of scientific Python programs. It differs from the original MayaVi by its strong focus on making an interactive program and a reusable component for 3D plotting in Python. Although it exposes a slightly different interface and API than the original MayaVi, it now has more features.

Major features

 * visualizes computational grids and scalar, vector, and tensor data
 * an easy-to-use GUI
 * can be imported as a Python module from other Python programs or can be scripted from the Python interpreter
 * supports volume visualization of data via texture and ray cast mappers
 * support for any VTK dataset using the VTK data format
 * support for PLOT3D data
 * multiple datasets can be used simultaneously
 * provides a pipeline browser, with which objects in the VTK pipeline can be browsed and edited
 * imports simple VRML and 3D Studio scenes
 * custom modules and data filters can be added
 * exporting to PostScript files, PPM/BMP/TIFF/JPEG/PNG images, Open Inventor, Geomview OOGL, VRML files, Wavefront .obj files, or RenderMan RIB file