2.2 Invoking boundaryProfile.py

The boundaryProfile.py program plots a cross-section through the topography at the specified boundary. The command-line syntax is:

./boundaryProfile.py boundary

where boundary is one of top, bottom, left and right.

The program reads an input file that contains the local height data. As a pre-requisite step the input file must be extracted from the global xyz file. A standard utility such as awk may be used. The input filename must be one of (top|bottom|left|right)_boundary.txt.

Elevation at the specified boundary is plotted against distance. The colour of the curve denotes the boundary; the top boundary is blue, the bottom boundary is green, the left boundary is red and the right boundary is orange.