FIX: Add animation using DPF animate() (#1599)

* Add animation using animate + use local DPF + upgrade vtk dependency

* Fix style

* Adding connect to server

* resetting cache

* undoing vtk

* Adding missing role.

* fix low qual image

* reset cache

* Update examples/00-mapdl-examples/composite_dcb.py

Co-authored-by: German <[email protected]>

* reset cache

* Fixing the doc building because of new pyvista version

Co-authored-by: German <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Alex Kaszynski <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: German <[email protected]>

Author: 3 people

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ env:
   # You should go up in number, if you go down (or repeat a previous value)
   # you might end up reusing a previous cache if it haven't been deleted already.
   # It applies 7 days retention policy by default.
-  RESET_PIP_CACHE: 9
-  RESET_EXAMPLES_CACHE: 9
-  RESET_DOC_BUILD_CACHE: 9
-  RESET_AUTOSUMMARY_CACHE: 9
+  RESET_PIP_CACHE: 11
+  RESET_EXAMPLES_CACHE: 11
+  RESET_DOC_BUILD_CACHE: 11
+  RESET_AUTOSUMMARY_CACHE: 11 
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

doc/source/examples/technology_showcase_examples/techdemo-1/ex_0-tecbrakesqueal.rst

@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ Start this example by launching MAPDL and loading the model.
    pyvista.global_theme.background = 'white'
    pyvista.global_theme.window_size = [600, 400]
    pyvista.global_theme.axes.show = True
-   pyvista.global_theme.antialiasing = True
    pyvista.global_theme.show_scalar_bar = True
 
    from ansys.mapdl.core import examples

doc/source/examples/technology_showcase_examples/techdemo-28/ex_28-tecfricstir.rst

@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ cylindrical shape tool, as shown in the following figure:
    pyvista.global_theme.background = 'white'
    pyvista.global_theme.window_size = [600, 400]
    pyvista.global_theme.axes.show = True
-   pyvista.global_theme.antialiasing = True
    pyvista.global_theme.show_scalar_bar = True
    mytheme = pyvista.global_theme
 

doc/source/images/dcb_test.png

@@ -304,13 +304,20 @@
 # Use PyDPF to visualize the crack opening throughout the simulation as
 # an animation.
 
-# Upload file to DPF server
-temp_directory = tempfile.gettempdir()
-rst_path = mapdl.download_result(temp_directory)
-server_file_path = dpf.upload_file_in_tmp_folder(rst_path)
+try:
+    # ONLY IF DPF SERVER DEPLOYED WITH gRPC COMMUNICATION
+    # Upload file to DPF server
+    temp_directory = tempfile.gettempdir()
+    rst_path = mapdl.download_result(temp_directory)
+    dpf.connect_to_server()
+    server_file_path = dpf.upload_file_in_tmp_folder(rst_path)
+    data_src = dpf.DataSources(server_file_path)
+except:
+    # Using DPF locally
+    rst = mapdl.download_result()
+    data_src = dpf.DataSources(rst)
 
 # Generate the DPF model
-data_src = dpf.DataSources(server_file_path)
 model = Model(data_src)
 
 # Get the mesh of the whole model
@@ -421,6 +428,16 @@
 plt.xlabel("Displacement [mm]")
 plt.show()
 
+###############################################################################
+# Animate results using PyDPF with .anmiate() method
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# Use PyDPF method :func:`FieldsContainer.animate() <ansys.dpf.core.fields_container.FieldsContainer.animate>` to visualize the crack opening throughout the simulation as
+# an animation.
+disp = model.results.displacement.on_all_time_freqs.eval()
+camera_pos = disp.animate(
+    scale_factor=10.0, save_as="dcb_animate.gif", return_cpos=True, show_axes=True
+)
+
 ###############################################################################
 #
 # Exit MAPDL