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Volume Rendering in curvilinear coordinates

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#556 opened on Apr 29, 2013

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Description

Originally reported by: Kacper Kowalik (Bitbucket: xarthisius, GitHub: xarthisius)

Initial work for supporting curvilinear coordinates has been done in yt-3.0 branch. Currently working single-ray tracer could be extended into full VR support

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Research direction
Investigate the existing single ray tracer implementation and extend it to support full volume rendering in curvilinear coordinates.
Tech stack
python
Domain
full stack
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
Pythonyt
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40