.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "gallery/plot_bz.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_plot_bz.py>`
        to download the full example code or to run this example in your browser via Binder

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_plot_bz.py:


Brillouin zone
==============

This example shows how to display the Brillouin zone
with pymatgen and matplotlib.

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.. code-block:: default

    from abipy.abilab import abiopen
    import abipy.data as abidata

    # Open the WKF file.
    wfk_file = abiopen(abidata.ref_file("si_scf_WFK.nc"))

    # Extract the crystalline structure.
    structure = wfk_file.structure








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To visualize the BZ with matplotlib, use:

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.. code-block:: default

    structure.plot_bz()




.. image:: /gallery/images/sphx_glr_plot_bz_001.png
    :alt: plot bz
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img


.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out

 Out:

 .. code-block:: none


    <Figure size 640x480 with 1 Axes>



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Remember to close the wfk file with:

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.. code-block:: default

    wfk_file.close()








.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-timing

   **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.226 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_plot_bz.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example


  .. container:: binder-badge

    .. image:: images/binder_badge_logo.svg
      :target: https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/abinit/abipy/gh-pages?filepath=notebooks/gallery/plot_bz.ipynb
      :alt: Launch binder
      :width: 150 px


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_bz.py <plot_bz.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_bz.ipynb <plot_bz.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_