Visualization module¶
Functions to visualize a network built in NEST.
- nest.visualization.plot_network(nodes, filename, ext_conns=False, plot_modelnames=False)¶
Plot the given nodes and the connections that originate from them.
This function depends on the availability of the pydot module.
Simplified version for NEST 3.
- Parameters:
nodes (NodeCollection) – NodeCollection containing node IDs of nodes to plot
filename (str) – Filename to save the plot to. Can end either in .pdf or .png to determine the type of the output.
ext_conns (bool, optional) – Draw connections to targets that are not in nodes. If it is True, these are drawn to a node named ‘ext’.
plot_modelnames (bool, optional) – Description
- Raises:
nest.kernel.NESTError –