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Freely placed neurons
----------------------

Create 12 freely placed iaf_psc_alpha neurons.

BCCN Tutorial @ CNS*09
Hans Ekkehard Plesser, UMB

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    import nest
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    nest.ResetKernel()

    pos = nest.spatial.free([nest.random.uniform(-0.75, 0.75), nest.random.uniform(-0.5, 0.5)], extent=[2., 1.5])

    l1 = nest.Create('iaf_psc_alpha', 12, positions=pos)

    nest.PrintNodes()

    nest.PlotLayer(l1, nodesize=50)

    # beautify
    plt.axis([-1.0, 1.0, -0.75, 0.75])
    plt.axes().set_aspect('equal', 'box')
    plt.axes().set_xticks((-0.75, -0.25, 0.25, 0.75))
    plt.axes().set_yticks((-0.5, 0, 0.5))
    plt.grid(True)
    plt.xlabel('Extent: 2.0')
    plt.ylabel('Extent: 1.5')

    plt.show()

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