environmentaltools.processes.create_mesh_dictionary

environmentaltools.processes.create_mesh_dictionary(fname, uf=None)

Load mesh parameters from Excel file into dictionary.

Parameters:

• fname (str) – Path to Excel file containing mesh configuration

• uf (str, optional) – Specific worksheet/column name to extract. If None, returns entire file.

Returns:

Dictionary with mesh parameters

Return type:

dict

Notes

Reads Excel file using environmentaltools.common.read.xlsx. If uf is specified, extracts only that column/sheet as dictionary.

Examples

>>> params = create_mesh_dictionary('mesh_config.xlsx')
>>> params_sheet = create_mesh_dictionary('mesh_config.xlsx', uf='grid1')