Command Line Interface - NREL/wex GitHub Wiki

Overview

DView can be accessed via a command line interface. To see the options available, navigate to the DView executable path (or add to the System PATH):

dview \h

Will give the options:

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Examples

Using the test data in test.csv:

  • Open file in DView dview test.csv

  • Open file in DView with column 5 plotted initially dview \i 5 test.csv

  • Open file in DView with columns labeled "Beam" plotted dview \v "Beam (W/m2)" test.csv

  • Open file in DView with two columns "Beam" and "Diffuse" plotted dview \v "Beam (W/m2),Diffuse (W/m2)" test.csv

Of note, when plotting with \v, you must include the units in parenthesis. When plotting multiple columns, delimit the names by a comma and leave no spaces between the comma and the next label