pylas.point.format module¶

class pylas.point.format.PointFormat(point_format_id, extra_dims=None)[source]¶

Class that handles all the information about a point format

Most of the methods/properties will throw a pylas.errors.PointFormatNotSupported if the point format id is not supported

composed_fields¶

Returns the dict of composed fields defined for the point format

Returns:	maps a composed field name to its sub_fields
Return type:	Dict[str, List[SubFields]]

dimension_names¶

Returns the names of the dimensions contained in the point format

Returns:	the names of the dimensions defined by this point format
Return type:	list of str

dtype¶: Returns the numpy.dtype used to store the point records in a numpy array

Note

The dtype corresponds to the dtype with sub_fields packed into their composed fields

extra_dimension_names¶: Returns the list of extra dimensions attached to this point format

has_waveform_packet¶: Returns True if the point format has waveform packet dimensions

sub_fields¶

Returns a dict of the sub fields for this point format

Returns:	maps a sub field name to its composed dimension with additional information
Return type:	Dict[str, Tuple[str, SubField]]

unpacked_dtype¶: Returns the numpy.dtype used to store the point records in a numpy array

Note

The dtype corresponds to the dtype with sub_fields unpacked

pylas.point.format.lost_dimensions(point_fmt_in, point_fmt_out)[source]¶: Returns a list of the names of the dimensions that will be lost when converting from point_fmt_in to point_fmt_out