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Synopsis

An interactive visualization app for power system networks described in Gridlab-D Model files. Back-end uses Flask and front-end uses D3's force layout.

Example

Here is a screen shot from a visualisation of the IEEE 123-node test feeder. The corresponding .glm file is in the example folder. Alt text

Usage - see install.txt for command-line commands

  • Install python packages (version 3.5 was used for development) - see install.txt.
  • From the command line, change directory to the directory glm-plotter located in this repository. cd path-to-repo/glm-plotter
  • If the python packages were installed in a virtual environment, activate the virtual environment
  • Run the glm-plotter.py file. python glm-plotter.py
  • Open a browser and go to http://localhost:5000.

Description

This app parses a .glm (GridLab-D Model) file and displays the corresponding network. The visualization uses the D3 force layout algorithm by Mike Bostock. Hovering over a node or link will display its class. The nodes can be dragged to locations. Once they have been dragged, they are fixed. They can be released again with a double-click.

Available options

  • Export the position of the nodes (in the html svg component) to a csv.
  • Export the position of the fixed nodes to a csv.
  • Remove a prefix in the names (in some glm files there will be a common prefix that makes visualization cumbersome).
  • Load a csv file (typically one you have exported as above) with positions for the nodes. Those nodes will now be fixed to the required positions.