pyiron.project module

class pyiron.project.Project(path='', user=None, sql_query=None)[source]

Bases: pyiron.base.project.generic.Project

The project is the central class in pyiron, all other objects can be created from the project object.

Parameters

  • path (GenericPath, str) – path of the project defined by GenericPath, absolute or relative (with respect to current working directory) path

  • user (str) – current pyiron user

  • sql_query (str) – SQL query to only select a subset of the existing jobs within the current project

.. attribute:: root_path

the pyiron user directory, defined in the .pyiron configuration

.. attribute:: project_path

the relative path of the current project / folder starting from the root path of the pyiron user directory

.. attribute:: path

the absolute path of the current project / folder

.. attribute:: base_name

the name of the current project / folder

.. attribute:: history

previously opened projects / folders

.. attribute:: parent_group

parent project - one level above the current project

.. attribute:: user

current unix/linux/windows user who is running pyiron

.. attribute:: sql_query

an SQL query to limit the jobs within the project to a subset which matches the SQL query.

.. attribute:: db

connection to the SQL database

.. attribute:: job_type
Job Type object with all the available job types: [‘StructureContainer’, ‘StructurePipeline’, ‘AtomisticExampleJob’,

‘ExampleJob’, ‘Lammps’, ‘KMC’, ‘Sphinx’, ‘Vasp’, ‘GenericMaster’, ‘SerialMaster’, ‘AtomisticSerialMaster’, ‘ParallelMaster’, ‘KmcMaster’, ‘ThermoLambdaMaster’, ‘RandomSeedMaster’, ‘MeamFit’, ‘Murnaghan’, ‘MinimizeMurnaghan’, ‘ElasticMatrix’, ‘ConvergenceVolume’, ‘ConvergenceEncutParallel’, ‘ConvergenceKpointParallel’, ’PhonopyMaster’, ‘DefectFormationEnergy’, ‘LammpsASE’, ‘PipelineMaster’, ’TransformationPath’, ‘ThermoIntEamQh’, ‘ThermoIntDftEam’, ‘ScriptJob’, ‘ListMaster’]

copy()[source]

Copy the project object - copying just the Python object but maintaining the same pyiron path

Returns

copy of the project object

Return type

Project

static create_ase_bulk(name, crystalstructure=None, a=None, c=None, covera=None, u=None, orthorhombic=False, cubic=False)[source]

Creating bulk systems using ASE bulk module. Crystal structure and lattice constant(s) will be guessed if not provided.

name (str): Chemical symbol or symbols as in ‘MgO’ or ‘NaCl’. crystalstructure (str): Must be one of sc, fcc, bcc, hcp, diamond, zincblende,

rocksalt, cesiumchloride, fluorite or wurtzite.

a (float): Lattice constant. c (float): Lattice constant. c_over_a (float): c/a ratio used for hcp. Default is ideal ratio: sqrt(8/3). u (float): Internal coordinate for Wurtzite structure. orthorhombic (bool): Construct orthorhombic unit cell instead of primitive cell which is the default. cubic (bool): Construct cubic unit cell if possible.

Returns

Required bulk structure

Return type

pyiron.atomistics.structure.atoms.Atoms

static create_atoms(symbols=None, positions=None, numbers=None, tags=None, momenta=None, masses=None, magmoms=None, charges=None, scaled_positions=None, cell=None, pbc=None, celldisp=None, constraint=None, calculator=None, info=None, indices=None, elements=None, dimension=None, species=None, **qwargs)[source]

Creates a atomistics.structure.atoms.Atoms instance.

Parameters

  • elements (list/numpy.ndarray) – List of strings containing the elements or a list of atomistics.structure.periodic_table.ChemicalElement instances

  • numbers (list/numpy.ndarray) – List of atomic numbers of elements

  • symbols (list/numpy.ndarray) – List of chemical symbols

  • positions (list/numpy.ndarray) – List of positions

  • scaled_positions (list/numpy.ndarray) – List of scaled positions (relative coordinates)

  • pbc (boolean) – Tells if periodic boundary conditions should be applied

  • cell (list/numpy.ndarray) – A 3x3 array representing the lattice vectors of the structure

  • momenta (list/numpy.ndarray) – List of momentum values

  • tags (list/numpy.ndarray) – A list of tags

  • masses (list/numpy.ndarray) – A list of masses

  • magmoms (list/numpy.ndarray) – A list of magnetic moments

  • charges (list/numpy.ndarray) – A list of point charges

  • celldisp –

  • constraint (list/numpy.ndarray) – A list of constraints

  • calculator – ASE calculator

  • info (list/str) – ASE compatibility

  • indices (list/numpy.ndarray) – The list of species indices

  • dimension (int) – Dimension of the structure

  • species (list) – List of species

Returns

The required structure instance

Return type

pyiron.atomistics.structure.atoms.Atoms

static create_element(parent_element, new_element_name=None, spin=None, potential_file=None)[source]
Parameters

  • parent_element (str, int) – The parent element eq. “N”, “O”, “Mg” etc.

  • new_element_name (str) – The name of the new parent element (can be arbitrary)

  • spin (float) – Value of the magnetic moment (with sign)

  • potential_file (str) – Location of the new potential file if necessary

Returns

atomistics.structure.periodic_table.ChemicalElement instance

create_job(job_type, job_name)[source]

Create one of the following jobs: - ‘StructureContainer’: - ‘StructurePipeline’: - ‘AtomisticExampleJob’: example job just generating random number - ‘ExampleJob’: example job just generating random number - ‘Lammps’: - ‘KMC’: - ‘Sphinx’: - ‘Vasp’: - ‘GenericMaster’: - ‘SerialMaster’: series of jobs run in serial - ‘AtomisticSerialMaster’: - ‘ParallelMaster’: series of jobs run in parallel - ‘KmcMaster’: - ‘ThermoLambdaMaster’: - ‘RandomSeedMaster’: - ‘MeamFit’: - ‘Murnaghan’: - ‘MinimizeMurnaghan’: - ‘ElasticMatrix’: - ‘ConvergenceVolume’: - ‘ConvergenceEncutParallel’: - ‘ConvergenceKpointParallel’: - ’PhonopyMaster’: - ‘DefectFormationEnergy’: - ‘LammpsASE’: - ‘PipelineMaster’: - ’TransformationPath’: - ‘ThermoIntEamQh’: - ‘ThermoIntDftEam’: - ‘ScriptJob’: Python script or jupyter notebook job container - ‘ListMaster’: list of jobs

Parameters

  • job_type (str) – job type can be [‘StructureContainer’, ‘StructurePipeline’, ‘AtomisticExampleJob’, ‘ExampleJob’, ‘Lammps’, ‘KMC’, ‘Sphinx’, ‘Vasp’, ‘GenericMaster’, ‘SerialMaster’, ‘AtomisticSerialMaster’, ‘ParallelMaster’, ‘KmcMaster’, ‘ThermoLambdaMaster’, ‘RandomSeedMaster’, ‘MeamFit’, ‘Murnaghan’, ‘MinimizeMurnaghan’, ‘ElasticMatrix’, ‘ConvergenceVolume’, ‘ConvergenceEncutParallel’, ‘ConvergenceKpointParallel’, ’PhonopyMaster’, ‘DefectFormationEnergy’, ‘LammpsASE’, ‘PipelineMaster’, ’TransformationPath’, ‘ThermoIntEamQh’, ‘ThermoIntDftEam’, ‘ScriptJob’, ‘ListMaster’]

  • job_name (str) – name of the job

Returns

job object depending on the job_type selected

Return type

GenericJob

static create_object(object_type)[source]
Parameters

object_type –

Returns:

create_pipeline(job, step_lst)[source]

Create a job pipeline

Parameters

  • job (AtomisticGenericJob) – Template for the calculation

  • step_lst (list) – List of functions which create calculations

Returns

Return type

FlexibleMaster

static create_structure(element, bravais_basis, lattice_constant)[source]

Create a crystal structure using pyiron’s native crystal structure generator

Parameters

  • element (str) – Element name

  • bravais_basis (str) – Basis type

  • lattice_constant (float/list) – Lattice constants

Returns

The required crystal structure

Return type

pyiron.atomistics.structure.atoms.Atoms

static create_surface(element, surface_type, size=1, 1, 1, vacuum=1.0, center=False, pbc=None, **kwargs)[source]

Generate a surface based on the ase.build.surface module.

Parameters

  • element (str) – Element name

  • surface_type (str) – The string specifying the surface type generators available through ase (fcc111,

  • etc.) (hcp0001) –

  • size (tuple) – Size of the surface

  • vacuum (float) – Length of vacuum layer added to the surface along the z direction

  • center (bool) – Tells if the surface layers have to be at the center or at one end along the z-direction

  • pbc (list/numpy.ndarray) – List of booleans specifying the periodic boundary conditions along all three directions. If None, it is set to [True, True, True]

  • **kwargs – Additional, arguments you would normally pass to the structure generator like ‘a’, ‘b’,

  • etc. ('orthogonal') –

Returns

Required surface

Return type

pyiron.atomistics.structure.atoms.Atoms instance

create_table(job_name='table')[source]

Create pyiron table

Parameters

job_name (str) – job name of the pyiron table job

Returns

pyiron.table.datamining.TableJob

get_structure(job_specifier, iteration_step=- 1, wrap_atoms=True)[source]

Gets the structure from a given iteration step of the simulation (MD/ionic relaxation). For static calculations there is only one ionic iteration step :param job_specifier: name of the job or job ID :type job_specifier: str, int :param iteration_step: Step for which the structure is requested :type iteration_step: int :param wrap_atoms: True if the atoms are to be wrapped back into the unit cell :type wrap_atoms: bool

Returns

atomistics.structure.atoms.Atoms object

gui()[source]

Returns:

import_from_path(path, recursive=True)[source]
Parameters

  • path –

  • recursive –

Returns:

import_single_calculation(project_to_import_from, rel_path=None, job_type='Vasp')[source]
Parameters

  • rel_path –

  • project_to_import_from –

  • job_type (str) – Type of the calculation which is going to be imported

static inspect_emperical_potentials()[source]
static inspect_periodic_table()[source]
static inspect_pseudo_potentials()[source]
static list_publications(bib_format='dict')[source]

List the publications used in this project.

Parameters

bib_format (str) – [‘dict’, ‘bibtex’, ‘apa’]

Returns

list of publications in Bibtex format.

Return type

list

load_from_jobpath(job_id=None, db_entry=None, convert_to_object=True)[source]

Internal function to load an existing job either based on the job ID or based on the database entry dictionary.

Parameters

  • job_id (int) – Job ID - optional, but either the job_id or the db_entry is required.

  • db_entry (dict) – database entry dictionary - optional, but either the job_id or the db_entry is required.

  • convert_to_object (bool) – convert the object to an pyiron object or only access the HDF5 file - default=True accessing only the HDF5 file is about an order of magnitude faster, but only provides limited functionality. Compare the GenericJob object to JobCore object.

Returns

Either the full GenericJob object or just a reduced JobCore object

Return type

GenericJob, JobCore

load_from_jobpath_string(job_path, convert_to_object=True)[source]

Internal function to load an existing job either based on the job ID or based on the database entry dictionary.

Parameters

  • job_path (str) – string to reload the job from an HDF5 file - ‘/root_path/project_path/filename.h5/h5_path’

  • convert_to_object (bool) – convert the object to an pyiron object or only access the HDF5 file - default=True accessing only the HDF5 file is about an order of magnitude faster, but only provides limited functionality. Compare the GenericJob object to JobCore object.

Returns

Either the full GenericJob object or just a reduced JobCore object

Return type

GenericJob, JobCore