Issues with importing vpython for anaconda

Question

I try to import vpython into anaconda. It seems to work so far, but if I call from visual import * it gives me an error.

However, it does work when I type from vpython import * ,which is really weird since in all programs I only see the from visual import * command.

Now to the real problem: I can't draw graphs. I have to call from visual.graph import * but this does not work (from vpython.graph import * doesn't work either).

I am receiving the error below:

ImportError Traceback (most recent call last) in () ----> 1 from visual import * ImportError: No module named visual

I believe that could be useful for the other users to share the error output of your tries. — emartinelli, Mar 08 '16 at 12:21
the error output is: ImportError Traceback (most recent call last) in () ----> 1 from visual import * ImportError: No module named visual — Benutzername, Mar 08 '16 at 12:35
I have no experience with vpython, but I believe that section "*Experienced Python / VPython user? Try Jupyter VPython*" on http://vpython.org/ could help you — emartinelli, Mar 08 '16 at 13:16
thanks, I read it a couple of times, but unfortunately it doesn't help me much :( — Benutzername, Mar 09 '16 at 12:17

hsnee · Answer 1 · 2016-12-31T12:29:30.523

The graph functions now live in the main vpython library when using Jupyter. So,

from vpython import *

should be sufficient. (P.S. I'd recommend not importing * but rather importing the functions you plan to use or just import vpython.)

Note however that some functions change name in the Jupyter-compatible version of VPython, so display becomes canvas and gdisplay becomes graph, and you have to explicitly use vector(x,y,z) rather than (x,y,z) and have to use obj.pos.x rather than obj.x

Issues with importing vpython for anaconda

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