Merge pull request #135 from dstansby/fotran-step

Reduce default fotran tracer step size to 0.01

Author: dstansby

doc/source/changes.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+0.4.1
+-----
+
+- Reduced the default step size for the :class:`~pfsspy.tracing.FortranTracer`
+  from 0.1 to 0.01 to give more resolved field lines by default.
+
 0.4.0
 -----
 

pfsspy/tracing.py

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class FortranTracer(Tracer):
     singularity at the poles (ie. :math:`s = \pm 1`), which means seeds placed
     directly on the poles will not go anywhere.
     """
-    def __init__(self, max_steps=1000, step_size=0.1):
+    def __init__(self, max_steps=1000, step_size=0.01):
         from streamtracer import StreamTracer
         self.max_steps = max_steps
         self.step_size = step_size