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

Answer 1

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

from vpython import *

should be sufficient. (PS 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