This example demonstrates how to use the auxiliary functions to create the PlateReconstruction and PlotTopologies objects quickly.

from gplately.auxiliary import get_gplot, get_plate_reconstruction

# use the auxiliary function to create a PlateReconstruction object
plate_reconstruction_obj = get_plate_reconstruction("Zahirovic2022")
print(plate_reconstruction_obj)

# use the auxiliary function to create a PlotTopologies object
plot_topologies_obj = get_gplot("Zahirovic2022", time=100)
print(plot_topologies_obj)

<gplately.reconstruction.PlateReconstruction object at 0x7f9a439ef6b0>

<gplately.plot.plot_topologies.PlotTopologies object at 0x7f9a439effe0>

There is a PlateReconstruction object inside the PlotTopologies object. So, in most cases, a single get_gplot() call is enough. You can retrieve the PlateReconstruction object from the PlotTopologies object later.

plate_reconstruction_obj_within_plot_topologies_obj = (
    plot_topologies_obj.plate_reconstruction
)
print(plate_reconstruction_obj_within_plot_topologies_obj)

<gplately.reconstruction.PlateReconstruction object at 0x7f9a439ee420>