Use the auxiliary functions as a shortcut to create the PlateReconstruction and PlotTopologies objects for a given model name. Visit this page if you would like to know more about the PlateReconstruction and PlotTopologies.

from gplately.auxiliary import get_gplot, get_plate_reconstruction

# use the auxiliary function to create a PlateReconstruction object
plate_reconstruction_obj = get_plate_reconstruction("Muller2019")
print(plate_reconstruction_obj)

# use the auxiliary function to create a PlotTopologies object
plot_topologies_obj = get_gplot("Muller2019", time=140)
print(plot_topologies_obj)

<gplately.reconstruction.PlateReconstruction object at 0x14b392d50>
<gplately.plot.PlotTopologies object at 0x14b39c6d0>

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 a 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 0x13fd07cd0>