chore(lib): make plotting utilities accept JAX arrays

differt/src/differt/geometry/paths.py

@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 import equinox as eqx
 import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
-import numpy as np
 from beartype import beartype as typechecker
 from jaxtyping import Array, ArrayLike, Bool, Float, Int, Shaped, jaxtyped
 
-from differt.plotting import draw_paths
+from differt.plotting import PlotOutput, draw_paths
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
     from typing import Self
@@ -311,7 +310,7 @@ def reduce(
         """
         return jnp.sum(fun(self.vertices), where=self.mask)
 
-    def plot(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+    def plot(self, **kwargs: Any) -> PlotOutput:
         """
         Plot the (masked) paths on a 3D scene.
 
@@ -322,4 +321,4 @@ def plot(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         Returns:
             The resulting plot output.
         """
-        return draw_paths(np.asarray(self.masked_vertices), **kwargs)
+        return draw_paths(self.masked_vertices, **kwargs)

differt/src/differt/geometry/triangle_mesh.py

@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 import equinox as eqx
 import jax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
-import numpy as np
 from beartype import beartype as typechecker
 from jaxtyping import Array, ArrayLike, Bool, Float, Int, PRNGKeyArray, jaxtyped
 
 import differt_core.geometry.triangle_mesh
-from differt.plotting import draw_mesh
+from differt.plotting import PlotOutput, draw_mesh
 
 from .utils import normalize, orthogonal_basis, rotation_matrix_along_axis
 
@@ -420,7 +419,7 @@ def load_ply(cls, file: str) -> Self:
         core_mesh = differt_core.geometry.triangle_mesh.TriangleMesh.load_ply(file)
         return cls.from_core(core_mesh)
 
-    def plot(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
+    def plot(self, **kwargs: Any) -> PlotOutput:
         """
         Plot this mesh on a 3D scene.
 
@@ -432,11 +431,11 @@ def plot(self, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
             The resulting plot output.
         """
         if "face_colors" not in kwargs and self.face_colors is not None:
-            kwargs["face_colors"] = np.asarray(self.face_colors)
+            kwargs["face_colors"] = self.face_colors
 
         return draw_mesh(
-            vertices=np.asarray(self.vertices),
-            triangles=np.asarray(self.triangles),
+            vertices=self.vertices,
+            triangles=self.triangles,
             **kwargs,
         )
 

differt/src/differt/geometry/utils.py

@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ def fibonacci_lattice(
             ... )
             >>> from differt.plotting import draw_markers
             >>>
-            >>> xyz = np.asarray(fibonacci_lattice(100))
+            >>> xyz = fibonacci_lattice(100)
             >>> fig = draw_markers(xyz, marker={"color": xyz[:, 0]}, backend="plotly")
             >>> fig  # doctest: +SKIP
     """

differt/src/differt/plotting/__init__.py

@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 """
 Plotting utilities for DiffeRT objects.
 
-.. warning::
+.. tip::
 
-    Unlike in other modules, plotting utilities work
+    Unlike in other modules, plotting utilities also work
     with NumPy arrays (:class:`np.ndarray<numpy.ndarray>`)
-    instead of JAX arrays. Therefore, it is important to first
-    convert any JAX array into its NumPy equivalent with
-    :func:`np.asarray<numpy.asarray>` before using it as an
-    argument to any of the functions defined here.
 
 
 .. note::
@@ -88,13 +84,15 @@
 """
 
 __all__ = (
+    "PlotOutput",
     "dispatch",
     "draw_contour",
     "draw_image",
     "draw_markers",
     "draw_mesh",
     "draw_paths",
     "draw_rays",
+    "draw_surface",
     "get_backend",
     "process_matplotlib_kwargs",
     "process_plotly_kwargs",
@@ -106,12 +104,14 @@
 )
 
 from ._core import (
+    PlotOutput,
     draw_contour,
     draw_image,
     draw_markers,
     draw_mesh,
     draw_paths,
     draw_rays,
+    draw_surface,
 )
 from ._utils import (
     dispatch,