A script that y-mirrors the output from CLO3D.

mirror_plot.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import argparse

def parse_list(body):
    return map(float, body.split(','))

def list_max(lst, curMax):
    return reduce(max, lst, curMax)

arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="flip a plt")
arg_parser.add_argument('file', type=str, nargs=1)
args = arg_parser.parse_args()

lines = []

with open(args.file[0]) as f:
    lines = f.readlines()

setupLineNumbers = {}

maxX = 0.0
maxY = 0.0

for lineNumber, command in enumerate(lines):
    prefix = command[:2]
    if prefix in ('IP', 'SC'):
        setupLineNumbers[prefix] = lineNumber
    if prefix in ('PU', 'PD', 'PA'):
        body = command[2:-2]
        if body:
            coords = parse_list(body)
            maxX = list_max(coords[::2], maxX)
            maxY = list_max(coords[1::2], maxY)

lines[setupLineNumbers['IP']] = 'IP0,%s,%s,0\n' % (maxY, maxX)
lines[setupLineNumbers['SC']] = 'SC0,1,0,-1,2;\n'

print "".join(lines)