Hi, Thanks for replying. I was using: ``` from numpy.lib import recfunctions as rfn xyz = rfn.structured_to_unstructured(atoms[["x", "y", "z"]]) xyz = xyz @ transform.T atoms[["x", "y", "z"]] = rfn.unstructured_to_structured( xyz, dtype=atoms[["x", "y", "z"]].dtype ) ``` But I think this is creating a copy not a view.
Anyway, I did the following: ``` fields = atoms.dtype.names idxx, idxz = fields.index("x"), fields.index("z") xyz_field = ("xyz", (np.float64, (3,))) # create a new dtype with previous fields, xyz and next fields new_fields = ( [(n, atoms.dtype[n]) for n in fields[:idxx]] + [xyz_field] + [(n, atoms.dtype[n]) for n in fields[idxz + 1 :]] ) # usually x, y, z fields are one next to the other new_dtype = np.dtype(new_fields) xyz = atoms.view(new_dtype)["xyz"] xyz[:] = xyz @ transform.T ``` And works fine. I guess there is no direct way computing the rotation without a view. Thanks Marten, Best, Abel _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list -- numpy-discussion@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to numpy-discussion-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/numpy-discussion.python.org Member address: arch...@mail-archive.com