import yt fname = 'GadgetDiskGalaxy/snapshot_200.hdf5' unit_base = {'UnitLength_in_cm' : 3.08568e+21, 'UnitMass_in_g' : 1.989e+43, 'UnitVelocity_in_cm_per_s' : 100000} bbox_lim = 1e5 #kpc bbox = [[-bbox_lim,bbox_lim], [-bbox_lim,bbox_lim], [-bbox_lim,bbox_lim]] ds = yt.load(fname,unit_base=unit_base,bounding_box=bbox)