From 16a76e0122845d029c7a4a3c2896ab0606553576 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Petykiewicz <jan@mpxd.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:26:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [read] make visualize_edges more friendly for overlay by
 default

---
 gridlock/read.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gridlock/read.py b/gridlock/read.py
index 4f39432..28afdd2 100644
--- a/gridlock/read.py
+++ b/gridlock/read.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class GridReadMixin(GridPosMixin):
             plane = Plane(**plane)
 
         if pcolormesh_args is None:
-            pcolormesh_args = {}
+            pcolormesh_args = dict(alpha=0.8, colors='gray')
 
         grid_slice = self.get_slice(
             cell_data = cell_data,