def make_symmetric_matrix_from_upper_tri(val):
    """
    Given a symmetric matrix in upper triangular matrix form as flat array indexes as:
    [A_xx,A_yy,A_zz,A_xy,A_xz,A_yz]
    This will generate the full matrix:
    [[A_xx,A_xy,A_xz],[A_xy,A_yy,A_yz],[A_xz,A_yz,A_zz]
    """
    idx = [0,3,4,1,5,2]
    val = np.array(val)[idx]
    mask = ~np.tri(3,k=-1,dtype=bool)
    out = np.zeros((3,3),dtype=val.dtype)
    out[mask] = val
    out.T[mask] = val
    return out
Given a symmetric matrix in upper triangular matrix form as flat array indexes as:
    [A_xx,A_yy,A_zz,A_xy,A_xz,A_yz]
    This will generate the full matrix:
    [[A_xx,A_xy,A_xz],[A_xy,A_yy,A_yz],[A_xz,A_yz,A_zz]