Plot groups and plots
Plot groups and every plot type of the Results ribbon.
3D Plot Group
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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Solution selection |
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Solutions |
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Title |
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Title type |
Automatic |
Automatic, Manual, None |
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Title |
Text |
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Color Legend |
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Show legends |
On |
Check box |
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Show maximum and minimum values |
On |
Check box |
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Position |
Right |
Right, Left |
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Plot Settings |
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Plot dataset edges |
On |
Check box |
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Frame |
Material (undeformed) |
Material (undeformed) |
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2D Plot Group
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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Solution selection |
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Solutions |
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Title |
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Title type |
Automatic |
Automatic, Manual, None |
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Title |
Text |
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Color Legend |
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Show legends |
On |
Check box |
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Show maximum and minimum values |
On |
Check box |
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Position |
Right |
Right, Left |
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Plot Settings |
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Plot dataset edges |
On |
Check box |
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Show 2D axisymmetric revolution (3D) |
Off |
Check box |
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1D Plot Group
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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Solution selection |
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Solutions |
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Title |
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Title type |
Automatic |
Automatic, Manual, None |
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Title |
Text |
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Axis |
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x-axis label |
Text |
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y-axis label |
Text |
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x-axis log scale |
Off |
Check box |
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y-axis log scale |
Off |
Check box |
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Manual axis limits |
Off |
Check box |
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x minimum |
Text |
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x maximum |
Text |
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y minimum |
Text |
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y maximum |
Text |
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Grid |
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Show grid |
On |
Check box |
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Legend |
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Show legends |
On |
Check box |
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Position |
Upper right |
Upper right, Upper left, Lower right, Lower left, Center right, Center left, Upper center, Lower center, Best |
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Polar Plot Group
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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Title |
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Title type |
Automatic |
Automatic, Manual, None |
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Title |
Text |
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Legend |
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Show legends |
On |
Check box |
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Axis |
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Zero angle |
Right (0 deg = +x) |
Right (0 deg = +x), Top (0 deg = +y) |
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Surface
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Description |
Text |
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Coloring and Style |
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Show element edges |
Off |
Check box |
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Wireframe |
Off |
Check box |
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Coloring |
Color table |
Color table, Uniform |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color |
Black |
Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
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Color legend |
On |
Check box |
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Reverse color table |
Off |
Check box |
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Symmetrize color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Range |
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Manual color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Minimum |
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Text |
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Maximum |
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Text |
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Volume
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Description |
Text |
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Coloring and Style |
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Show element edges |
Off |
Check box |
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Wireframe |
Off |
Check box |
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Coloring |
Color table |
Color table, Uniform |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color |
Black |
Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
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Color legend |
On |
Check box |
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Reverse color table |
Off |
Check box |
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Symmetrize color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Range |
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Manual color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Minimum |
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Text |
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Maximum |
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Text |
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Slice
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Description |
Text |
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Plane Data |
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Plane type |
yz-planes |
yz-planes, zx-planes, xy-planes |
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Entry method |
Number of planes |
Number of planes, Coordinates |
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Planes |
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Integer |
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Coordinates |
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Text |
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Shift |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Coloring and Style |
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Coloring |
Color table |
Color table, Uniform |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color |
Black |
Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
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Color legend |
On |
Check box |
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Reverse color table |
Off |
Check box |
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Symmetrize color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Range |
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Manual color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Minimum |
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Text |
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Maximum |
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Text |
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Multislice
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Description |
Text |
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Multiplane Data |
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x-planes |
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Integer |
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y-planes |
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Integer |
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z-planes |
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Integer |
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Coloring and Style |
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Coloring |
Color table |
Color table, Uniform |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color |
Black |
Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
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Color legend |
On |
Check box |
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Reverse color table |
Off |
Check box |
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Symmetrize color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Range |
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Manual color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Minimum |
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Text |
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Maximum |
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Text |
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Isosurface
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Description |
Text |
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Levels |
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Total levels |
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Integer |
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Coloring and Style |
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Legend type |
Filled |
Filled, Continuous |
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Coloring |
Color table |
Color table, Uniform |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color |
Black |
Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
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Color legend |
On |
Check box |
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Reverse color table |
Off |
Check box |
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Symmetrize color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Range |
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Manual color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Minimum |
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Text |
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Maximum |
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Text |
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Contour
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Description |
Text |
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Levels |
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Total levels |
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Integer |
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Coloring and Style |
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Contour type |
Lines |
Lines, Filled, Tubes |
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Level labels |
Off |
Check box |
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Legend type |
Filled |
Filled, Continuous |
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Filled |
Off |
Check box |
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Coloring |
Color table |
Color table, Uniform |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color |
Black |
Black, White, Gray, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
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Color legend |
On |
Check box |
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Reverse color table |
Off |
Check box |
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Symmetrize color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Range |
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Manual color range |
Off |
Check box |
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Minimum |
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Text |
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Maximum |
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Text |
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Arrow Volume
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Vector expression |
Vector expression |
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Arrow Positioning |
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Placement |
Grid points |
Grid points, Random points |
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x grid points |
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Integer |
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y grid points |
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Integer |
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z grid points |
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Integer |
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Number of points |
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Integer |
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Coloring and Style |
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Arrow length |
Proportional |
Proportional, Normalized |
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Automatic scale |
On |
Check box |
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Scale factor |
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Text |
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Color |
Red |
Red, Black, Blue, Color by magnitude |
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Streamline
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Vector expression |
Vector expression |
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Streamline Positioning |
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Positioning |
Uniform density |
Uniform density, Magnitude controlled, Start point controlled (selected boundaries) |
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Number of streamlines |
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Integer |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line type |
Line |
Line, Tube, Ribbon |
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Width / radius (fraction of model size) |
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Text |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Line type: tube |
Off |
Check box |
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Mesh
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Coloring and Style |
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Color by element quality |
Off |
Check box |
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Line
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression (empty = uniform color) |
Result expression |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line type |
Line |
Line, Tube |
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Tube radius (fraction of model size) |
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Text |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color |
Black |
Black, Gray, Blue |
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Annotation
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Annotation |
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Text |
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Text |
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Position |
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x |
length unit |
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Expression |
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y |
length unit |
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Expression |
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z |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Coloring and Style |
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Show point |
On |
Check box |
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Precision |
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Integer |
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Deformation
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Expression |
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Vector expression (e.g. disp, or 0, -50[mm]) |
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Vector expression |
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Scale |
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Automatic scale factor |
On |
Check box |
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Scale factor |
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Text |
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Selection
Selection: Boundaries · Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Selection |
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Geometric entity level |
Boundary |
Domain, Boundary, Edge |
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Color Expression
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Expression |
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Expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Coloring and Style |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Color legend |
On |
Check box |
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Line Graph
An expression along a Cut Line, or (2D) along the selected boundaries of a solution dataset, e.g. the shape of a dissolving electrode with x-axis x and expression y.
Selection: Boundaries · Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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y-Axis Data |
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y-axis expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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x-Axis Data |
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x-axis parameter |
Arc length |
Arc length, x, y, z |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line style |
Solid |
Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Dash-dot, None |
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Width |
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Text |
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Color |
Cycle |
Cycle, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Magenta, Cyan, Orange, Gray |
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Marker |
None |
None, Circle, Plus sign, Asterisk, Square, Triangle, Cross, Diamond |
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Number of markers |
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Integer |
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Legends |
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Legend |
Text |
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Global
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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y-Axis Data |
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Expression (global, e.g. aveop1(T), or a field to reduce) |
Result expression |
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Reduction |
Maximum |
Global (scalar expression), Maximum, Minimum, Average, At point |
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x |
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Text |
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y |
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Text |
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z |
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Text |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line style |
Solid |
Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Dash-dot, None |
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Width |
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Text |
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Color |
Cycle |
Cycle, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Magenta, Cyan, Orange, Gray |
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Marker |
None |
None, Circle, Plus sign, Asterisk, Square, Triangle, Cross, Diamond |
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Number of markers |
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Integer |
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Legends |
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Legend |
Text |
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Point Graph
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset (Cut Point) |
Dataset |
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y-Axis Data |
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y-axis expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line style |
Solid |
Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Dash-dot, None |
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Width |
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Text |
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Color |
Cycle |
Cycle, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Magenta, Cyan, Orange, Gray |
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Marker |
None |
None, Circle, Plus sign, Asterisk, Square, Triangle, Cross, Diamond |
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Number of markers |
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Integer |
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Legends |
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Legend |
Text |
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Table Graph
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Table |
Table |
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x-axis data (column, 1-based; 0 = row index) |
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Integer |
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Plot columns (comma-separated, empty = all others) |
Text |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line style |
Solid |
Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Dash-dot, None |
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Width |
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Text |
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Color |
Cycle |
Cycle, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Magenta, Cyan, Orange, Gray |
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Marker |
None |
None, Circle, Plus sign, Asterisk, Square, Triangle, Cross, Diamond |
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Number of markers |
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Integer |
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Legends |
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Legend |
Text |
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Radiation Pattern
Exterior-field quantity on a circle (polar plot group) or a sphere (3D plot group).
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
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Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
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Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Evaluation |
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Center, x |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Center, y |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Center, z |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Evaluation distance |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Plane |
xz-plane (angle from x toward z) |
xz-plane (angle from x toward z), xy-plane (angle from x toward y), yz-plane (angle from y toward z) |
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Number of angles |
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Integer |
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Start angle |
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Expression |
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End angle |
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Expression |
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Normalization |
None |
None, Maximum = 0 dB (or 1) |
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Dynamic range (3D pattern) |
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Text |
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Data |
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Parameter values (indices from 1, empty = current) |
Text |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line style |
Solid |
Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Dash-dot, None |
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Width |
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Text |
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Color |
Cycle |
Cycle, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Magenta, Cyan, Orange, Gray |
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Marker |
None |
None, Circle, Plus sign, Asterisk, Square, Triangle, Cross, Diamond |
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Number of markers |
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Integer |
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Legends |
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Legend |
Text |
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Directivity
Exterior-field level versus angle and frequency, normalized to the on-axis value.
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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Expression |
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Expression |
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Result expression |
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Evaluation |
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Center, x |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Center, y |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Center, z |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Evaluation distance |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Plane |
xz-plane (angle from x toward z) |
xz-plane (angle from x toward z), xy-plane (angle from x toward y), yz-plane (angle from y toward z) |
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Number of angles |
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Integer |
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Start angle (from the axis) |
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Expression |
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End angle |
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Expression |
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Reference axis |
+z |
+z, +x, +y |
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Normalization |
On-axis value = 0 dB |
On-axis value = 0 dB, Maximum = 0 dB, None |
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Coloring and Style |
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Contour levels |
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Integer |
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Color table |
RainbowLight |
RainbowLight, Rainbow, ThermalLight, Thermal, Wave, WaveLight, Cyclic, GrayScale, Traffic, Viridis, Cividis, Plasma, Magma, Jupiter, Prism |
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Logarithmic frequency axis |
On |
Check box |
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Line Graph (Polar)
Results ribbon
| Setting | Symbol | Unit | Default | Choices / type |
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Data |
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Dataset |
Dataset |
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r-Axis Data |
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Radius expression |
Result expression |
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Unit |
Unit |
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Evaluation Circle |
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Center, x |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Center, y |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Radius |
length unit |
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Expression |
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Start angle |
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Expression |
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End angle |
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Expression |
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Points |
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Integer |
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Data |
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Parameter values (indices from 1, empty = current) |
Text |
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Coloring and Style |
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Line style |
Solid |
Solid, Dashed, Dotted, Dash-dot, None |
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Width |
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Text |
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Color |
Cycle |
Cycle, Black, Blue, Red, Green, Magenta, Cyan, Orange, Gray |
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Marker |
None |
None, Circle, Plus sign, Asterisk, Square, Triangle, Cross, Diamond |
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Number of markers |
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Integer |
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Legends |
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Legend |
Text |
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