Generating Tables and Charts
Tables and Charts can be created to format and present results
Tables
Select Insert > Table or use the toolbar icon to create a new table
– 3D Viewer will switch over to the Table Viewer
Tables allow you to display data and expressions in a tabular view
Tables are automatically added to the Report
Cells can contain expressions or text
– Begin with “=“ to distinguish
– Expressions are evaluated and updated when variables and/or locations they depend on change
This is not a spreadsheet
– Cannot reference other cells
Charts
Plot a relationship between two variables along a line/curve
– Need to create the line first
– Polyline, Boundary Intersection curve, Contour line, etc.
Charts are automatically added to the Report
Chart Points are not necessarily evenly spaced
– Data points usually correspond to where the line/curve intersects a mesh face
Multiple lines can be plotted on a single chart
Charts: Type
Charts can be one of three types:
– XY
Standard XY plots based on line locators
– XY – Transient or Sequence
Plots an expression (usually Time) versus a variable at a point locator
Typically used to show the transient variation of a variable at a point
– Histogram
Can be based on any locator that contains multiple data locations – lines, surfaces, planes, domains (but not points)
Plots a variable divided into discrete bands on the X Axis versus the frequency of occurrence on the Y Axis
Charts: Data Series and Axes
Each data series corresponds to a location (line, point, etc.) which corresponds to a curve on the chart
Use the X and Y Axis tabs to set the variables on the axes
The remaining tab are for various display options
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