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1. H FILTER FR6 0 0003 T T T 0 00005 0 0001 0 00015 0 0002 0 00025 Note the similarity between the tables in the Plot Manager and in Excel To add items to the table apply scaling factors etc click the Add Edit Plot Button to return to the EZXY Input Edit dialog to make changes If you simply want to change the parameter being plotted perhaps pressure drop instead of flow rate unlike EZXY this can be changed EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 7 3 Excel Plotter directly in the Excel table Similarly the type number and label can all be edited in this fashion After editing the table directly the Add Edit Plot Button must be clicked to send the info back to the plot manager Subsequently clicking the OK button in the plot manager will refresh the plot Likewise the save file path can be edited and the change will be sent back to the plot manager for updating 7 3 3 Refreshing a Plot Once a plot has been created when a model is run and the save file is updated clicking the Refresh Plot button will bring the new save file data into Excel By default each time the plot is refreshed it will create a new chart Unchecking the Always Make a New Plot button will allow the chart to refresh without creating new chart sheets in the workbook Note that for plots with many series and large data sources refreshing an existing plot will generally be faster than cre ating new plots
2. 5 1 2 Chart Panel Options The Panel tab provides access to customization options for the plot panel which 1s the border area around the plot field not within the plot area The background in the center of the plot under the lines in 2D and surrounding the plotted lines in 3D is called a wall Refer to Section 5 1 6 for options for customizing the walls of the chart Those options par allel the ones described in this section including the ability to change the background color and apply an image or gra dient Secondary tabs in the Panel dialog provide the ability to control the borders background margins gradient and shad owing EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 5 Plot Customization ee Customize Plot E a So Borders Background Margins Gradient Shadow 5 1 2 1 Panel Borders The Borders tab allows the border outer frame of the chart to be modified The Border button provides access for turning the visibility of the border on or off via the Visible check box Mixing borders and bevel options can give the appearance of 3D to a chart On the right below is a customized border with a line width of 5 and colored orange Customize Plot m je 2S n J test e BHA Chat Series Tools Themes Temperature Response During Fill Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legena 3D Vapor TLI Liquid TL2 Volume Ratio Borders Backgrou
3. 5 30 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Exporting and Printing CHAPTER 6 Exporting and Printing 6 1 Exporting Charts as Images or Data Once a plot has been customized and its appearance is acceptable it can be exported as an image e g png Jpg or copied to the clipboard Choosing Export Image from either the File menu or after right clicking on a plot brings up the following form Export Image Image Size Use size on screen 735x566 Adjust export size by 50 75 133 200 Greyscale Export image sire Quality 30 735 x 566 v Maintain aspect ratio Export to Clipboard Export to file Done Cancel The output image type can be selected from among several types some of which offer greyscale and user selectable quality options The size of the chart defaults to the current size on the screen but can be adjusted using the controls on the right side of the form It is important to note that if a size other than the current size on the screen is chosen EZXY completely regenerates the chart at the new size which may yield unexpected results The buttons on the bottom left of the form are used to export the image to the clipboard or to a file Alternatively to quickly copy the current plot as an image to the clipboard use the Copy icon fi in the tool bar EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 6 1 Exporting and Printing To export the data beh
4. Plot Customization 4 Customize Plot bo So Chart Series Tools Themes Sample Chart 140 ar AE dave A E fig Color Line 100 Axis Lef Axis ot Temperature 60 Allow Drag o LI Drag Repaint No Limit Drag 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L Draw Behind Time Draw 3D 5 4 Themes EZXY provides a predefined set of chart themes to quickly customize the look of a chart To access the theme dialog right click on the chart and select Customize to bring up the customization dialog then click on the Theme tab to bring up the dialog shown below There are six predefined themes which can be selected The themes control the chart background color font styles etc Additionally on the theme tab is a Color Palette option This option controls the colors used for individual series in the chart There are 17 different color palette options Any color palette option can be applied to any theme Alternatively the user may create a custom appearance for a chart possibly starting from one of the build in themes and save it as a preference For more information on this see Default Theme on page 5 29 5 28 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization os b oe Pa a a a L a a 0 752 5 o7 amp Fa k i aai Color Palette Opera View Lan 5 5 Default Theme EZXY allows the user to define a preferred plot style To do this use the m
5. Reset Axis Labels W Reset Axis Limits W Filter Retrograde X Submodel Name ItemType Item Number Plot Item Select Internal Name If more than one input file or folder has been defined on the Input Files tab this pull down sets the current internal name When data is added to the selection table it will be linked to the current internal name When the current internal name is changed existing items in the selection table will not be affected however any subsequent additions to the selection table will use the newly selected internal name The name which appears in this field is the internal name defined on the Input Files tab The model tree displayed below this field will vary depending on the con tent of the input file associated with the current internal name Model Tree The Model Tree shown on the left in the graphic below provides an expandable tree for browsing the results defined in the input file or folder It is organized by hierarchy of submodel type fluid or thermal submodel name network element type or register When selecting elements to add to a chart the user must first select the ele ment type in the tree once selected element numbers will appear in the adjacent pane EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 7 Creating a Chart oJ EZXY Input Edit Input Files Sinda Fluint Plot Mar Thermal Desktop Plot Mgr Select tem X Axis Axis Expression Select lbems t
6. l Alternatively a previously created plot file ezp2 possibly created via Sinaps or Thermal Desktop can be added to a plot set In this case if the plot is not open use the main EZXY Plotter menu option File gt Open to open the existing plot in the same EZXY window as the plot set Once the plot is open use the Add an existing plot icon to add the plot to the plot set The Add Plot to Set dialog shown below will appear In the left pane highlight the plot file to add to the set provide a unique name in the new name data field and click OK The new name will be added to the name list in the plot set window Note that once a previously created plot file is added to the set it can be modified in the plot set and will be saved with the plot set Additions or customizations made to the original plot file outside the plot set will have no effect on the Add a new plot Ei Open selected plot fy Open all plots Add an existing plot Delete selected plot Copy selected plot to a new plot Ej Save plot set Print selected plot R Rename a plot Export plot s E Manage CRS folder or Save file appearance of the plot inside the plot set They are now two independent files Enter a new name for the plot e 3 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Sets 3 1 2 Saving Plot Sets To save a plot set use the save icon in the plot set window Plot sets are saved with the suffix of ezps2
7. Example 7 3600 0 Set for all Set Cet Set for all entries using this save file Set Y Asis Expression lt i Example 10 2 Set for selected rows in grid Submodel Name Item Type Item Sumber Plot Item Source Ea PLATE T4 i cplgas s Time a x Axis expressions may use the operators as wellas or for powers They may access the functions sin cos tan asin acos atan ln log exp sqrt abs ciel and floor They may also reference the following built in conversion constants btuhrwat BTU hr to watts 2 930722e 1 cmtoin cm to inches 0 3937007874 dtor degrees to radians 0 017453292519943 ft3tom3 ft3 to m3 2 831685e 02 fttom ft to meter 0 3048 gasr gas const in eng 1545 0 gasrsi gas const in si 8314 23 grav gravity in eng 416955600 0 gravsi gravity in si 9 80621 inhgtoat inches of Hg to atmospheres 3 342e 2 intocm inch to cm 2 54 2 22 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart jtobtu joules to BTU 9 480e 4 kgs2lbh kg sec to lb hr 7 936641e 03 lb2kg b to kg 0 4535924 Ibf2n lb force to newtons 4 44822 Ibf3kgm3 1b ft 3 to kg m 3 16 01846 mtoft meters to feet 3 280839895 pi 3 141592653589739 psi2pa psi to pascals 6 894757e 03 psitoat psi to atmospheres 6 804e 2 rtod radians to degrees 57 2957795131 sbcon sigma Stefan Boltzmann Constant 0 1712e 8 sbconsi
8. ized using the Chart gt Titles option in the Customization dialog This dialog is divided into Style Position Format Gradient Shadow Text and Bevels Series Panel Aves General Titles walls Paging Legend 30 Tithe Header ka Style Position Format Gradient Shadow Text Bevels lw Visible ke Adjust Frame Alignment Center TeeChart 5 1 5 1 Titles Style The Titles gt Style tab can be used to change the chart header add a sub header or add footers The Title pull down allows the user to select which of the title options is to be customized Once selected all customization on the title tabs will be applied to the selected title option The new title or foot text must be defined in the text field in the lower portion of the dialog Note the text will not auto matically wrap in the title area so returns are required for multiline text The visibility of the title can be toggled on off using the Visibility check box The Alignment field allows the title to be centered or left right justified EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 15 Plot Customization ER test ezp Temperature Response During Fill volume ratio calculated Chart Title Vapor TLL Liquid TL Volume Ratio Subtitle i D E a Ww L o g a TE o lt E a Ww C F 5 m a 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 Footer Time minutes Source model TvS xml smdl
9. r6 CsR TECHNOLOGIES User s Manual EZXY Plotter Version 5 8 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Preface Prepared distributed and supported by C amp R Technologies Inc Boulder Colorado USA Phone 303 971 0292 Web Site www crtech com Authors Steve Ring Matt Garrett This manual as well as the software described in it is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Cullimore amp Ring Technologies Cullimore amp Ring Technologies assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc I 3 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Table of Contents CHAPTER1 Introduction l 1 Overview 1 1 Revision History 1 2 Improvements in Version 5 2 1 2 Improvements in Version 5 3 1 2 Improvements in Version 5 4 1 2 Improvements in Version 5 5 1 3 Improvements in Version 5 6 1 3 Improvements in Version 5 7 1 4 Improvements in Version 5 8 1 4 Menus and Tool Bars 1 5 Getting Help 1 7 CHAPTER2 Creating a Chart 2 1 Input Files 2 1 SINDA FLUINT Input Files 2 2 Thermal Desktop Input Files 2 3 Text Input Files
10. 5 1 Chart Display Customization Chart display features are those which affect the overall appearance of the Chart They include those properties and methods that define the color of the background titles and their position margins borders and bevels background images frame and axis visible pen colors and widths 3D walls etc The chart display customization tab provides access to control the display properties There are several tabs associated with the Chart tab Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legend and 3D Due to the broad capabilities of the underlying plotting package TeeChart some features may not be applicable to EZXY and will not be discussed herein 5 1 1 Chart Series Options The Chart Series tab is shown below This dialog provides access to controlling series visibility adding a function series a new series defined as a function of another series customizing the appearance of the plot field customizing axes customizing the legend adding titles etc 5 1 1 1 Series Visibility The visibility of any series may be toggle on off using the check box on this tab A series is visible if the check box has been checked The series visibility can also be controlled through visibility check boxes in the legend see Chart gt Leg end Options on page 5 19 4 Customize Plot Chart Seres Tools Themes Series Fanel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legend 3D 5 2 EZ
11. 7 3 4 Data Import Only When using the Excel Plotter for data import only not plotting uncheck the Always make chart box This will sup press the plotting feature Once data has been imported the user can created their own charts based on content within the Data worksheet 7 3 5 Customizing Plot Appearance The appearance of a plot can be customized through the Excel interface For details on customizing a plot please refer to the Microsoft Excel documentation 7 4 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Index Index A About EZXY 1 1 Annotations 5 26 Axes Series Association 5 23 Axis Adding and Deleting 2 9 5 13 Current 2 9 Expressions 2 13 Labels 5 11 Minor 5 12 Number Format 5 11 Setting Position 5 13 Setting Scales 5 9 Tick Marks 5 10 Title 5 10 Using Expressions 2 22 Axis Formatting 5 8 B background back wall 5 17 panel periphery 5 7 C Chart 3D Options 4 2 5 22 Create New 2 1 Defining Source Files 2 1 General Options 5 14 Scroll Options 5 15 Title Options 5 15 Chart Tools Annotations 5 26 Color Bands 5 27 Color Line 5 27 Usage 5 25 Color Bands 5 27 Color Line 5 27 Color Palette 5 28 Copy To Clipboard 6 1 Create New Plot 2 1 From Sinaps 2 1 Create New Plot from Thermal Desktop 2 1 Current 2 9 Customization Axis Scaling 5 9 Axis Titles 5 10 Legend 5 19 Panel Formatting 5 5 Plot Field Wall Appearance 5 17 Series Line Appearance 5 22 Customizing Plots 5 1 Ad
12. CSR folders save files or in databases produced by Thermal Desktop and RadCAD Formatted text files may also be used as input files Charts can be created and saved as individual plot files ezp2 or as part of a plot set ezps2 The information dis played in each chart is controlled by a collection of associated input files Each plot file may use multiple input files allowing results to be combined onto a single chart e g to compare different runs compare test data with predictions or map heating rates to temperature results Upon reopening a saved chart the chart can be updated through the regen erate or refresh commands to reflect any changes that have been made to the associated input files since the chart was last saved Charts can be exported as graphic files or the data itself can be exported as text files such as comma or tab separated files When using plot sets several plots can be exported simultaneously EZXY contains two editors the content editor and the chart editor The content editor is accessed using the Add Edit menu option and is used for defining content such as input files and which data is to be plotted The use of the content editor is described in Input Files and Plot Manager The chart editor provides a means of customizing the appearance of the chart by modifying titles axis labels annotation color and background The chart editor is described further in Plot Customization A preferences dialog al
13. If the main EZXY menu File gt Save is used it will save the individual plot externally from the plot set as a separate plot file ezp2 3 1 3 Refreshing Plots To refresh any individual plot or all the plots in a plot set use the regenerate or refresh options in the main EZXY edit menu 3 1 4 Renaming a Plot Any plot in the plot set can be renamed by highlighting the plot name in the plot set window and then click the rename icon A query window will appear Provide the new name and click OK 3 1 5 Editing a Plot A plot within a plot set can be edited in the same manner as any individual plot Input files and plot content can be modified using the Add Edit dialog and the appearance of a plot can be changed using the Customization dialog see Plot Manager on page 2 6 and Plot Customization on page 5 1 respectively 3 1 6 Globally Managing the Input Files A separate input file manager is available for global management of the CSR folder or Save file When the plot set con tains multiple charts using one or more CSR folders or save files any input folder or file can be changed globally across all charts by using the Manage CRS Folder and Save File dialog This dialog allows the user to substitute any CSR folder or save file for an existing folder or file throughout the plot set CSR folders can only be replaced with a CSR folder and a save file can only be replaced with a different save file This will re point the internal
14. The Angle field allows the angle of the gradient to be changed The Visible check box allows the gradient to be turned on or off The Color tab provides access to define the gradient to be based on two or three colors Use the No Middle Color check box to disable the middle color Use the Start Middle and End buttons to set the three colors 5 1 8 7 Legend Shadow The Legend gt Shadow tab provides the ability to add a drop shadow to the legend to give it a 3 dimensional look The Color button allows the color of the shadow to be modified The slider bar below the Color button allows the intensity of the color to be set The Pattern button allows a hatch gradient or image to be associated with the shadow The size fields allow the width and height of the shadow to be modified The transparency of the shadow can be changed 0 is not transparent 100 is fully transparent 5 1 8 8 Legend Text The Legend gt Text tab provides access for changing the appearance of the legend text The Font button dialog allows the font name style and size to be set along with the color A drop shadow can be added using the Visible check box in the Shadow portion of the form The color and intensity of the shadow are controlled via the Color button and the slider EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 21 Plot Customization below the button The Size fields control the offset of the shadow from the text Transparency and patterns can also be ap
15. to set your preference Note that when setting preferences parameters such as font type and size grid lines panel and wall colors and color palette will all be retained for future plots Parameters associated with the data series such as line thickness color and line type will not be retained in the preferences To create a custom theme use the customization dialog see Plot Customization on page 5 1 to set the panel colors font sizes etc prior to setting the theme preference A standard built in theme can be used as a starting point for custom themes After customizing a plot to set preferred panel colors font sizes etc open the Preferences dialog and select Current for the them select a preferred color pallet and then click apply to set the current theme as the preferred theme for future plots Once created a theme file ezxyprefs xml can be shared with co workers Alternatively a customized plot can be saved as a plot file to be used for future plotting instead of setting a default theme This template plot file can later be opened the save file changed and the data series can be deleted and rese lected etc The advantage of this method is that you can save line colors thickness and line types However this type of template will only support plotting outside of Sinaps and Thermal Desktop By comparison the default theme is used for all new plots created through the graphical interfaces of Sinaps and Thermal Desktop
16. 2 4 Modifying the Input File Table 2 5 Using Multiple Input Files 2 5 Plot Manager 2 6 SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager 2 6 Select Item Dialog 6 X Axis Dialog 12 Axis Expressions 13 Working with Multiple Input Files 15 Thermal Desktop Plot Manager 2 17 Thermal Desktop Data Dialog 18 Units Dialog 21 Axis Expressions 22 Statistical Plotting 2 23 CHAPTER3 Plot Sets 3 1 Creating a Plot Set 3 1 Adding Plots to a Plot Set 3 2 Saving Plot Sets 3 3 Refreshing Plots 3 3 Renaming a Plot 3 3 Editing a Plot 3 3 Globally Managing the Input Files 3 3 Exporting and Printing Plot Sets 3 3 CHAPTER4 Viewing Plots 4 1 Refreshing and Regenerating Plots 4 1 Scroll and Zoom 4 1 How to Zoom 2D 4 1 How to Scroll 4 2 3D Viewing 4 2 3D Rotate 4 3 3D Move 4 3 3D Zoom 4 3 3D Depth 4 4 CHAPTER5 Plot Customization 5 1 Chart Display Customization 5 2 Chart Series Options 5 2 Series Visibility 2 Adding a Custom Series 3 Delete a Series 4 Series Title 4 Change a Series 5 Series Order 5 Chart Panel Options 5 5 Panel Borders 6 Panel Background 7 Panel Margins 8 Panel Gradient 8 Panel Shadow 8 Chart Axes 5 8 Axes Selection 9 Axes Scales 9 Axes Title 10 Axes Ticks 10 Axes Labels 11 Axes Minor 12 Axes Position 13 Adding Deleting an Axis 13 Chart General Options 5 14 General gt Zoom Options 14 General gt Scroll Options 15 General gt Cursor Options 15 Chart gt Titles Options 5 15 Titles Style 15 Titles Position 16 Titles Format 16 T
17. Editing E g Submodels Select Data Type to Eg Fluid Plot Register Add Selections to Table Current Y Axis saveFileNamesNam fe fishtran 4 A B C D E F G H 1 J KR r6 CsR TECHNOLOGIES Version 5 3 Sinda Fluint Save File Access Set Y axis 9 Save Files Add Edit Plot Items Refresh Plot VY Always Make a Plot 10 InternalName Actual Name 11 fishtran c Program Files CRTech Sinaps Samples aquarium filter fishtran sav Lett Submodel Name ItemType Item Number Plot Item Label Source 1 FILTER FR1 fishtran Ti FILTER Path 2 FR FILTER FR2 fishtran Y Axis Label Flow Rates FILTER Path 3 FR FILTER FR ick P Plot Summary edit through Add Edit button 4 D FILTER FR4 Fishtran 20 Submodel Name Type Number Item Label Xaxis Save File Name X Axis Expression Y Axis Expression X Axis Type 21 FILTER Path 1 FR FILTER FR1 Time fishtran 0 5 FR FILTER FRS fishtran 22 FILTER Path 2 FR FILTER FR2 Time fishtran 6 FILTER FR6 fishtran 23 FILTER Path 3 FR FILTER FR3 Time fishtran 24 FILTER Path 4 FR FILTER FR4 Time fishtran 25 FILTER Path 5 FR FILTER FRS Time fishtran 6 FR FILTER FR6 Time fishtran ooococjsao s Autodesk Vault Acrobat FILTER FR2 E FILTER FR3 i FILTER FR4 gt FILTER FRS
18. Existing Series on page 2 11 to reset the axis labels when the parameter being plotted has been changed For example if you changed all series from plotting lump temperature to plotting pressure checking the Reset Axis Labels box will relabel the Y axis from temperature to pressure Reset Axis Limits This option can be used to suppress the autoscaling of a chart when you wish to retain custom axis limits If the box is check the chart will be autoscaled when the form is closed When unchecked custom axis limits defined by the user prior to editing the chart will be retained when the form is closed For retention of custom axis lim its during other chart operations please see the refresh regenerate options see Refreshing and Regenerating Plots on page 4 1 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 9 Creating a Chart Filter Retrograde X This option is used to suppress retrograde values on the X axis decreasing X values which are often encountered when using multiple input files or plotting the results of a parametric run By default this box 1s checked suppressing decreasing X values Unchecking the box will enable the display of retrograde values 2 2 1 1 1 Selection Table The Selection Table in the lower half of the Plot Manager provides a summary of the series which have been selected for plotting For each series the table identifies the following e the submodel each series belongs to if appropriate e
19. L K Axis E FILTER Path 6 FR s FILTERIFR6 All Time Wataru sesetssssssevererasdevedssenesererersesessse s 0 cosessere ese utc cocceceverdeiass srasaurerasdetstensusnerereraese tes Slip na EE Flow Mtttststintnntnntnntnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaneinennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnhennennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnene 0g Plot shown is not a restart file rather two save files to demon strate how data is plotted a continuous series Compare to previous figure Mass Flowrate at Exit lbm hr BPM u wW Ww amp amp tn in ononon G Mm 7 J o O 8 8 8 8 8 86 amp 0 00e0 1 00e 4 2 00e 4 2 00e 4 3 00e 4 Time seconds 2 2 2 Thermal Desktop Plot Manager If Thermal Desktop databases are being used as the source files the Thermal Desktop Plot Manager must be used to select and customize the series of data to be plotted This dialog is accessible by clicking on the Thermal Desktop Plot Mgr tab after source files have been selected This plot manager contains three tabs of information Thermal Desktop Data Units and Axis Expressions Each of these will be discussed in this section EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 17 Creating a Chart 2 2 2 1 Thermal Desktop Data Dialog This dialog is divided into three areas the Series Selection area Data Type Selection and the Selection Table as shown in the figure below The Series Selection allows the user to browse the contents
20. Manager Thank you for contacting CRTech After sending your message you should receive an email containing a link to this case in our help desk system Send to email Cancel EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 1 7 Introduction Here you should summarize the problem in a sentence and enter your phone number Then you can click on Send to email to transfer this information along with debug information to a new message in your email program There you can add any additional information and attach files then send the message to CRTech where our customer support team will receive your message and contact you promptly There is also a button on this form to open the CRTech License Manager to help debug licensing issues 1 8 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart CHAPTER 2 Creating a Chart To create a new chart open the EZ XY plotter and use the menu option File gt New X Y This will open an empty plot window Once the plot window has appeared data may be added to the chart using the Edit gt Add Edit menu option or the Alt A keyboard shortcut An alternative is to simply choose Edit gt Add Edit with no chart open This will create a new chart and open the Add Edit form The Add Edit form contains several tabs for managing input files and managing the data to be plotted When creating a chart the input files must first be identified on the Input Files tab and then the cha
21. Viewing Plots The remainder of this section will cover 3D chart operations A 3D chart can be further edited using the 3D chart options dialog see Chart gt 3D Options on page 5 22 4 3 1 3D Rotate A 3D chart can be rotated using the Rotate icon An example of a rotated chart is shown below When rotating a chart it can be rotated both vertically and horizontally around the center of the chart Once the rotate icon has been clicked the icon will become highlighted As long as the icon is highlighted you will remain in rotate mode To exit rotate mode click the Normal button amp to exit To undo a rotation use the menu option Edit gt Reset to return the chart to the default orthogonal view 3D sample plot Temperature a m u Time 35 4 3 2 3D Move A 3D chart can be moved using the Move icon Once the move icon has been clicked the icon will highlight As long as the icon is highlighted the move mode is active To exit move mode click the Normal button amp to exit To undo a move use the menu option Edit gt Reset to return the chart to the default orthogonal view 4 3 3 3D Zoom A 3D chart can be zoomed using the Zoom icon p Once the zoom icon has been clicked the icon will highlight As long as the icon is highlighted the zoom mode is active To exit zoom mode click the Normal button amp to exit To undo a move use the menu option Edit gt Reset to return the chart to
22. added to the selection table See Modifying Existing Series on page 2 20 Selection Table The Selection Table in the lower half of the Plot Manager provides a listing of all data series to be plot ted For each data series the table identifies the following e in which submodel each series belongs EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 19 Creating a Chart e the ID of network element or register name e a series label for use in the legend e source information indicating the type of data being plotted heat rates HR RADKs or form factors FF e g HR SAP indicates heat rates for solar albedo and planetshine while HR D indicates heat rates for diffuse solar only S Solar A Albedo P Planetshine D Diffuse Solar I Diffuse IR L Diffuse Albedo e the parameter type of the network element to be plotted ex TA indicates total absorbed for a heat rate database and XCHNG indicates exchange factor to space e a check box indicated if it the parameter is divided by the area e Thermal Desktop database source folder e units for plotting e xandy axis expressions Some of the settings for each series can be changed directly within the table while others cannot be changed but may be deleted and reentered Columns of data with a white background can be modified directly within the Selection Table These include the label and area divide The remaining columns with a yellow background cannot be change
23. are useful for zooming into a portion of a large plot and then scrolling through the chart 4 2 1 How to Zoom 2D To zoom in on a Chart press the left mouse button at the top left hand corner of the target zoom area and maintaining the mouse button pressed drag out the rectangle to the bottom right hand corner of the zoom area Release the mouse button and the Chart will update to contain only the area selected Zoom properties can be customized see Gen eral gt Zoom Options on page 5 14 To undo the zoom press the left mouse button anywhere on the Chart area and drag up and left with the mouse button depressed Release the button and the Chart will redraw the full extent of the data The 3D zoom mode icon Section 4 3 3 accessed using the icon is distinct from the above manipulations and should only be used with caution EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 4 1 Viewing Plots 4 2 2 How to Scroll By default the scroll option uses the right mouse button Due to the right click option menu in EZXY the default scroll feature has been disabled The scroll feature can be changed per General gt Scroll Options on page 5 15 to use the mid dle mouse button To scroll a Chart across press the middle mouse button and maintaining the mouse button pressed drag the mouse in the direction you wish to scroll the Chart When you release the mouse button the Chart will remain at the new location To undo the scro
24. associating to a traditional save file To define an input folder file click the browse button in the Folder File Name field and locate the input for plotting When plotting data from multiple input files or folders each input folder or file must be defined in the input table a EZXY Input Edit Table Edit input Files Sinda Fluint Plot Mgr Thermal Desktop Plot Mar Sinda Fluint Thermal Desktop Text File Browse Button Internal Name Folder Name fo Source fishtran_csr C Users Jane Baumann Desktop Sinaps Samples and Tutorials af iC deeeacecascuavausuavavuucccscccececucaccecaccscessccucesacaucecsccecssaccuccsaetporcstasecanssuasansGuacassauaccasuaecscccccsuteccetsscncraacsscruscauarascGuceGnsatacassauastssanabaacaucctbcaussaucausccstccccstscuecauccuccouccsccctcctass ee GM coccscsccccsesccctsessGuaneweces ame EEE EEEE S a Browse to a CSR Folder iis nn Kool e di Samples YNequarium filter gt 1 a 3 4 5 6 T amp 9 Organize New folder JEE ow fodusuausevasseuausesaisenascencscsutuanstuanseuausesaiaesaiensciessteenseueussunuveuss consieencveeurusasisunsssen B lane Baumann A ea a mabe di base sin_sw os TILOBO45WOC C ji oe E DVD RW Drive O 5 NomaCRTech K 6A CRTech Jane L 638 Support Jane M ga BoxCryptor T Acronis Secure Zone Mm m fishtran_csr m fishtranT saw tp Bluetooth Information Exchanger BE MozyPro Eiu Network te AARAA
25. button provides access to customize the minor grid in the plot field Line color type visibility and width may all be changed The minor grid will be drawn at every minor tick mark 5 1 3 7 Axes Position The Axes gt Position dialog controls the location of an axis To customize the position of an axis be sure to first select that axis in the list of axes on the left side of the dialog Position Units Spark Pixels r Oe End The Position field controls the offset of the axis line from the origin For a vertical axis this will be a horizontal offset for a horizontal axis this will be a vertical offset The Start field controls the location for the left end of a horizontal axis or the top end of a vertical axis while the End field controls the right end of a horizontal or lower end of a vertical axis The Z field controls the depth of an axis when displayed in 3D mode Units can be set to either pixels or percent 5 1 3 8 Adding Deleting an Axis The easiest way to add additional Y axes to a chart is through the Current Y Axis section of the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager on page 2 6 However additional axes can also be created through the customization dialog This dialog also allows additional X axes to be created in a plot New axes can be added using the button below the list of axes New axes will be labeled Custom 0 Custom 1 Cus tom 2 etc An axis may be deleted by selecting the axis in the Axes l
26. can be toggled using the Visible check box The Round first check box will round off the first label of axes to the nearest increment specified on the Axes gt Scales tab The Alternate check box will offset every other label along the axis providing a fine grid to be used without overlapping the scale labels The location of the labels and orientation can be controlled using the Size and Angle fields The Min Separation defines the minimum spacing between labels These are all defaulted to automatic if set to 0 If left as the default the minimum separation will be autodefined to prevent overlap of labels The Style option should be left as Auto EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 11 Plot Customization Label Format The Format tab controls the format for the numeric labels The default format is 0 which is a general format In some cases EZXY will automatically select scientific notation 00e0 as the format Other formats are available if needed The table below shows sample numbers in the top row and sample formats in the left column with the entries in the table showing the result of the format on the left applied to the number at the top A zero 0 means a digit should be printed whereas a number sign means to print a digit if applicable The format string may consist of up to three parts separated by a semi colon The three parts are format for posi tive format for neg
27. dialog Plot Manager on page 2 6 how ever the Series Data Source dialog can be used to define user series such as creating a series which is a arithmetic function based on other series or a series based on user input The content of this dialog will vary depending on the type of series to be defined When creating a user defined series the first step is to add a new series on the Chart gt Series tab Once added the Title button can be clicked to define a title for the series After the series is created select the series to highlight it and then move to the Series gt Data Source tab Select the Manual pull down option and define the x and y coordinates for points as shown on the left below To create a series which is a function based on other series in the chart follow the steps above to create a new series however on the Series gt Data Source tab use the pull down option to select Function Use the Function pull down list to select the type of function to be performed The two panels in the Source Series tab display the available and selected series When creating the function click to highlight a series in the available panel and then click the gt but ton to move it into the selected panel All series can be moved to the selected panel by using the gt gt button The func tion will be performed on the selected series in ascending order The up and down arrow buttons can be used to rearrange the selec
28. dialog is accessible by clicking on the SINDA FLUINT Plot Mgr tab after at least one input file has been defined This plot manager contains three tabs of information Select Item X Axis and Axis Expression each of these will be discussed in this section 2 2 1 1 Select Item Dialog The SINDA FLUINT data selection dialog is broken into two input areas the Series Selection area and the Selection Table as shown in the figure below The Series Selection allows the user to browse a model tree to select the content to be plotted such as network element parameters or registers After identifying a network element to be plotted e g a lump the user must select an associated parameter to be plotted e g the pressure of that lump by clicking on the Select Data Type to Plot button Once the series has been defined clicking the Add Selections to Table button will add the series to the Selection Table in the lower portion of the dialog Each of the fields in the form are discussed in further detail below Clicking OK in the Input Edit form will dismiss the edit form and update the chart 2 6 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart od EZXY Input Edit Table Edit Input Files 9 Sinda Huint Plot Mar Thermal Desktop Plot Mar Select Data Type to Plot E e Submodels Fla Fluid JE Register Add Selections to Table Change Plot Items in Grid Current Y Axis Series Selection Set Y axis_ Left
29. from the Windows Start menu Start gt All Programs gt Sinaps or Thermal Desktop gt Excel Plotter Setup Once installed if new versions are distributed with Sinaps or Thermal Desktop the user must manually reinstall through the Start menu EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 7 1 Excel Plotter 7 3 Creating Plots in Excel Launch the Excel Plotter using the Windows Start menu Start gt All Programs gt Sinaps or Thermal Desktop gt Excel SINDA FLUINT Plotter This will open an Excel template as shown below Click the Add Edit Plot Items button to open the EZXY Input Edit dialog also depicted below x El ExcelPlotter xlsm Microsoft Exce o E xg File Home Insert Page Layout Formulas Data Review View Developer Acrobat a o we 8 a oes w J Pam Hh z Ap g Calibri il1 JA a E Vov c Wrap Text General x r Sao wy h l r d Fa na A 5 o 00 soma M Delete F t EA Find amp aste BZ U amp e BS Hs M amp Centerry 7 9 lt 8 3 onditional Forma e nse elete Forma 5 ort amp Find amp y Sd Ar d a A rasa pai Formatting as Table Styles r x Y Filtery Select lipboard Font Alignment Number Styles Cells Editing A12 fe a A B c D E F G H l 3 K L m H 2 y Version 5 6 3 CsR TECHNOLOGIES 4 5 Browse to a Sinda Fluint save file 5 Sinda Fluint Save File Access gt 2 Dooa T Always make plot Look in
30. in the x axis column of the selection table This new x axis parameter will be for the default for subsequent additions to the Selection Table until it is changed again using this X Axis dialog Note that if two x axis parameters are applied to a chart the plot will need to be customized to either add a top or second horizontal axis see Section 5 1 3 8 2 2 1 3 Axis Expressions The SINDA FLUINT Axis Expressions dialog provides the ability to apply an expression to the raw data for either the X or Y the plot axes These expressions will be applied before the data is sent to the plotter This feature is often useful for converting units or scaling data For example if the temperature data is in units of degrees F but the plot should be in units of degrees C then a y axis expression of y 32 1 8 will accomplish the conversion when it is applied to the appropriate series containing temperature values The Axis Expression form shown below contains the selection table in the lower portion of the form and the tools to set expressions in the upper portion a EFXY Input Edit Table Edit input Files Sinda Fuint Plot Mar Thermal Desktop Plot Mar Select Item X Axis Axis Expression X Anus Expression Selected internal name cplgas TE i Set Set for All Example X33600 Axis Expressions Y Axis Expression Set Set for all entries using this internal name Example Y 10 2 set Set for selected rows in grid If Set X Axis Expressi
31. names in the Add Edit dialog for each chart to the new input file 3 2 Exporting and Printing Plot Sets Once a plot set has been created the plots can be printed and exported individually or together To print either a portion or the entire plot set select the plots to be printed in the plot set window and click the Print icon on the plot set tool bar Likewise to export plots from the set select the plots to be exported and click the Export icon on the tool bar For more information on exporting and printing see Exporting and Printing on page 6 1 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 3 3 Plot Sets EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Viewing Plots CHAPTER 4 Viewing Plots 4 1 Refreshing and Regenerating Plots After a plot as been created if the input file is updated the plot can be refreshed or regenerated to reflect any changes to the underlying data EZXY provides two options refresh and regenerate Refresh will update the plot while retaining any custom axis limits the user may have defined Regenerate will re enable autoscaling upon regenerating the plot To update a plot select the menu item Edit gt Refresh Plot or Edit gt Regenerate Plot If multiple plots are open in a single EZXY window the Edit gt Refresh All and Edit gt Regenerate All command will update all the plots in the window 4 2 Scroll and Zoom Once a plot is created EZXY provides scroll and zoom features which
32. of the Thermal Desktop database for network elements The data type area allows the selection of the parameter to be plotted such as total absorbed albedo heat The contents of the of data type selection area will vary depending on the type of database being used Once the series has been found and highlighted and the associated parameter type defined clicking the Add to List button will add the information in the Selection Table Each of the fields in the form are discussed in further detail below oJ EZXY Input Edit Table Edit Input Files Sinda Aluint Plot Mgr Thermal Desktop Plot Mgr Thermal Desktop Data Units Axis Expressions F Ounce W Solar W Albedo W Planetshine Ew ThermalDesktop Model Tree Sey El Thermal Submodels Solar Albedo IR ofa wo Data Type Selection Type Total Absorbed Direct Absorbed C Direct Incident 0 Reflected Absorbed Series Selection t Number of Rays Add to List Ii Divide by Area Set Source in Grid Reset Axis Labels TD Internal Name Select TD Source If more than one database has been defined on the input tab this pull down defines the current data base The pull down menu can be used to change the current database Changing the current database will not change the database for items already in the Selection Table however all subsequent additions to the table will use the current database Once an item is placed in the Selection Table the TD source column can be use
33. the type of item to be plotted e g lump path or register e the ID of network element Item Number or the register name e the parameter Plot Item of the network element to be plotted e aseries label which will appear in the chart legend e the internal name of the input file or folder being used e identifies the x axis variable for the series e xandy axis expressions optional e y axis Selection for this series left right or custom Some of these settings for each series can be changed within the table some can be changed elsewhere through the plot manager and some cannot be changed Columns of data with a white background can be modified directly within the selection table These options include the label source file association and y axis designation Columns with a yellow background cannot be changed in the Selection Table but may be modified elsewhere in the options provided above the Selection Table Label This is the label with which the series will be identified in the plot legend The series label defaults to the form of submodel parameter element ID or to the name of a register For example SAMPLE TL23 would be the label for a plot of the temperature of lump 23 in submodel sample The label can be changed through the Selection Table to be any alphanumeric name Internal Name This field identifies the internal name of the input file which is to be used for the series The name dis playe
34. to set the three colors The example below shows a background gradient with custom colors To modify the plot area color or gradient see Chart gt Walls Options on page 5 17 H test ezp Slee ee Customize Plot E eS Temperature Response During Fill Chat Series Tools Themes Vapor TLL Liquid TL Volume Ratio Series Panel Axes Generaty Titles Walls Paging Lege Borders Backgrouned Margins Gradient Shadow Format Colors Options oes es i ee O Middle LJ No Middle Color Gam Temperature ma Correctio SS SE R A SE EE 5 1 2 5 Panel Shadow The Shadow tab provides the ability to add a drop shadow to the chart to give it a 3 dimensional look The Color button allows the color of the shadow to be modified The slider bar below the Color button allows the intensity of the color to be set The Pattern button allows a hatch gradient or image to be associated with the shadow The size fields allow the width and height of the shadow to be modified The transparency of the shadow can be con trolled using a scale of 0 to 100 with 0 meaning not transparent opaque and 100 meaning fully transparent The background can also be defined to be an image 5 1 3 Chart Axes EZXY provides access to one x axis and two y axes in the plot manager Selection Table e g Section 2 2 1 1 Addi tional x and y axes can be added through the Chart gt Axes dialog shown below Additi
35. transientcase 5 1 5 2 Titles Position By default EZXY automatically adjusts the positions of the titles plot and axes However the title position can be changed Be aware that the margins and or the legend position may need to be modified also if the title position is changed To customize the position of a title first check the Custom check box This will disable automatic positioning Use the Left and Top data fields to adjust the position of the title from the left and top edges of the chart window Remember that the chart margins and legend position may also need to be adjusted 5 1 5 3 Titles Format The Titles gt Format dialog provides the ability to add a frame area around a header or footer Using the Color button the background color of the title area can be set The Frame button allows the color and thickness of the frame around the title area to be set Transparency and patterns can also be added 5 1 5 4 Titles Gradient A color gradient can be defined for the title area background By default the gradient is turned off The Format tab controls the type of gradient horizontal vertical radial or diagonal The Angle field allows the angle of the gradient to be changed The Visible check box allows the gradient to be turned on or off The Color tab provides access to define the gradient to be based on two or three colors Use the No Middle Color check box to disable the middle color Use the Start Middle and End buttons t
36. update after the changes have been applied Click OK to close the dialog and return to the plot window ES EZXY Input Edit Edit Input Files Sinda Fluint Plot Mgr Thermal Desktop Flot Moar Thermal Desktop Data Unite Avis Expressions Units Reset To Model Length m SI Temperature ENG Energy Unit Selection Time Derived Units Mass Specific Heat Conductance Orbital Length km Density Flux Set Set units for TO source BASE dd AcOptics rch Submodel Name Item Number Source Area Div TD Source MAIN 1 HR AP BASE dd RcOpe rr MAIN 2 HR AP BASE dd RcOpk r MAIM 3 HR AP BASE dd RcOpk rr Selection Table Cancel EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 21 Creating a Chart 2 2 2 3 Axis Expressions The Thermal Desktop Axis Expressions dialog provides the ability to apply an expression to the data for the X and pri mary Y plot axes These expressions will be applied before the data is sent to the plotter The Axis Expression form shown below contains the selection table in the lower portion of the form and the tools to set expressions in the upper portion This dialog is distinct from the units dialog but can be used as an alternative method for applying unit conver sions EZXY Input Edit Edit Input Files Sinda Fluint Thermal Desktop Sindaw orks Select ltem x Axis Axis Expressions m Asis Expression Selected save file cplgas say Axis Expressions EE
37. web site Displays detailed version and build information Exports the current plot as a bitmap image see Exporting Charts and Data Exports a table containing the current plot data see Exporting Charts and Data Opens chart customization dialog see Plot Customization Prints the existing plot see Printing Charts Opens plot manager dialog to edit source file and plot content see Creating a Chart Saves a EZXY plot file Resets view of a 3D chart Description She ope a 3D Operations gt Normal Normal end rotate move or zoom commands 3D Rotate Rotate 3D chart 3D Move Move a 3D chart 3D Zoom Zoom on a 3D chart 3D Depth Controls depth of a 3D chart 3D Chart Toggle chart view between 3D and 2D Wek Chart Options gt Edit Customize Opens chart customization dialog see Plot Cus tomization Print Opens print dialog see Printing Charts Copy Copies current chart into memory clipboard Save Ctrl S Saves the current plot file ww D os File Options gt Add Edit Alt A Opens plot manager dialog to edit source file and plot content see Creating a Chart New XY Plot Opens new plot file 1 6 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Introduction TABLE 2 EZXY Tool Bar Option Summary Tool Bar Title Option left to right Description Copy to New Plot Copies chart to a new plot Open Ctrl O Opens an existing chart De B AR Plot Set gt Add a new plot Creates a new chart in plot set Open selected plots Opens sele
38. 0 Axis Selection 5 23 Customization 5 22 Deleting 2 11 2 21 5 4 Display Points 5 23 Labels Adding and Formatting 5 24 Line Formatting 5 22 Marks 5 24 Paging Options 5 18 User Defined 5 23 SINDA FLUINT Save Files 2 2 Source Files Defining 2 1 Sinda Fluint Save Files 2 2 Text Files 2 4 Thermal Desktop Databases 2 3 Statistical Plots Histograms 2 23 T Templates Create with Themes 5 29 Text Files 2 3 Themes 5 28 Thermal Desktop Databases Form Factors 2 19 Heating Rates 2 19 Radiation Conductors 2 19 Titles Axis 5 10 Chart 5 15 Toolbars 1 5 U Units Thermal Desktop Database 2 21 W wall versus panel 5 5 Walls Customizing 5 17 Z Zoom 2D zoom in on data 4 1 3D grow shrink plot 4 3 How to Zoom 4 1 Options 5 14 1 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc
39. 2 Series can also be deleted directly from the plot manager Selection Table e g Section 2 2 1 1 by highlighting the series line in the table and using the delete key on the keyboard 5 1 1 4 Series Title The Title button can be used to change the title or name of a series This is the name of the series which is displayed in the legend This feature is useful for renaming a custom series however it is not recommended for changing the title of a series previously defined in the plot manager Selection Table e g Section 2 2 1 1 Otherwise the change will only be temporary and when the plot is refreshed the legend will return to the name defined in the EZXY Selection Table 5 4 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization To change the name of an series defined through the EZXY Plot Manager versus a user defined function change it directly in the Label column of the Selection Table 5 1 1 5 Change a Series The Change button allows access back to the Functions tab to change a user defined series based on a function 5 1 1 6 Series Order The order of the series can be changed using the up down arrows in the Chart gt Series dialog To move a series high light it and then click the arrow buttons to relocate it ee Customize Plot Chart Seres Tools Themes Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legend 3D bax W FILLIT VOL3 Arrows for controlling series order
40. Extra Legend Mark Tips Nearest Point B Pie Slices G Series Animation Surface Nearest Tool Cursor Drag Marks Craw Line Drag Faint Gantt Drag Fibonacci _ Seres Region Legend Palette Seres Statistics Clip Series Seres Band EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 25 Plot Customization 5 3 1 Annotation Tool 5 3 1 1 Adding Annotations Annotations are useful for documenting events on a chart or adding additional labels to a series Annotations can be added to a chart using the chart editor Tools dialog Click the button to access the Tool Gallery and select the Other tab Highlight the Annotation option and the click the Add button The following Annotation dialog will appear 5 3 1 2 Editing Annotations Once an annotation has been added to a chart it can be edited by returning to the chart editor Tools dialog Highlight the annotation entry in the list on the left The annotation dialog will automatically appear on the right side of the form 4 Customize Plot El ek l Chart Series Tools Themes Ee Baie E E i Annotation Options Position Size Callout Format Grac_4 Text Text alignment Cursor Left Default Clip Text C Allow Edit The annotation should be typed in the Text field of the Options tab Options are provide to control alignment cursor clipping of text add the ability to edit the text directly on the chart When the Allow Edit option i
41. O aquarium filter Add Edit Plot R fresh Pl m E desp sav LS JEdit Plot Items afresh Plot 4 E fishtran sav 10 Save Piles Save Files My Recent SijfishtranT sav 11 InternalName Actual Name Internal Name Actual Name Documents 12 13 14 15 46 a EZXY Input Edit B Aa Table Edit 17 My Documents 18 Y Axis Label Input Files Sinda Aluint Plot Mar 19 Plot Summary edit through Add Edit button Sinda Fluint 20 Submodel Name Type Number Item Label Xaxis Save 3 21 CSR Folders My Computer 22 Internal Name Folder Name Sourc 23 1 e z amp File name 4 4 gt gt Plot Items Data lt Sheet3 J a may zi 3 i Ready 5 3 se PC My Network Files of type S F Files sav rsx v PC X 5 Mef PC 6 PPC 7 FPC 8 EPC 9 PC 10 LPC LS ne Traditional Save Files Internal Name File Name odro BE E x A Ios PC af S PC E PC Pe 7 EPC E kzn PC 9 TPC 4 m 7 3 1 Input Files On the Input Files tab specify an internal name and then use the browse button to locate the SINDA FLUINT CSR folder or save file to be used as the source For more information on internal names and their usage see SINDA FLU INT Input Files on page 2 2 If an internal name is not defined prior to selecting the save file a name will be automat ically created using the name of the save file without the sav suffix If the data source was created on a UNIX platform use
42. T or Thermal Desktop input before the associated Plot Manager tabs can be accessed For example to access the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager tab at least one CSR folder or save file must be defined on the SINDA FLUINT Input File tab The Plot Manager tabs allows the user to customize the content of the chart whereas the appearance of the chart axes fonts etc is generally controlled through the customization dialog or the chart editor see Plot Customization on page 5 1 The Plot Manager dialog also allows the user to control the association of each data series with an internal name selecting alternative x axis parameters controlling series labels in the legend and applying expressions to either the x or y axes Since there is no plot file associated with a text file all content in the text file will be plotted The visibility of individ ual series can be toggled through customization options see Plot Customization on page 5 1 Once a chart has been created the user can return to the plot manager using the Add Edit icon i Chart content such as input files or selected series can be changed at any time using this dialog The remainder of this section will discuss the usage of the various plot managers individually 2 2 1 SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager If the input files identified for a chart are SINDA FLUINT CSR folders or save files the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager must be used to select and prepare the data to be plotted This
43. XY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization 5 1 1 2 Adding a Custom Series The Add button allows a new series to be defined This dialog contains two tabs Series and Functions Since the plot content is controlled via the Plot Manager dialog Section 2 2 this Chart gt Series tab is not appropriate for adding a new series based on the source file or a text file However a user defined series can be added using this dialog e g the difference between the pressure of two fluid lumps Adding a User defined Series After clicking the Add button on the Chart gt Series tab select the series type such as Standard gt Line Click OK to add the new series to the chart Use the top level Series tab to customize the new series The Data Source tab allow manual definition of the new series For a simple horizontal or vertical line it may be easier to use the Tools gt Axis gt Color Line option Section 5 1 3 Adding a Function Series The Add button is useful for adding a new function series to the chart i e a series which is based on data contained in other series within the chart Functions can be defined as arithmetic functions addition subtraction multiplication etc statistical or extended which includes options to smooth a line add a trend line curve fitting etc After clicking the Add button the Functions tab allows a new series to be define as a function of other series in the chart Once a function h
44. Zoom tab provides control for the zoom features The scroll feature can be enabled or disabled using the Allow check box The zoom can be animated stepping in or out of the zoomed view by clicking the Animated check box The Steps field controls how many increments will be used for the animation 5 14 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization The Pen and Pattern buttons provide access to customize the appearance of the zoom window The Direction field con trols the type of zoom allowed horizontal vertical or both The Mouse Button field allows the zoom option to be reas signed to a different mouse button versus the default of left 5 1 4 2 General gt Scroll Options The General gt Scroll dialog allows the properties of the scroll feature to be modified by the user By default the scroll will be both horizontal and vertical using the right mouse button Since the EZXY Plotter uses the right mouse button for the options menu the scroll feature is disabled by default To enable the scroll feature it is recommended that the Mouse Button field be changed to the middle button The Allow Scroll dialog allows the scroll direction to be changed 5 1 4 3 General gt Cursor Options The General gt Cursor dialog allows the user to change the appearance of the cursor 5 1 5 Chart gt Titles Options The header title of the chart appears above the plot by default The appearance and location of the title can be custom
45. amp R Technologies Inc 5 19 Plot Customization Font Series Color The Font Series Color toggles the color of the text in the legend to match the color of the series in the plot Legend Style The default legend style Automatic will use Series point values when there is only one series in the chart When the chart contains more than one series automatic will use Series names in the legend The drop down data field Legend Styles can be used to select options other than the default The options are Automatic Series Name the name provided in the EZXY Selection Table Series values numeric values Last Value places the last value of each series in the legend box and Palette If legend style is changed to display values and if there is more than one series in the chart then EZXY will display only the values for the first series Text Style If the Legend Style is selected as Series Values the Text Style drop down field can be used to control what will be displayed in the legend Options include left or right values or percents X value value percent X and value or X and percent Vert Spacing This option allows the spacing between legend entries to be modified Dividing Lines The Dividing Lines button gives access to the pen editor window where the visibility color and width of the lines between legend entries can be customized 5 1 8 2 Legend Position The Legend gt Position dialog shown below allows the user to chan
46. as been selected clicking OK will bring up the Series gt Data Source dialog This dialog allows the Functions to be selected or changed and the Source Series to be defined Functions are performed on selected series in descending order Once the function has been setup the Apply button must be clicked to create the new series Customize Plot Sex t TeeChart Gallery Chart Series Tools Themes Pope Functions Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legend 3D Sandan Financial Stats Extended Add Subtract Multiply bax Wim HYDRO TL2 i bak vi VTANK bak W HYDRO VOL1 i i F 4 Customize Plot pi Chat Series Tools Themes fines I ing Format Points General Data Sfurce Marks Functions Divide i sts Apply Source Series Options Available Selected HYDRO TL1 HYDROVOL1 HYDRO TL2 VTANK m Ic For example in the chart below TVS sample problem the volume ratio is defined as a function the volume of a tank divided by a register First each of these parameters HYDRO VOL1 and VTANK must be requested as series in the Selection Table and plotted In the customization menu the plotting of the user defined volume ratio can be accom plished by clicking the Add button and in the next window selecting the Functions tab Next click on the Divide option EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 3 Plot Customization and click OK In th
47. ative format for zero If only a single format appears it will be used for all numbers res Ja o o e a ooo fe Je o e ow e o a w fe fa pooo ho ee poe fee pa eoo Dimma o lamo ow if om Label Text The Text tab provides access for customizing the look of the label text The Font button dialog allows the font name style and size to be set along with the color A drop shadow can be added using the Visible check box in the Shadow portion of the form The color and intensity of the shadow are controlled via the Color button and the slider below the button The Size fields control the offset of the shadow from the text Transparency and patterns can also be applied to the drop shadow 5 1 3 6 Axes Minor The Axes gt Minor dialog controls the display for the minor grid and ticks in the plot field To customize the ticks or grid be sure to first select the axis to be modified in the list of axes on the left side of the dialog The major grid and ticks are controlled via the Axes gt Ticks dialog see Section 5 1 3 4 Scales Title Ticks Labels Minor Position 5 12 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization The Ticks button controls the visibility color width and line style for the minor tick marks on the axis The Length data field controls the length of the minor tick marks The Count field controls placement of the minor tick marks the number of minor tick marks between major ticks The Grid
48. chnologies Inc Creating a Chart The column format text file can be comma or tab delimited The first row in the file will be used as the header data and applied as series titles A header data row must exist in the file and cannot include spaces in the series titles Each sub sequent row in the file contains data for one x axis increment e g x yl y2 y3 yn In the example above time is the X variable and USUCP 69 70 and 71 represent the three series to be plotted Here is the same data in Thermal Desktop text transient format which is also a valid input format for EZXY text input files 3 USUCP 69 USUCP 70 USUCP 71 1 53 7093946669 53 7093946669 53 2207743327 2 60 65 70 The Thermal Desktop text transient format begins with an integer representing the total number of series followed by the names of each series which must be of the form SUBMODEL ID or just ID If SUBMODEL is omitted it is assumed to be MAIN Next is a line representing the time followed by the data either one series per line or all on one line separated by spaces These last two items time and series data repeat for all times The data series defined by text input files will not appear in the selection tables of the SINDA FLUNT or Thermal Desktop plot manager By default all data in the text file will be plotted If only specific series from the text file are to be plotted use the Chart gt Series tab of the Customization dialog to
49. cted plot set charts Open all plots Opens all charts in the plot set Add existing plot Add an existing open chart to the plot set Delete selected plot Deletes selected chart Copy selected plot to new file Copes selected chart into a new chart within the plot set Save the plot set Saves the plot set Print selected plot Sends selected chart to printer Rename selected plot Allows a chart in the plot set to be renamed Export selected plots Exports selected charts as png files 1 4 Getting Help This help document is available as either a hyperlinked file or as a PDF document The hyperlinked file is available as the menu entry EZXY Help in the Sinaps or Thermal Desktop Windows Start menu groups or via the Help gt Help menu option in EZXY The PDF document version is available as the menu entry EZXY Help PDF File in the Sinaps or Ther mal Desktop Windows Start menu groups To request help from CRTech Customer Support use the Help gt Open CRTech Support Ticket menu entry in EZXY This opens the following form F Contact CRTech Support Requesting support with EZXY AssyV 5 7 0 0 FileV 5 7 0 0 NET 4 0 v110_xp 64 bit One sentence summary 724 characters remaining Your phone number Clicking Send to email will attempt to create a new email message containing standard information about your system and CRTech installations Ifthe message is blank please use Paste Ctrl V to add the missing information License
50. d Edit trees Added FQ to tie parameter list Open file dialog now defaults to show plot and plotset files DAE do 1 4 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Introduction 8 Various bug fixes for EZXY and the Excel Plotter 1 3 Menus and Tool Bars EZXY has pull down menus and tool bars to assist the user in manipulating charts Right clicking on the chart will bring up the object edit menu The menu functions are summarized in table EZXY Menu Option Summary The tool bar options are summarized in table EZXY Tool Bar Option Summary Keyboard shortcuts are listed where avail able TABLE 1 EZXY Menu Option Summary Menu File gt Edit gt Statistics gt Submenu New X Y New Plot Set Open Ctrl O Close Save Ctrl S Save As Print Export Image Export Tabular Data Legacy Export Exit Add Edit Alt A Regenerate Plot Regenerate All Refresh Plot Refresh All Reset Copy to new Plot Set Default Theme Histogram gt Submenu Display Description Opens a new plot window see Creating a Chart Opens a new plot set see Plot Sets Opens an existing chart Closes a plot file Saves the current plot file Saves a plot to a new file name Prints the existing plot see Printing Charts Exports the current plot as a bitmap image see Exporting Charts and Data Exports a table containing the current plot data see Exporting Charts and Data Accesses the pre Vers
51. d in this column is the internal name assigned to the input file folder on the Input File tab To change which input is being used for a series the user can select a different internal name from the drop down list in the data field Alter natively the input the internal name points to can be changed on the Input File tab This method is more useful for global changes to all entries in the table and the pull down method is more useful when making changes to individual series It is possible for the user to select an internal name which does not contain the item to be plotted This will result in a error message stating For one or more lines the size of the time array and data array don t match after clicking OK the resulting plot will exclude the incompatible series Y axis Name This identifies which y axis left or right will be used for the data series on the plot The y axis information can be changed using the pull down menu in the data field and selecting a new axis The drop down menu will display left right or the title provided to any additional axis created through the plot customization dialog see Section 5 1 3 8 2 10 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart 2 2 1 1 2 Adding New Series to a Chart To add a new series to a chart first select the internal name associated with the input to be used using the Select Inter nal Name pull down in the upper left co
52. d label to create a unique label for each series however the user can change the labels to be more descriptive Click OK to create the plot Since the data to be plotted has been defined as two series in the selection table two distinct lines have been plotted on the chart as shown below EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 15 Creating a Chart od EZXY Input Edit Table Edit Input Files Sinda Ruint Plot Mar Thermal Desktop Plot Mar Sinda Hluint Them Desktop Text File Source PC a Ti PC it Select Data Type to Plot FR Add Selections to Table Change Plot Items in Grid Current Y Axis Set Y axis Left Reset Axis Labels IW Reset Axis Limits TO Filter Retrograde X CSR Folders Internal Name Folder Name 1 fishtran_csr fishtran_csr gt P E i an ee et oo a E7 Nnput Edit CCC a s A Input Files Sinda Fluint Plot Mgr Thermal Desktop Plot Mar x fois fois See n a ater al Traditional Save Files Internal 1 a E E n ee ox 1 a slipflow ezp Slip Flow vs Homogeneous Flow FILTER FR6 FILTER FR6_2 750 700 650 600 550 E soo 450 x wi 400 350 i 300 ra 2 250 5 200 150 100 50 0 00e0 1 00e 4 2 00e 4 Time seconds 2 00e 4 3 00e 4 E EEE PeeECeC Pe PEEP TCO PeCe Pee eee rrr ocmccnccnononccooneneenenennencen irr rn
53. d on a scale of O to 100 with 0 meaning not transparent opaque and 100 meaning fully transparent The background can also be defined to be an image To modify the plot area color or gradient see Chart gt Walls Options on page 5 17 4 Customize Plot E me oS a Chart Seres Tools Themes Hatch Brush Editor DER A a Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Pal visible Borders Background Margins Gradient Shadow Solid Hatch Gradient Image Bl i Si AHHH ED EEE DEE 8 oe LI Transparent Background Image Bn 5O8B style Eee tT ft ft a I LI Transparent Transparency A EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization 5 1 2 3 Panel Margins The panel margins can be increased or decreased using the Panel gt Margin dialog The margins define the distance between the frame of the chart and the edges of the plot area 5 1 2 4 Panel Gradient A color gradient can be defined for the panel background By default the gradient is turned on The Format tab controls the type of gradient horizontal vertical radial or diagonal The Angle field allows the angle of the gradient to be changed The Visible check box allows the gradient to be turned on or off The Color tab provides access to define the gradient to be based on two or three colors Use the No Middle Color check box to disable the middle color Use the Start Middle and End buttons
54. d to change the source data base The name which appears in the TD Source field is the internal name provided when the source database was iden tified using the Input Files tab The model tree displayed below this field will vary depending on which database is selected Model Tree left pane The Model Tree provides and expandable means of browsing the database It is organized by hierarchy of submodel names and element type The tree is used to locate network elements for plotting After locating 2 18 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart a submodel in the model tree selecting an element type and highlighting it the node IDs will appear in the Node Num ber list to the right of the model tree Node Numbers The pane in the middle of the series selection area will display the IDs of all elements based on type selected in the model tree The user must select the IDs which are to be plotted The user can select a single ID by click ing to highlight it or a group of IDs using the shift or control keys during the selection process Once the items to be plotted are highlighted and associated parameters selected clicking the Add to List button will add the items to the Selection Table Add to List After selecting network element IDs and parameters to be plotted the Add to List button must be clicked to add the data series to the selection table in the lower portion of the form After items have be added t
55. d within the table Series Label The series label defaults to the form of submodel parameter element ID For example SAM PLE TL23 would be the label for a plot of the temperature of lump 23 in submodel sample The label can be changed through the selection table to be any alpha numeric name 2 2 2 1 1 Adding New Series To add a new series to a plot first use the Select TD Internal Name pull down in the upper left corner of the form to select which input file is to be used Next use the model tree to locate the type of element or register whose data is to be plotted The element IDs or register names will appear in the middle pane Hold the Ctrl or Shift buttons to select multiple items Next choose the Select Data Type to Plot button Finally choose the Add to List button and the new data will appear as specified in the yellow table the Selection Table at the bottom of the form 2 2 2 1 2 Modifying Existing Series The parameters for each line will appear in the Selection Table at the bottom of the form The Label and the Area Div columns may be edited hence they are shown in white Yellow fields either cannot be changed in the table or must be changed using other methods The X axis value and the X and Y axis expressions can be changed using other tabs as explained below For other changes e g the submodel or the element ID etc delete the line and regenerate it The change the source of series in the selection tabl
56. ding a Custom Series 5 3 Chart Appearance 5 2 Series Visibility 5 2 D Depth 3D chart 4 4 Drag and Drop 2 1 E Excel Plotter Creating Plots 7 2 Installation 7 1 Introduction 7 1 Exporting Plot Sets 6 1 Plots 6 1 Series Data 6 1 To Clipboard 6 1 Expressions Applying to Axes 2 13 H Heating Rate Database 2 17 Histograms 2 23 l Introduction 1 1 K Keyboard Shortcuts 1 5 L Legend Customization 5 19 Formatting 5 21 Position 5 20 Series Visibility 5 23 Text Formatting 5 21 M Menus 1 5 Move 3D chart 4 3 O Overview 1 1 P Paging Options Multipage Plots 5 18 panel changing view 5 5 vs wall 5 5 Plot Manager Overview 2 6 Sinda Fluint Plot Manager 2 6 Thermal Desktop 2 17 Plot Sets About 3 1 Adding Plots 3 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 1 1 Index Creating 3 1 Plots Setting Preferences 5 29 Source file updates 4 1 Viewing 4 1 Plotting Create a New Plot 2 1 Customization 5 1 Statistical 2 23 Preferences 5 29 Printing Chart 6 3 Printer Configuration 6 3 R RadK Databases 2 17 Refreshing Plots 4 1 Regenerating Plots 4 1 Reset 3D chart 4 2 Restart Files 2 15 Rotate 3D chart 4 3 S Save Files Adding 2 2 Defining Multiple 2 2 Mulitple 2 15 Plot selection 2 7 Plotting from multiple 2 7 Scrolling How to Scroll 4 2 Options 5 15 Series Adding Functions 5 3 5 23 Adding Through Sinda Fluint Plot Manager 2 11 Adding through Thermal Desktop Plot Manager 2 2
57. e check the boxes next to the sources to be plotted and the click the Set Source in Grid button to apply it to all items in the table To change an individual series delete the series and add a revised version to the table 2 20 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart To customize the appearance of a series line thickness color etc use the customization dialog see Section 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 Deleting a Series A series can be deleted from the selection table but clicking on the row number on the far left of the table to highlight the row and then press the delete key on the keyboard 2 2 2 2 Units Dialog Thermal Desktop databases are stored in standard SI units watts meters seconds The Unit tab shown below pro vides the ability to change the units used when the plot is displayed This form only applies to thermal desktop data bases and does not apply to SINDA FLUINT save files or text files The list of pull down fields on the left side of the form provides access to change units for individual parameters The reset buttons on the right SI and ENG provide an full parameter toggle for standard SI or standard ENG units The derived units displayed below the reset buttons are the units for display based on the current unit selection After selecting the units of choice the SET button must be clicked to apply the changes The Units column in the selec tion table in the lower portion of the form will
58. e Auto box being checked Ifthe Auto check box is unselected the min max values for the axis lower and upper limits can be controlled using the Minimum and Maximum tabbed dia logs To change a scale limit uncheck the Auto box on the tab and then click on the Change button located on the Min imum Maximum tabs The subsequent dialog provides a Value field where the new limit can be input Dorreen lv Automatic lv Visible O Inverted Increment 0 O Logarithmic Log Base ij Minimum Maximum ke Auto 35 139 O Round EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 9 Plot Customization The Offset field allows the min max level of the axes to be offset from the frame of the plot field By default EZX Y sets this value to be 3 This offset allows a series to be more visible if it is pegged at the limit of the axis it avoids both the plotted line and the axis from overlapping The visibility of the axes can be controlled using the Visible check box If visibility is set to off any series using the axis will still be plotted but no axis will be visible To disable the visibility of the series see Section 5 1 1 1 The Inverted check box will invert the scale swapping min max locations The Change button located under the Automatic check box allows the increment of the numbers on the axis scale to be changed To the right of this button the current increment is shown An increment of 0 defaults to automatic increment sel
59. e Color Each and Color Each Line options provide the abil ity to color each data point or segment a different color in a series 5 22 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization 5 2 2 Series Points The Series gt Points dialog provides the ability to turn customize the appearance of the individual data points If the Vis ibility check box is checked a symbol will appear at each data point The Style field controls the geometric symbol assigned to a series The Pattern button controls the color of the symbol and the Border button controls the color of the border 5 2 3 Series General The Series gt General dialog controls the general formatting for the series The Show in Legend check box controls whether or not the series is included in the legend The turn the visibility of a series off in the legend uncheck the box The Horizontal Axis and Vertical Axis fields are used to assign which axes are associated with a series For example to change the y axis a series should use use the pull down in the Vertical Axis field to select a new axis Only existing ver tical axes will display in the pull down To add a new axis see Adding Deleting an Axis on page 5 13 The Values field controls the numeric formatting of the data point values when displayed To turn values on see Series Marks on page 5 24 5 2 4 Series Data Source By default in EZXY the series data source is controlled by the plot manager
60. e edited by returning to the tools dialog and selecting the color band object in the tool list in the left panel of the Tools dialog Once selected the color band dialog will appear on the right side of the form The Border button provides formatting options for the border line on the band The Pattern button allows the color and pattern of the band to be customized The Options tab provides alternate access to the bar color options and provides the ability to add a gradient to the band sample enar amp Customize Plot E ax S Chart Series Tools Themes ag Wave A E HB ColorBand Axis Bottom Axis Temperature Values Options Start Value 5 O Allow Dr 5 ey 5 End Value 15 U Allow Dr 5 3 3 Color Line Tool The color line tool can be used to add a line to a chart marking a specific value on one of the axes To add a color line use the Tools tab of the Chart Editor Click the button and using the Axis tab select Color Line The color line edit form is displayed on the right below Use the Axis field to associate the color line with one of the axes Use the Value field to define the location of the line The Active check box controls the visibility of then line By default the Allow Drag is checked which will allow the line to be moved directly in the chart by clicking on it holding the left mouse button and dragging it to a new location EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 27
61. e is used to map each data series in the Selection Table of the Plot Manager tab see Section 2 2 to a specific input defined on the Input File table The internal name can be renamed at anytime by the user by typing a new name in the Internal Name field on the Input Files tab When renamed for an existing chart the name change will automatically propagate throughout the selection table Folder Name This is the name of the folder containing the input database to be plotted For Thermal Desktop data bases this will be one of three folder options rcf rck or rch The browse button on each line can be used to access a browser window to find the input folder After selecting a folder the name will automatically appear in the Folder Name field Alternatively the full or relative path and folder name can be typed directly in the Folder Name field After selecting Thermal Desktop databases for the input files the chart content can be further defined as covered in sec tion Thermal Desktop Plot Manager on page 2 17 2 1 3 Text Input Files Text files can be plotted with the EZXY Plotter This feature is useful for plotting model results together with test data Two text file formats are supported column format and Thermal Desktop text transient format An example of column format is as follows Time USUCP 69 USUCP 70 USUCP 71 1 53 7093946669 53 7093946669 53 2207743327 2 60 65 70 2 4 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Te
62. e next dialog use the arrow buttons to move the series to be used in the function from the left to the right pane The up and down buttons can be used to control order of the series in the function In this example the ratio is defined as HY DRO VOL1 VTANK so HYDRO VOLI1 must appear at the top of the list Additional tabs format points general data source and marks allow further customizing of the series The General tab provides access to specify which vertical and horizontal axes are to be used for the series in addition to controlling the number format see analogous features in Section 5 1 3 5 Now a new series line5 is available the chart as shown below The Title button can be used to rename the plot from lineS to Volume Ratio and the visibility of the two series VTANK and HYDRO VOLI can be turned off by uncheck ing the visibility boxes Click close to save the changes and close the dialog ee Customize Plot Temperature Response During Fill HYDRO TLI1 HYDRO TL2 Volume Ratio Chart Seres Tools Themes Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legend 3D bat W HYDRO TL1 bax W HYDRO TL2 VTANK HYDRO VOLI piz w Kea ogey awnjoA 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 Time min 5 1 1 3 Delete a Series The Delete button can be used to delete a series Note that this will also delete the series in the EZXY selection table in the Plot Manager dialog Section 2
63. e or CSR folder for the purposes of plotting data in Excel or simply to transfer data to Excel Please note that EZX Y Thermal Desktop and Sinaps all provide alternative methods for exporting data to Excel which may be more efficient than this plot tool The Excel Plotter uses the EZXY Plot Manager for controlling and managing source data The plot template is not intended to be as full featured as the EZ XY Plotter it is simply provided as a convenience for users who prefer the Microsoft Excel environment for plotting Due to limitations of the Excel interface there are several features in the EZXY Plotter which are not supported in the Excel Plotter however the Excel Plotter does provide a few features not available in the EZXY Plotter Current known limitations are e The Excel Plotter only supports SINDA FLUINT save files and CSR folders not Thermal Desktop databases e Plots are limited to 250 series items in the selection set e Data import is limited to a single Y axis although this can be overcome by customizing a plot in the Excel environment e Plotting from multiple data sources is supported however they must have the same range of x values EZXY supports plotting from multiple sources with varying x ranges The remainder of this chapter will highlight basic usage of the Excel Plotter 7 2 Installing the Excel Plot Template By default the Excel Plotter is not installed with the EZXY Plotter however it can be easily installed
64. ection The Logarithmic button is used to change the scale to logarithmic which defaults to base 10 although this can be changed The e check box allows the scale to be changed to base e 5 1 3 3 Axes Title The Axes gt Title dialog allows the title of each axis on the plot to be modified To customize the title of an axis be sure to first select the axis to be modified in the list of axes on the left side of the dialog The Style tab provides access to the Title field and the angle of the title useful for 3D plots The Text tab provides access for customizing the look of the text The Font button dialog allows the font name style and size to be set along with the color A drop shadow can be added using the Visible check box in the Shadow portion of the form The color and intensity of the shadow are controlled via the Color button and the slider below the button The Size fields control the offset of the shadow from the text Transparency and patterns can also be applied to the drop shadow Style Text Style Tent Shadow sme O visible Size Gig Horizontal 1 vaiad B ke Visible Transparency Blur Smooth 5 1 3 4 Axes Ticks The Axes gt Ticks dialog provides control for the axis line major tick marks and inner tick marks To customize the ticks or line of an axis be sure to first select the axis to be modified in the list of axes on the left side of the dialog There are three types of tick marks majo
65. eecsnessneneeeseeseecsnecndieneecseensressneseeesecsnenseensnecsrensnessnesseeduecsuecseceseeuseecseesses EEEEEEETE teeeseeeseenseenseesseesseessegecceseeeseeeseanseacseesseeseessesseeeseeesercsrrssrtsenssneseeseeseesseesseessneedeessneeas Go a er rT Be E Phd bat Add Selections to Table After selecting network element types IDs parameters or selecting registers the Add Selec tions to Table button must be clicked to add the selected input to the Selection Table in the lower portion of the form Only items listed in the selection table will be displayed on the final chart Change Plot Items in Grid This button is used for changing the plot item in the selection table See Modifying Existing Series on page 2 11 Current Y Axis EZXY supports multiple axes for plotting The user can select a second y axis which will be located on the right side of the plot Before adding a new series to the selection table the user may click the Set Y Axis button to change the y axis from the default left to a right axis Once the data field is set to left or right all subsequent additions to the selection table will follow this rule until it is changed The Add button in the Set Y Axis dialog allows the user to create additional Y axes for the chart Additional X axes can be added after the chart has been created as explained in Section 5 1 3 8 Reset Axis Labels This option can be used when modifying existing charts see Modifying
66. element is changed After selecting the element num bers and the parameter clicking the Add Selections to Table button will add the new series to the selection table in the lower portion of the form When plotting multiple parameters for a single element type such as lump temperature and pressure select only the lumps for which the temperature is to be plotted and add them to the selection table then repeat the parameter selection process to select pressure and add them to the selection table 2 8 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart a EZXY Input Edit Table Edit Input Files Sinda Fluint Plot Mgr Thermal Desktop Plot Mar Select Item x Axis Axis Expression Select lhems to Plot cplgas Select Internal Name Select Data Type to Plot Lump Numsa IPL Elk Submodels El Thermal Ege PLATE Add Selections to Table r 1 A a Nodes 3 gt Conductors 3 Change Plot Items in Grid ee EVAP 4 Ew Fluid Current r Axis Bg CPL 7 Set axis m Lumps p j Fates 3 ia infil Ties ff Register 30 T Reset Axis Labels 7 Reset Axis Limits i Filter Retrograde X Internal Name X Axis Time Soeeae eae eaa ieee nace ieee ane ce T a D RSs 0cscccadcaccccacacceascscscaseghacaecacceascacseaacacscascscccascscscascdaunnunsun dteeeeengeretenerei senses cers teens re a aa rrr EEE E a a a E nE at eter eee seeeeeeeeeneeneeeneenseenseesnnenseeseeeseeseeenneaTens
67. en ee a k 1 a 3 4 5 6 7 amp 9 4 Folder OK pr lt oe Internal Name This field is automatically set as the name of the input folder or file less the suffix However the user can change it at his her discretion perhaps to distinguish between two input files with the same name in different direc tories The Internal Name is used to map each data series in the Selection Table of the Plot Manager tab see Section 2 2 to a specific input defined on the Input File table The internal name can be renamed by typing a new name in the Internal Name field on the Input Files tab When renamed for an existing chart the name change will automatically propagate throughout the selection table 2 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart The Plot Manager dialog is only aware of the internal name not the input files to which the internal name points To switch the entire chart from one input to another all that is required is to change the folder or file which is pointed to by the internal name on the Input Files tab If you only want to change the input for a few series in the selection table on one of the plot manager tabs use the Internal Name column in the selection table of the Plot Manager tab to re point a specific series to a different internal name Folder File Name This is the name of the input folder or file containing the data to be plotted The browse button on each line can be used t
68. ent tabs controls the formatting of the label box The Shadow tab allows a drop shadow to be added to the label The Text tab controls the formatting of the label text 5 24 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization 5 3 Tools Option The Tools tab of the chart editor dialog allows the user to add a variety of objects to a chart Some commonly used options are drawing lines on a chart adding axis color bands and annotations Other options are available but only these commonly used options will be discussed here Tools can be added or removed from a chart using the and buttons The panel on the left will provide a list of all tools added to the chart Once added to the chart the individual tools can be made active or inactive by highlighting the tool name and then toggle the Active check box The up and down arrow buttons control the order in the listing within the left panel Once created a tool can be edited by highlighting the name in the left panel The associated edit dialog will automatically appear in the right portion of the dialog To access the various tool options click the button in the upper left of the dialog This will bring up the Chart Tools Gallery dialog The tool gallery is organized by a series of three tabs Series Axis and Other 4 Customize Plot E x Chart Series Tools Themes clone yg Image
69. enu option Edit gt Set Default Theme When a default theme has been set a file called ezxyprefs xml is created in C Documents and Settings user name Local Set tings Application Data Once defined the default theme can be returned to its original settings by deleting this file Set ting a theme only affects the current and future plots and will not change the appearance of previously saved plots The Set Default Theme dialog allows any of the predefined themes or the current theme perhaps customized to be selected as the preferred theme for future plots The Color Pallet 1 e the color tones used for coloring the individual series can be selected separately from the theme For more information on the themes dialog see Themes on page 5 28 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 29 Plot Customization 4 Set Default Theme Themes Preview Transient Response to Filing Toy Balloons BlacklsBack 1 20e0 Opera Theme Ti TeeChart origina a FILLIT COMPS Microsoft Excel 1 00e0 FILLIT VOL3 i 9 00e 1 8 00e8 1 g 7 00e 1 o Ha 2 6 00e 1 aoupyd waz S 5 000 1 4 00e 1 3 00e 1 2 00e 1 1 00e 1 1 39e 16 Color Palette Opera E Scale When defining a preference click on any theme name or current in the list of themes then click on the desired color pallet Click the Apply button you may have to toggle between color palettes to get the Apply button to activate
70. es The input files can be SINDA FLUINT CSR folders binary save files Thermal Desktop heat rate or RADK databases or text files When defining input files on the Input File tab the input file s must be defined on the appropriate sub tab associated with its origin i e SINDA FLUINT Thermal Desktop or Text Each input tab may contain multiple input files or folders allowing the user to plot multiple results within a single chart Additionally EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 1 Creating a Chart multiple input types can be used in a single chart for example data from a SINDA FLUINT CSR folder and a Thermal Desktop heat rate database can be plotted in a single chart To define an input file or folder click the browse button in the Folder File Name field and browse to locate the folder or file After defining the input files the various Plot Manager tabs in the form can be used to define data content for the chart For information on defining SINDA FLUINT results as input please see SINDA FLUINT Input Files on page 2 2 For information on defining Thermal Desktop databases as input see Thermal Desktop Input Files on page 2 3 2 1 1 SINDA FLUINT Input Files When defining input created by SINDA FLUINT the CSR folders or save files must be defined on the Input Files gt SINDA FLUINT tab shown below This table provides two grids one for associating data from a CSR folder to the chart the second for
71. es a group of series or the entire Selection Table When changing parameters to be plotted the labels will not automatically update unless the Reset Axis Labels box is check before leaving the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager dialog To change the parameter plot item of a single series in the Selection Table e g changing a series to plot a lump pres sure instead of a lump quality click the button to the right of the Plot Item cell A parameter tree will appear Select the new parameter to plot and click OK to exit the dialog To change the parameter for multiple items select multiple rows by clicking on the row number while holding the shift key range selection or control key individual selection to highlight the rows to be changed With the rows high lighted use the Select Data Type to Plot button to select a new y axis parameter After exiting the parameter selection click the Change Plot Items in Grid button to apply the new parameter to the selected items in the table To change the plot item for all elements of a specific type e g all nodes click the Select Data Type to Plot button and select a new parameter After exiting the parameter selection dialog click the Change Plot Items in Grid button to apply the new parameter to all associated elements in the selection table Note when changing the parameter globally for an element type the plot item field must first be active content displayed If it is not active select the eleme
72. files To retain the ability to open 5 3 Excel plotter files the 5 3 Excel Plotter should remain installed Note that due to save file differences between 5 3 and 5 4 old 5 3 Excel plot files cannot plot from 5 4 save files The EZXY plotter has no version compatibility issues 1 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Introduction 1 2 4 Improvements in Version 5 5 For the benefit of users of EZXY Plotter Version 5 4 features new to Version 5 5 are summarized below 1 A new optional filter to eliminate retrograde values on the X axis superfluous right to left lines created when plotting parametric or cyclic data has been added to the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager see Select Item Dialog 2 Added ability to plot multiple save files from restart operations providing continuous data plots see Plot ting From Restart Files 1 2 5 Improvements in Version 5 6 For the benefit of users of EZXY Plotter Version 5 5 features new to Version 5 6 are summarized below 1 The EZXY Plotter has been updated to provide support for the new Compressed Solution Results CSR folder introduced with version 5 6 of SINDA FLUINT Do to the internal changes required to provide this support the 5 6 plotter is no longer compatible with plot files generated by earlier versions of the plotter The distinguish new plot files from old plot files the file name suffix has been changed from ezp and ezps version 5 5 and earlier to ezp2 and ezp
73. ge the position of the legend Series Panel Aves General Titles Walle Paging Legend 30 Style Position Symbols Title Format Gradient Shadow Tei r Pasitian Left Ole lv Resize Chart Top Margin 4 Right C Bottom Position Offset 7 wa O Custom Left LE Top LFE Position By default the EZXY plotter automatically places the legend to the right of the plot field The Position radio buttons allow the legend to be moved from the right to the top left or bottom of the plot Resize Chart When checked the Resize Chart button automatically adjusts the size of the chart based on location of the legend Margin The Margin data field controls the margin between the legend and the chart by adjusting the chart frame When set to 0 the margin is set automatically Position Offset The Position Offset data field adjusts the position of the legend left or right if the legend is located at either the top or bottom of the chart If the legend is positioned on the left or right the offset will adjust the position up or down 5 20 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization Custom The Custom button and associated left top fields allow the user to fully control the location of the legend When checked the resize margin and offset fields become inactive gray and the user controls the position using the left and top offset fields Note that using a custom legend position di
74. he Solid tab from the Pattern button The Border button allows a separate border color or frame around the wall to be defined The Pattern button allows the wall color to be define as a solid hatch gradient or image Using the Gradient button a color gradient can be defined for the panel background By default the gradient is turned on In the gradient dialog the Format tab controls the type of gradient the visibility and the angle The types of gradi ents available are horizontal vertical radial or diagonal The Angle field allows the angle of the gradient to be changed The Visible check box allows the gradient to be turned on or off The Color tab provides access to define the gradient to be based on two or three colors Use the No Middle Color check box to disable the middle color Use the Start Middle and End buttons to set the three colors The example below shows a background gradient with custom colors 5 1 7 Chart gt Paging Options The EZXY Plotter allows a plot or chart to be divided into a set number of data points per page through which the user can leaf In other words the plot can be divided into segments along the x axis If the data source for a chart contains more data than can legibly displayed on one chart screen it is convenient to divide it into pages The Chart gt Paging dia log allows the user to control how and if paging 1s applied Series Panel Aves General Titles Walls Paging Legend 30 Po
75. ind a chart in tabular form choose Export Tabular Data from either the File menu or after right clicking on a plot This brings up the following form Export Data Series use Ctrl or Shift Click for multiple H YDRO TL1 HYDRO TL 2 VTANK HYDRO VOLI Volume Ratio line Text Delimiter Comma Space Tab C Number Format Autodetect Export to Clipboard Export to file Done Cancel Data for any combination of series can be exported by selecting them from the list on the left of the form The default is all of the series The data can be exported in various formats including as a text file or in a Microsoft Excel spread sheet If exported as a text file any character or character string can be used as a delimiter Comma is the default The number format is specified using Microsoft NET standard or custom numeric format strings Examples Autodetect to choose the most compact format 0 00 for fixed 2 decimal places 0 000 for fixed 3 decimal places 0 00E 00 for scientific notation with 2 decimal places 0 000E 00 for scientific notation with 3 decimal places 0 4 for up to 2 decimal places Note that regardless of your local settings for decimal and thousands separator in the format string decimal is specified as dot and thousands separator as comma Output will be as per your local settings See Microsoft documentation for more information These commands for expo
76. ints per Page Page 1 of 3 W Scale Last Page k Current Page Legend O Show Page Number O Auto scale axis cea The Point per Page field controls how may data points will be a single page of the chart By default a chart is set to 0 points per page which represents all data point on a single chart The last page is unlikely to have exactly the correct number of points to match the point quantity in the other pages If so choose Scale the Last page which will perform a best fit of the remaining points to the page adjusting the axis scale accordingly Otherwise the page will be treated as were prior pages with the same number of points which may leave the last page rather empty if there are not many points in the final page The Show Page Number will display the page number currently being viewed To clear an image for a wall press the Browse button again This is a defect in the underlying third party software the button should be labeled Clear if an image has previously been applied 5 18 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization The lt lt lt gt gt gt buttons provide a means of moving between pages in the chart 5 1 8 Chart gt Legend Options EZXY will display a legend on a chart by default if there 1s more than one data series The legend can be customized for location content and appearance by selected the Legend tab in the chart customi
77. ion 5 7 Export menu Exit and close the EZXY Plotter Opens plot manager dialog to edit source file and plot content see Creating a Chart Updates the current chart for changes in the source file database Updates all open charts for changes in the source files databases Updates the current chart for changes in the source file database without resetting axes limits Updates all open charts for changes in the source files databases without resetting axes limits Resets view of a 3D chart Copies chart to a new chart Defines viewing preferences to be applied to current and future charts Convert chart to a histogram relative frequency versus value EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 1 5 Introduction TABLE 1 EZXY Menu Option Summary Menu Submenu Submenu Set Divisions Show Statistics Cascade Tile Window gt Arrange Icons Help gt Help Open CRTech Sup port Ticket CRTech Home Page About Right click edit gt Export Image Export Tabular Data Customize Print Add Edit Save Reset TABLE 2 EZXY Tool Bar Option Summary Tool Bar Title Option left to right Description Change number of buckets displayed Opens a table of statistics associated with the histogram Cascade all charts Tile all charts Locates all minimized chart icons at lower frame of plotter window Open a hyperlinked version of this document Request support with EZXY from CRTech Visit CRTech s
78. ist and then clicking the button Only custom axes may be deleted The default axes left top bottom etc cannot be removed Note that when plotting a variety of SINDA FLUINT network elements lumps nodes paths ties etc the EZXY Plotter will automatically determine that different scales are needed for each of the various elements In such a case additional y axes will automatically be created as shown below and titles assigned based on the parameter being plot ted Each of these axes may be further customized by the user These automatically generated axes are also accessible through the plot manager Selection Table if additional series are added to the plot This feature eliminates the need to manually create new axes in most cases EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 13 Plot Customization EE Plot Sample chart Temperature MLI T9 CS 7T9 HYDRO PL407 MLI HR19 HYDRO FR410 HYDRO OTIEsS08 5 1 4 Chart General Options Zoom and Scroll are useful aids for focusing on specific data in a densely populated chart The Chart gt General dialog provides access for controlling zoom scroll and cursor options in the EZXY Plotter Series Panel Anes General Titles Walls Paging Legend 30 oom Scroll Cursor ke Allow O Animated Sheps Minimum pixels Direction Both r Mouse Button Left r 5 1 4 1 General gt Zoom Options The General gt
79. ist for customizing the left right back and bottom walls For a 2D plot the plot field is the back wall Below is an example of a 2D and 3D chart with custom walls the back wall is blue the bottom wall white the left wall is grey and the right wall has the visibility turned off Notice only the back wall is visible in the 2D mode Series Panel Aves General Titles Walls Pagina Legend aD lw Visible Walls Left Right Back Bottom i Visible O Auto hide Size 3D Re test ezp O Transparent Vapor TLL Liquid TL3 Volume Ratio Temperature Response During Fill E Vapor TLI Liquid TL B volume Ratio Ti c gey awnjos e401 0 pnb Temperature ogey awna 6401 oF pinbry 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 Time minutes The Visible Walls check box allow the user to turn off the visibility of all walls at once This overrides the Visible check box located on each wall tab EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 17 Plot Customization Tabs are provided to allow customization of wall of the four chart walls On each tab a Visible check box is provided to control the visibility of the wall The color of the wall can be changed using the Color button Note that by default the visibility of the gradient is turned on for some walls To define the wall as a sing color with no gradient the gradient visibility must first be turned off perhaps by selecting t
80. itles Gradient 16 Titles Shadow 16 Titles Text 17 Titles Bevel Option 17 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc i 1 Chart gt Walls Options 5 17 Chart gt Paging Options 5 18 Chart gt Legend Options 5 19 Legend Style 19 Legend Position 20 Legend Symbols 21 Legend Title 21 Legend Format 21 Legend Gradient 21 Legend Shadow 21 Legend Text 21 Legend Bevel Option 22 Chart gt 3D Options 5 22 Series Customization 5 22 Series Format 5 22 Series Points 5 23 Series General 5 23 Series Data Source 5 23 Series Marks 5 24 Tools Option 5 25 Annotation Tool 5 26 Adding Annotations 26 Editing Annotations 26 Color Band Tool 5 27 Adding a Color Band 27 Editing a Color Band 27 Color Line Tool 5 27 Themes 5 28 Default Theme 5 29 CHAPTER6 Exporting and Printing 6 1 Exporting Charts as Images or Data 6 1 Exporting Plot Sets 6 2 Printing Charts 6 3 CHAPTER7 Excel Plotter 7 1 Introduction 7 1 Installing the Excel Plot Template 7 1 Creating Plots in Excel 7 2 Input Files 7 2 SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager 7 3 Refreshing a Plot 7 4 Data Import Only 7 4 Customizing Plot Appearance 7 4 Index 1 1 i 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Introduction CHAPTER 1 Introduction l l Overview EZ XY the plotter for C amp R Technologies Sinaps Thermal Desktop and SINDA FLUINT allows the user to produce X Y plots of data contained in either SINDA FLUINT Compressed Solution Results
81. lay the expressions This provides a visual check to make sure the expressions are applied to the correct series 2 2 1 4 Working with Multiple Input Files The EZXY plotter supports plotting from multiple input files The two primary reasons to plot from multiple files are to compare the results of two different cases or to plot from multiple files created by restart operations Note that each source file e g save file or CSR folder will most likely have a unique X axis range due to time step differences during the solution process Unlike the Excel Plotter and many other plot packages EZXY is designed to deal with a unique X axis range for each series in a chart Comparing Results In this situation generally the goal is to create a separate series for each input file perhaps dis tinguished by using different colors or lines styles To create such a plot click the Add Edit option in the plot window and go to the Input Files tab Browse to and add a the second input file Move to the Sinda Fluint Plot Mgr tab and add a series to compare from each input file For example in the graphic below the current internal name selection window is used to pick the first file and a series was plotted to the chart The current internal name was then changed and then add the same series to the chart was added to the chart Check to make sure the series are pointing to the proper input files in the selection table EZXY will automatically add a suffix to the secon
82. ll press the left mouse button anywhere on the Chart area and drag up and left with the mouse button depressed Release the button and the Chart will redraw to the originally defined Chart area 4 3 3D Viewing The EZXY Plotter allows viewing of charts in either two dimensions default or in a three dimensional view Once a chart has been created the view can be changed to 3D using either the 3D tool icon amp or by selecting the 3D option in the customization dialog see Chart gt 3D Options on page 5 22 A sample 3D chart is displayed below To change a 3D chart back to 2D if no editing has been performed in 3D click on the 3D icon in the tool bar a second time Sample 3D Chart TeeChart Editor E B fx Chart Series Data Pririt Export Tools Themes Series Panel Aves General Titles Walls Paging Legend 30 O 3 Dimensions SD Rotation Temperature i Orthogonal Elevation hw oom Text Horiz Offset Quality Vert Offset Best Quality ke Clip Points Once a chart has been defined as 3D the 3D tool bar can be used to rotate move or change the depth of the chart Clicking any of the following icons automatically turns the chart into the 3D mode To exit 3D mode make sure the Normal arrow icon is selected and all other 3D icons are not selected If the axes do not return to normal use the Edit gt Reset option 4 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc
83. lows the user to set up a template or format to be used for all future plotting EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Revision History Initial Release Version 5 1 December 2007 Annual Update Version 5 2 October 2008 Annual Update Version 5 3 January 2010 Annual Update Version 5 4 February 2011 Annual Update Version 5 5 February 2012 Annual Update Version 5 6 June 2013 Annual Update Version 5 7 October 2014 Annual Update Version 5 8 July 2015 1 2 1 Improvements in Version 5 2 For the benefit of users of EZXY Plotter Version 5 1 features new to Version 5 2 are summarized below 1 Added ability to set plotting preferences 2 Added a help file 1 2 2 Improvements in Version 5 3 For the benefit of users of EZXY Plotter Version 5 2 features new to Version 5 3 are summarized below 1 Updated for compatibility with SINDA FLUINT 5 3 save files 2 Integrated into Thermal Desktop 1 2 3 Improvements in Version 5 4 For the benefit of users of EZXY Plotter Version 5 3 features new to Version 5 4 are summarized below 1 Minor updates for usage clarification Support for plotting of diffuse source components in Thermal Desktop Added the ability to change the parameter plot item of an entry in the plot manager selection table eo IS Due to version matching requirements within Microsoft products please note that the 5 4 version of the Excel Plotter is not compatible with 5 3 Excel Plotter
84. nE nL 7 em A Plotting From Restart Files In this situation the restart save set is typically a continuation of the first input file so the user most likely wants the color and line style of the series to be continuous across the two save sets The AIP option in the Input Files column of the selection table will create a continuous series between multiple input files To create such a plot click the Add Edit option in the plot window and go to the Input Files tab Browse to and add the first and second input files Move to the Sinda Fluint Plot Mgr tab set the current internal name to the be the first input file and add each series to be plotted to the selection table In the plot selection table use the pull down in the Source 2 16 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart column and select all shown below for each series to make them continuous across both input files Click OK to create the plot ao EZXY Input Edit Table Edit Input Files Sinda Fluint Plot Mar Thermal Desktop Plot Mgr Select tem X Ads Axis Expression Select Ihems to Plot Select Save File Select Data Type to Plot Ela Submodels H Fluid E Register Add Selections to Table Change Plot Items in Grid Curent Axis Set Y axis Left Reset Axis Labels W Reset Axis Limits W Filter Retrograde X Submodel Name ItemType Item Number Plot Item CL E
85. nd Margins Gradient Shadow Border evel Border i Border Editor Bevel Ml Visible width Bevel outer Beve Raised Nong Ending Flat Transparency Dash a L 3 pm n au a au H ogey awnjos e401 0 pnb Time minutes The Bevel area provides the ability to add a bevel to the border as shown below In this example a lower bevel has been added in red to the orange border 5 6 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization Customize Plot oll 3 Hal test ezp Chart Series Tools Themes Temperature Response During Fill Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legend 3D mi aL ee E LLL Borders Background Margins Gradient Shadow Bevel outer Bevel inner Lowered T None E Color u L 3 L u a o i ogey awnjos e301 0 pnb 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 Time minutes 5 1 2 2 Panel Background The Background tab allows the background color of the panel to be changed The Color button can be used to set the color The Pattern button may be used to select either solid hatch gradient or image Note that by default the gradient is set to be visible It must be turned off and the solid visibility enabled in order to see color changes The example below has the background color set to be yellow The background transparency can also be controlle
86. nt type node lump conductor etc in the model tree to activate it 2 2 1 1 5 Deleting a Series A series can be deleted from the selection table by clicking on the row number on the left side of the table to highlight the row and then press the delete key on the keyboard A series can also be deleted through the series customization dialog see Section 5 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 11 Creating a Chart 2 2 1 2 X Axis Dialog The SINDA FLUINT X Axis dialog provides the ability to change the parameter being plotted for the x axis By default save files are plotted using time as the x axis parameter or record number if a time record is not found The X Axis form contains two input areas the X Axis selection area and the Selection Table as shown in the figure below a EFXY Input Edit Table Edit Input Files Sinda Huint Plot Mgr Thermal Desktop Plot Mar Select tem X Axis Axis Expression Selected internal name cplgas i LOOPCT LOOPCO i LOOPCR i NREC Record Number Sinda Huint Model Tree E Thermal E Fluid Set Set forall entries using this internal name E Register X Axis Selection Set Set for selected rows in grid Time Submodel Name ItemType Item Number Plot Item PLATE Node S OG sd em Gr Be l ox Cancel The user may select any of the following parameters for the x axis e TIME the default e LOOPCT steady state loop c
87. o Plot cplgas Select Internal Name Select Data Type to Plot Ew Submodels Tr Fla Thermal E en PLATE Add Selections to Table PoP Conductors gt EVAP Ew Fluid Change Plot Items in Grid Current Y Axis Set Y axis Left Resister Reset Axis Labels V Reset Axis Limits T M Filter Retrograde X D o sj om an e gd Pi Element Nums The pane in the middle of the series selection area shown in graphic above will display the IDs of all elements based on the type of network element selected in the model tree The user must select these IDs to define which specific network elements are to be plotted The user can select a single ID by clicking it it will highlight or a group of IDs using the shift or control keys during the selection process Once the IDs to be plotted are highlighted the parameter to be plotted must be selected using the Select Data Type to Plot button Select Data Type to Plot After a group of network element IDs have been selected the Select Data Type to Plot button will provide access to a list of all parameters available for plotting based on the type of element selected in the model tree For example a node can have either the temperature or the capacitance plotted After selecting a parameter the parameter acronym will appear in the associated data field and will be remain in effect for all subsequent series selec tions until either the parameter is changed or the type of network
88. o access a browser window to find the results to be used as input to the chart After selecting a folder file the name and path will automatically appear in the Folder File Name field Alternatively the full or relative path and file name can be typed directly in the File Name field If the path is stripped off of the name as shown with myworkfolder fishtran sav in the graphic above the path is assumed relative to the location of the folder in which the chart file resides in this case pointing to a subfolder called myworkfolder The SINDA FLUINT input may be a CSR folder save file restart results or reliability data created by one the following SINDA FLUINT routines SAVE RESAVE or SAVEDB Source This field specifies the type of machine or source that created the results file The only options are PC and Unix The use of the Unix option is extremely rare or specialized X Type and Label These columns store information internal to the plotter and cannot be changed by the user After defining the SINDA FLUINT data to be used as source files content can be added to the chart as defined in SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager on page 2 6 2 1 2 Thermal Desktop Input Files EZXY can be used to plot data from various Thermal Desktop databases heating rate radiation conductors and form factors When plotting heat rates options are provided for plotting total absorbed heat direct incident heat or the num ber of rays shot for any or all ty
89. o set the three colors 5 1 5 5 Titles Shadow The Titles gt Shadow tab provides the ability to add a drop shadow to a title to give it a 3D look The Color button allows the color of the shadow to be modified The slider bar below the Color button allows the intensity of the color to be set The Pattern button allows a hatch gradient or image to be associated with the shadow 5 16 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization The size fields allow the width and height of the shadow to be modified The transparency of the shadow can be con trolled from 0 to 100 with 0 meaning not transparent opaque and 100 meaning fully transparent 5 1 5 6 Titles Text The Titles gt Text tab provides access for changing the appearance of the title text The Font button dialog allows the font name style and size to be set along with the color A drop shadow can be added using the Visible check box in the Shadow portion of the form The color and intensity of the shadow are controlled via the Color button and the slider below the button The Size fields control the offset of the shadow from the text Transparency and patterns can also be applied to the drop shadow 5 1 5 7 Titles Bevel Option A bevel can be added to a title area using the Titles gt Bevels tab 5 1 6 Chart gt Walls Options The Chart gt Walls dialog controls the appearance of the plot field walls Since the EZXY Plotter can display plots as 3D options ex
90. o the list addi tional elements with different parameters can be subsequently added to the list Select Data Type to Plot The contents of this area will vary depending on the type of database selected as the source as shown below Heating Rate Database Radiation Conductor Database Form Factor Database Source Solar I Albedo Planetshine ee Diffuse Sky Type Solar Albedo IR CO Hemispherical emissivity f Exchange factor to space sumber of Raps Type Number of Rays i Total Absorbed i Direct Absorbed i Direct Incident Reflected Absorbed Ii Divide by Area i Number of Rays Source Selection For solar heating select Type Select hemispherical integrated Type Select area F1j to space or number Solar Albedo and or Planetshine Diffuse emissivity exchange factors Radks to of rays shot Sky options can be used to plot the diffuse space or number of rays shot component of solar albedo or planetshine IR If both solar and diffuse are selected the sum will be plotted Type Select Direct incident Direct Divide by Area Option to divide the Divide by Area Option to divide the Absorbed Reflected absorbed Total parameter by the area of the node parameter by the area of the node absorbed the sum of direct and reflected absorbed or number of rays shot Divide by Area Option to divide the parameter by the area of the node Set Source in Grid This button can be used to modify source selections after items have been
91. on W Set Y Axis Expression Submodel Name citi Item Number Plot Item Internal Name KX Axis PLATE Node 3 PLATE T3 i cplgas 4 Time EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 13 Creating a Chart Axis expressions may use the operators as well as or for powers They may also access the functions sin cos tan asin acos atan In log exp sqrt abs ciel and floor They may also reference the following built in con version constants btuhrwat BTU hr to watts 2 930722e 1 cmtoin cm to inches 0 3937007874 dtor degrees to radians 0 0174532925 19943 ft3tom3 ft3 to m3 2 831685e 02 fttom ft to meter 0 3048 gasr gas const in eng 1545 0 gasrsi gas const in si 8314 23 grav gravity in eng 416955600 0 gravsi gravity in si 9 80621 inhgtoat inches of Hg to atmospheres 3 342e 2 intocm inch to cm 2 54 jtobtu joules to BTU 9 480e 4 kgs2lbh kg sec to lb hr 7 936641e 03 lb2kg b to kg 0 4535924 Ibf2n lb force to newtons 4 44822 Ibf3kgm3 1b ft 3 to kg m 3 16 01846 mtoft meters to feet 3 280839895 pi 3 141592653589739 psi2pa psi to pascals 6 894757e 03 psitoat psi to atmospheres 6 804e 2 rtod radians to degrees 57 2957795131 sbcon sigma Stefan Boltzmann Constant 0 1712e 8 sbconsi sigma in si units 5 6693e 8 wink2bhfr watts m k to BTU hr ft F 1 73073e 00 Expressions should be formed using the axi
92. onally this dialog can be used to customize the scale title ticks tables and position of any axis 5 8 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization ee Customize Plot E j 2S Chart Seres Tools Themes Axis Selection Series Panel _Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legena 30 Visible Scales Title Ticks Labels Minor Position Behind Automatic Visible L lQyerted Increment IncrementOffset 0 Customization LI Logarithmic Log Base 10 Minimum Maximum Auto 37 834 5 1 3 1 Axes Selection The left panel of the Chart gt Axes is used to select which axis is to be customized To customize an axis select the axis name in the left panel to highlight it and then use the tabbed panels on the right side of the dialog to access the various customization options for the selected axis The dialog also provides the ability to add new axes as described in Section 5 1 3 8 The default axes are left right top bottom depth bottom and depth top axes The visibility button at the upper left above the Axes list turns the visi bility on or off for all axes 5 1 3 2 Axes Scales The Axes gt Scale dialog shown below allows the scale of an axis to be modified To customize the scale of an axis be sure to first select the axis to be modified in the list of axes on the left side of the dialog By default axes are autoscaled as indicated by th
93. ount e LOOPCO solver module iteration count e LOOPCR reliability engineering module iteration count e NREC record number which is an integer variable associated with each saved solution point that is written to the save file e Processor variables the model tree can be expanded and any processor variable e g submodel T30 can be selected for the x axis e Register a listing of all registers any one of which could be used as the x axis For a parametric sweep of steady state runs choose the swept register as the x axis For diagnosing convergence within a steady state run it may be helpful to choose LOOPCT To plot as a function of Solver calls to Procedure choose LOOPCO Finally if all other variations are inapplicable the user can choose to plot versus the automatically gener ated Fortran record number NREC This NREC value is guaranteed to be unique for each point in the file 2 12 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart After selecting a new x axis parameter the Set buttons must be used to apply the change to all entries in the selection table which use the current internal name or only the selected rows of the selection table must be highlighted before using the Set button The current save file is indicated above the set buttons and can be changed on the Select Item tab After the x axis parameter is changed it will appear in the data field below the set buttons and be updated
94. pes of heating sources sources being solar albedo and planetshine Radiation databases can be used for plotting hemispherical integrated emissivity view factors to space or the number of rays shot The first step to plot from a Thermal Desktop database is to define the input folder Using the Input Files gt Thermal Desktop tab shown below click the browse button in the Folder Name field and browse to the database folder directory to be used for plotting This will typically be a rck folder for radiation conductors a rcf folder for form factors or a rch for heating rates EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 3 Creating a Chart Eel EZXY Input Edit rAd Edit Input Files SindarFluint Plot Mar Thermal Desktop Plot Mor Sinda Fluint Thermal Desktop Test File Internal Name Folder Name 4 1 external beta60 RcOptics rch ee ee eee ae 2 us 5 Browse Button z 4 5 Browse For Folder 6 T g q 10 E simple 11 external beta60 RcOptics rch 1 5 external RcOptics rck 13 C internal RcOptics rck l4 5 opti internal ReOptics rck 5 C WINDOWS 16 E ge DYD RW Drive Ds Sa Removable Disk Es Soo d onl wt Ra m 5 Disl tr 19 Internal Name This field is automatically set as the name of the input folder However the user can change it at his her discretion perhaps to distinguish between two input files with the same name in different directories The Internal Nam
95. plied to the drop shadow 5 1 8 9 Legend Bevel Option A bevel can be added to the legend area using the Titles gt Bevels tab 5 1 9 Chart gt 3D Options Charts can be given a 3D appearance in EZXY by checking the 3 Dimensions check box The 3D field controls the depth of the chart The sliders allow user control for the level of zoom rotation elevation horizontal and vertical off sets and perspective Unchecking the 3 Dimensions box will return the chart to a 2D view The Orthogonal mode is another variation to obtain 3D effect in a chart You cannot rotate a 3D Orthogonal chart the bottom axis is always horizontal Note some of the slider controls are not applicable to an orthogonal chart For more information on working 3D charts see 3D Viewing on page 4 2 5 2 Series Customization The Series dialog below allows customization of individual data series These customizations include axis association line color style thickness symbols data values etc A Customize Plot a xX Chart Series Tools Themes HYDRO TL1 w x HYDRO TLI Format Points General Data Source Marks Border Dark 3D Line Mode Ll Color Each Cl Stairs Clickable Height 3 0 Stack None Trans parend 0H 5 2 1 Series Format The Series gt Format dialog controls the color and format of the series line The Border button controls the width and style of the line The Color button controls the line color Th
96. r minor and inner Minor tick marks are controlled via the Axes gt Minor dialog 5 10 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization Draw every m Len 4 4 k At Labels Only The Axis button allows the modification of the axis line The visibility can be turned off the color changed the line width changed and the line type may be changed The Ticks button controls the visibility color width and line style for the major tick marks on the axis The top Len data field controls the length of the major tick mark The Grid button provides access to customize the major grid in the plot field Line color type visibility and width may all be changed The Draw every data field controls placement of the major grid lines the number of major tick marks between grid lines For controlling the minor grid see Section 5 1 3 6 5 1 3 5 Axes Labels The Axes gt Labels dialog provides control over the appearance of the numeric labels on an axis To customize the labels of an axis be sure to first select the axis to be modified in the list of axes on the left side of the dialog Three tabs provide access to style format and text control Scales Title Ticks Labels Minor Position kel Visible Give O Multi line vl Round first Angle ke Label on axis O Alternate Min Separation Style fet Auto C4 Value C4 Text i None C4 Mark Label Scale On the Style tab the label scale visibility
97. rner of the form Next use the model tree to locate the type of element or reg ister to be plotted The element IDs or register names will appear in the middle pane Select the element ID or register name to be plotted hold the Ctrl or Shift buttons to select multiple items Next choose the Select Data Type to Plot button Either a drop down list or a tree of parameters will appear Select the parameter to be plotted Choose either the left or right axis to be used for the data to be added using the Set Y Axis button Finally choose the Add Selections to Table button and the new series will appear as specified in the Selection Table in the lower portion of the form 2 2 1 1 3 Modifying Existing Series The parameters for each series will appear in the Selection Table The plot item label internal name and left right Y axis designation columns may be edited hence they are shown in white Yellow fields either cannot be changed in the table or must be changed using other methods The x axis value and the x and y axis expressions can be changed using other tabs as explained below For other changes e g submodel or the element ID etc delete the line and rec reate It To customize the appearance of a series line thickness color etc use the customization dialog see Section 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 Changing the Parameter to be Plotted The parameter to be plotted such as temperature or pressure for a lump can be changed for a single seri
98. rt content can be defined using either the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager or the Thermal Desktop Plot Manager tab When creating a chart directly from one of C amp R Technologies graphical user interfaces GUIs Thermal Desktop or Sinaps the user can select the network elements to be plotted directly in the GUI and then select the plot option The input file will automatically be associated to the chart by the GUI and a plot window will appear with a completed chart EZXY will recognize various data types in the selection set and will provide multiple y axes if necessary and in some cases axis titles and units Once created the chart content can be further expanded or customized using the plot manager and or the customization dialog To open an existing chart saved as an ezp2 file either drag and drop the file into the main EZXY window or use the File gt Open menu item or Ctrl O shortcut Multiple ezp2 files may be dragged and dropped into the main EZXY win dow to open them all at once The remainder of this chapter will discuss managing input files and chart content Customizing the appearance of an existing chart is discussed in Plot Customization on page 5 1 2 1 Input Files Input files are the files which contain the data to be plotted An input file can be added by using the Edit gt Add Edit menu option or icon aj When the EZXY Input Edit form appears the user will see the tab that allows them to spec ify the Input File sourc
99. rting images and data replace the Export menu item found in previous versions of EZXY This command is still available under File gt Legacy Export although its use is deprecated 6 1 1 Exporting Plot Sets When a group of plots CHAPTER 3 have been defined as a plot set the plots can be exported as images either indi vidually or as a group by using the Export Selected Plots icon By default this method of export will use the 6 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Exporting and Printing portable graphics PNG format which will produce the best quality while maintaining a small file size To export in a different format plots will need to be exported individually through the normal plot export dialog 6 2 Printing Charts To bring up the print dialog click on the print icon in the tool bar or select File gt Print The print dialog allows the printer to be selected and the printout to be formatted ES Print Preview Page Format Orientation e Portrait 4 Landscape Zoom PrP rr rr rr rr rrrnrred Margins 1 Margin Units 1100 Inch EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 6 3 Exporting and Printing 6 4 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Excel Plotter CHAPTER 7 Excel Plotter 7 1 Introduction The Excel SINDA FLUINT Plotter is a Microsoft Excel template which provides an interface for accessing data from a SINDA FLUINT save fil
100. s are convenient when several plots are associated with a model or an analysis project After modifying and rerunning the models the plot set can be opened and all plots refreshed at once and then exported for reporting purposes Each plot within the plot set file is completely independent in that it can be customized it can reference unique save files or databases etc For example a plot set may include plots of heating rates from Thermal Desktop along with transient SINDA FLUINT results and possibly the results of a parametric model from Sinaps New plots can be created within a plot set or existing plots can be added to a plot set 3 1 Creating a Plot Set To create a plot set use the file menu option File gt New Plot Set The following window will appear The tool bar pro vides a means of performing the specified tasks specified EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 3 1 Plot Sets o Plot Set Hel See oR 3 1 1 Adding Plots to a Plot Set Once a plot set has been created new plots can be added and existing plots can be transferred into the plot set With the plot set open click on the Add a new plot icon to start a new X Y plot A query window will appear asking for a new plot name After entering a name the new plot name will appear in the list of plots in the plot set window and a new X Y plot window will appear Data can be added to the new plot as previously discussed in Creating a Chart on page 2
101. s of EZXY Plotter Version 5 6 features new to Version 5 7 are summarized below Several of these features were added as updates to Version 5 6 prior to the Version 5 7 release 1 Completely overhauled data table and image export 2 Added all new SINDA FLUINT 5 7 output variables to data type trees 3 User can now open a CRTech support ticket for EZXY using Help menu 4 Added drag and drop functionality to main window 5 Increased node and conductor threshold from 100 to 10 000 before message asks if user wants to import submodels to tree to cut down on spurious messages 6 Added several keyboard shortcuts 7 If user chooses Edit gt Add Edit with no active plot EZXY now creates new plot 8 Added a print options preview dialog 9 EZXY now remembers last used CSR save and TD text folders independently 10 Various bug fixes for EZXY and the Excel Plotter 1 2 7 Improvements in Version 5 8 For the benefit of users of EZXY Plotter Version 5 7 features new to Version 5 8 are summarized below Several of these features were added as updates to Version 5 7 prior to the Version 5 8 release 1 When plotting from Thermal Desktop the time units are now added to the x axis label Drag and drop on main screen now accepts plotset files Copy to new plot and then saving no longer overwrites original plot Opening plot files now refreshes all series including user generated series Submodels and registers now sorted alphabetically in Ad
102. s present in the working folder If these are not present series information on the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager tab in the Add Edit dialog will not be retained through the transition process After transitioning a chart to the new format and rerunning the model using a CSR folder follow the steps below EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 1 3 Introduction to migrate the input file reference to a CSR folder a Open the plot file ezp2 by double clicking on the file name b Click Add Edit to open the EZXY Input Edit dialog and move to the Input Files tab c In the upper CSR Folders table click the browse button and browse to and select the new CSR folder d Change the Internal Name associated with the CSR folder to match the old save file Internal name e In the lower Save File table highlight the row containing the old save file and click the delete key to remove the entry f Click OK to save the changes and then save the chart 3 Starting with version 5 6 the Filter X Retrograde option is defaulted to be enabled This option filters out reverse lines on the X axis which can occur when plotting multiple save files or when plotting the results of a parametric run 4 Anew Save File and CSR Folder manager has been added for plot sets This new feature provides the user the ability to change input files for all plots in a plot set 1 2 6 Improvements in Version 5 7 For the benefit of user
103. s selected clicking on the annotation will launch the edit mode To exit the edit mode hit the escape key The Position tab controls the location of the annotation on the chart The Left and Top fields are offsets from the default location which is the upper left of the chart Units can be set as pixels or percent Extension lines can be added to the annotation using the Callout tab and the font format is controlled via the Text tab The annotation frame can be further customized The Size tab controls the size of the frame around the annotation By default the frame is fitted to the text The Format Gradient Shadow and Bevel tabs all apply to the frame of the anno tation 5 26 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization 5 3 2 Color Band Tool Color bands can be added to a chart to highlight a portion of the chart Color bands can be added to any axis The exam ple displayed on the left below shows a red color band associated the x axis and a yellow band on the y axis 5 3 2 1 Adding a Color Band To add a color band use the Tools tab of the Chart Editor Click the button and using the Axis tab select Color Band The color band edit form is displayed on the right below Use the Axis field to associate the color band with one of the axes Use the Start Value and the End Value fields to define the width of the band 5 3 2 2 Editing a Color Band Once a color band has been added to a chart it can b
104. s variable x or y as a replaceable variable For example an x axis expres sion may have the form x 3600 0 which will divide the raw data by 3600 possibly to convert from seconds to hours When the expression is evaluated the x will be replaced with the current data value and sent to the expression evalu ator The result will replace the read value in the display No other variables other than the axis name x or y and the built in conversion constants are recognized In other words when defining the x axis expression it is illegal to refer ence the y axis or other results stored in the input file To set an axis expression type the expression in the appropriate expression data field on the left side of the form After defining the expression the user must click one of the Set button to apply the changes The three Set buttons provide the options to apply the expression to all entries in the selection table to apply the expression to entries using the cur rent internal name displayed above the Set buttons or to apply the expression to only the currently selected rows in the selection table or grid The two check boxes provide the user the ability to control which axis expressions will be applied when the Set button 1s clicked 2 14 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Creating a Chart Once an expression has been applied the axis expression columns in the selection table will automatically update to disp
105. s2 version 5 6 and forward For more information on working with CSR folders see SINDA FLUINT Input Files To assist users in transitioning existing version 5 5 and earlier plot files into the new plotter a transitional plotter is included withe the 5 6 Sinaps and Thermal Desktop installers This transition plotter saves an existing plot file in the new plotter format It does not transition a chart from using a save file to using a CSR folder this must be performed manually see item 2 below Double clicking on an older plot file ezp or plot set file ezps results in the file automatically opening in the transition plotter The user will see the warning message shown below indicating that the transitional plotter is being used After saving the plot file or plot set in the transitional plotter double clicking on the new ezp2 version of the file will open in the new 5 6 plotter with CSR folder support It is recommended the transitional plotter only be used to save plot files to the new format 1 e do not use the transitional plot ter for modifying existing charts in a plot file This is a transitional plotter that allows you to transition your ezp files to ezp2 files These can be read by newer versions of the plotter Please save your plot with the ezp2 extension and then open them in the new plotter 2 When migrating charts created prior to version 5 6 to work with the new CSR folder it is best to have the original sav file
106. sables the automatic resizing of the chart based on the legend location The chart margins will also need to be adjusted to prevent overlap of the legend and the chart 5 1 8 3 Legend Symbols The Legend gt Symbols dialog allows the customization of the key associated with each legend entry For a series with points visible the Visible check box will show the point symbols in the key for the series The Width field controls the width of the key entries The Position field controls the location of the key relative to the text for each legend entry 5 1 8 4 Legend Title The Legend gt Titles dialog provides the ability to add and customize a title for the legend The Options tab allows a title to be defined To see the title the visibility must be turned on using the visibility check box The remaining tabs control the formatting of the title similar to Chart gt Titles Options on page 5 15 5 1 8 5 Legend Format The Legend gt Format dialog provides the ability to customize the legend background color and add a frame area around the legend Using the Color button the background color can be set The Frame button allows the color and thickness of the frame around the legend to be set Transparency and patterns can also be added 5 1 8 6 Legend Gradient A color gradient can be defined for the legend background By default the gradient is turned off The Format tab controls the type of gradient horizontal vertical radial or diagonal
107. sigma in si units 5 6693e 8 wink2bhfr watts m k to BTU hr ft F 1 73073e 00 Expressions should be formed using the axis name X or Y as a replaceable variable For example an x axis expres sion may have the form X 3600 0 which will divide the raw data by 3600 possibly to convert from seconds to hours When the expression is evaluated the x will be replaced with the current data value and sent to the expression evalu ator The result will replace the read value in the display No other variables other than the axis name x or y numeric values operators and the built in conversion constants are recognized In other words when defining the x axis expression it is illegal to reference the Y axis or other items that may be in the save file To set an axis expression type the expression in the appropriate expression data field on the left side of the form After defining the expression the user must click the Set button to apply the changes The three Set buttons provide the option to apply the expression to all entries in the selection table to apply the expression to entries using the current save file displayed above the Set buttons or to apply the expression to only the currently selected rows in the selec tion table or grid Two additional check boxes provide the user the ability to control which axis expressions will be applied when the Set button 1s clicked Once an expression has been applied the axis expression col
108. the default orthogonal view EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 4 3 Viewing Plots 4 3 4 3D Depth The Depth icon can be used to control the depth of a 3D chart A sample of chart with increased depth is shown below Once the Depth icon has been clicked the icon will highlight and EZXY will remain in depth control mode To exit depth control click the Normal button amp to exit To undo a change to the depth of chart use the menu option Edit gt Reset to return the chart to the default orthogonal view 3D sample plot Temperature 4 4 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Customization CHAPTER 5 Plot Customization Once the content of the plot is defined via the plot manager tab the plot can be further customized using the Customize Plot dialog accessible either through the Customize icon jj or via the right click Customize option The customiza tion dialog shown below allows the user to extensively modify the look of a plot The top row of tabs provide access to Chart customization Series customization Tools and Themes Each of these will be discussed in the sections below ee Customize Plot Chart Seres Tools Themes Series Panel Axes General Titles Walls Paging Legend 30 t bax W FILLIT VOL3 Add Delete Title Clone EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 1 Plot Customization
109. the pull down option in the Source column to select Unix Multiple source files can be defined through the Input Files tab 7 2 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Excel Plotter 7 3 2 SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager After the input files have been defined the SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager tab is used to defined the content to be sent to Excel The plot manager tab provides access to a model tree for selecting data series and parameters to be plotted It also provides the ability to select a different x axis variable and add scaling expressions to the axes For detailed infor mation on the using the SINDA FLUINT Plot manager dialog see SINDA FLUINT Plot Manager on page 2 6 After defining content in the Plot Manager upon clicking OK to dismiss the dialog the Plot Items table in the Excel template will be populated as shown below A new worksheet will also be created containing the chart and the raw data will be imported to the data worksheet Editing the raw data is not recommended EE EZXY Input Edit ExcelPlotter1 Microsoft Exce Input Files Sinda Fluint Plot Mar a Select ltem x Axis Axis Expression z ae z Wa v T f H A AF r Select Items to Plot sp aat M SS 3 Delete g Zz fa R U EH fad she 30 309 ional EH For a Sort amp Find amp fishtran w Select Save File i Formattin Filter Select clipboard i nt A z mi z Styles c
110. tion set Click the Apply button to create the new series EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 5 23 Plot Customization customize Plot ewe x Customize Plot Cinare Chart Series Tools Themes line6 b lineg Format Points General Data Source Marks Chart Series Tools Themes liine ie lineg Format Points General Data Source Marks Manual Function 1 Functions Average Apply Source Series Options Available Selected 5 2 5 Series Marks The Series gt Marks dialog allows marks or labels to be added to each data point in the series The subtabs in the dialog control the type location and formatting of the labels Format Points General Data Source Marks Style Arrow Symbol Format Gradient Shadow Test Bevel L Visible O All Series Visible LJ Clipped Style Label Draw every Angle Using the Style tab the visibility of labels can be turned on The style of label can be set to be the X or Y value per cent and various combinations of these The frequency of the labels can be controlled using the Draw Every field The Arrow tab allows lines to be added between the labels and its associated point Arrows heads and pointers can also be added The Symbol tab provides the ability to include the data geometric symbols on the labels and to control the formatting of these symbols The Format and Gradi
111. turn the visibility off for the series which are not to be plotted see Chart Series Options on page 5 2 2 1 4 Modifying the Input File Table Once a chart has been created the input files used by the chart can be modified To return to the Input File dialog click the Add Edit icon k and move to the Input Files tab The internal names can be changed or they can be reassigned to a new input file by browsing to and selecting a new file or folder Changing the input file which an internal name points to allows the results being used as input for the chart to easily be changed throughout a chart Renaming the internal name of an input file on the Input Files tab will result in the name change propagating throughout the selection table for the chart To delete a file click on the row number to highlight the row and use the delete key on the computer keyboard 2 1 5 Using Multiple Input Files The table format on the input file tabs allows multiple source files to be defined for a single plot When using more than one input file be sure to identify each one with a unique nternal Name EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 5 Creating a Chart 2 2 Plot Manager Each Input File sub tab has an associated Plot Manager data tab except for the Text File tab The Plot Manger tabs are used to enable specific data selection or plot content from the input files and folders The user must specify at least one SINDA FLUIN
112. umns in the selection table will automatically update to display the expressions This provides a visual check to make sure the expressions are applied to the correct series 2 3 Statistical Plotting Statistics are primarily meant to be used with the reliability options of SINDA FLUINT see Section 5 of the SINDA FLUINT User s Manual Reliability Engineering However they can be used to examine any plotted data The choices under Statistics are Histogram and Show Statistics The Histogram option will change the data display to a his togram of the data and will allow the user to specify the number of buckets divisions used to create the histogram The Show Statistics option will display the grid show below When this grid is filled the user may change the upper and lower limits the columns Low Lim and Hi Lim Then by clicking the Update Stats button the displayed statistics will be updated for the new limits For descriptions of these values refer to documentation on the RCSTTAB routine in Section 7 of the SINDA FLUINT User s Manual EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc 2 23 Creating a Chart HE Statistics ia Update Stat Cancel 2 24 EZXY User s Manual C amp R Technologies Inc Plot Sets CHAPTER 3 Plot Sets Plots can be grouped or organized using the plot set feature A plot set is a collection of plots which can be opened refreshed exported and saved as a group Plot set
113. zation dialog Subtabs in the dia log provide access to legend style position symbols title format gradient shadow text and bevel The following sec tions will discuss the various customization options 5 1 8 1 Legend Style The Legend gt Style tab shown below can be used to change the basics style of the legend Series Panel Aves General Titles Walls Paging Legend 30 Style Position Symbols Title Format Gradient Shadow Tei r ie visible Legend Style Automatic O Inverted Text Style Left Value O Check boxes Vert Spacing L Font Series Color Visible This check box allows the visibility of the legend to be toggled on or off By default the legend visibility is set to off if more than one data series exists in the chart If only one data series is present the legend will be toggled off Inverted The Inverted check box will reverse the order of the legend entries Check boxes This check box will add visibility check boxes to each series in the legend as shown below This is useful for controlling the visibility of each series Series visibility can also be toggled through the check boxes on the Chart Series dialog see Section 5 1 1 Temperature Response During Fill Vapor TLI Liquid TLZ VTANK HYDRO VOL1 Volume Ratio Temperature ogey Sauna 6401 oF pinbry 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 Time minutes EZXY User s Manual C

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