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1. Step 22 Export Your Results There are several ways to export your results in Tecplot Focus In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to export your plot as a JPEG image 74 Final Result A Go to File gt Export File Edit wiew Plot Insert Animate New Layout Open Layout Save Layout Save Layout as Load Data Filefs Write Data File Print Preview Print Faper Setup Publish Macro B In the Export dialog choose JPEG from the Export Format menu Export Format TIFF MV Color ANI _ BMP EPS Flash Use widHigae Convert to 256 Colors Depth 8 Bit Pixel Chr Ctrl S Erle Ctrl F Ctr Cancel Help 75 Gas Burner Tutorial C Change the Region to All Frames Export x Export Format JPEG IV Color Region Current Frame All Frames C Enter width Work Area Ae Exported Image Dimensions 241 185 I Antialiasing Supersample Factor 2 16 E Encoding Standard D Click OK E In the Select Export File dialog specify the filename for example gas_ burners Select Export File 2 fx Save in temp e cf FA File name gas_bumers Save as type JPEG Files ipg Cancel M URL F Click Save Your file is now ready to be imported into your presentation software 4 8 Conclusion This concludes the Gas Burner Tutorial You should now be famil
2. Cancel Help 70 Adjust Contour Ranges F Click Close to close the Contour Details dialog The Burner 2 frame will look as follows Bumer2 Step 20 Change Contour Range Using a Maximum Minimum and Steps A Click the Burner 3 frame to make it the active frame B Open the Contour Details dialog and select U Umax as the Contour Variable C Click the gt gt button to expand the Contour Details dialog D Click the New Levels button The New Levels button adjusts the contour levels based on user input minimum and maximum values Contour amp Multi Coloring Details 1 2 3 4 sle 7ls Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend Reset Levels C Add Levels Levels Level To dd lt lt Add Level Contour Variable Min 0 02864 Max 0 9614 71 Gas Burner Tutorial E Choose the Min Max and Number of Levels radio button default in the Enter Contour Level Range dialog Enter Contour Level Range Min Max and Number of Levels C Min Max and Delta Exponential Distribution Minimum Level 02 Maximum Level 96 Number of Levels fi q Reset Range Cancel Help F Enter the following values 1 Minimum Level 02 11 Maximum Level 96 111 Number of Levels 10 iv Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog G Click the Close button to close the Contour Details d
3. Include Value Blanking Trim cells along constraint boundary any corner is blanked Constraint 1 2 a a s e 7 8 M Active M Blank when Mach Number is less than or equal to Variable f Constant fo Show Constraint Boundary Color CI Black Line Pattern Solid Pattern Length 7 2 z Line Thickness 2 fos gt e Step 7 Value Blanking Constraint 1 In the following steps we will activate six different value blanking constraints This constraint identifies the maximum speed 86 Activating Value Blanking consvani 1 2 3 5 6 7 IV Active Blank when Mach Number lis greater than or equal to Variable Constant 1 25 MV Show Constraint Boundary Color MM Black Line Pattern Solid ts Line Thickness 0 4 A Toggle on Active to activate the new constraint B Choose Mach Number from the menu C Set the condition to is greater than or equal to D Choose the Constant radio button E Enter 1 25 in the text field F Toggle on Show Constraint Boundary Step 8 Value Blanking Constraint 2 This constraint identifies the stall speed Constraint 1 2 2 4 s e 7 9 IV Active Blank when Mach Number ha fis less than or equal to C Variable Constant 0 08 V Show
4. Min lo Reset Range Max 1 6 a V Preserve Length when Changing Range Use Log Scale M Show Axis Reverse Axis Direction Dependency xto Ratio Independent C Dependent Automatically Adjust Axis Ranges to Nice Values C Click the X button i Set Min 0 i1 Set Max 1 6 111 Change the Dependency to Independent To change the attributes of the X or Y axis click its corresponding button X or Y at the top of the Axis Details dialog Then switch to the Range Grid Ticks Label Title Line or Area pages to work with the options for each axis 82 Modifying Axis Details Step 4 Adjust the Y Axis Range In the Axis Details dialog make the following changes Axis Details x IV Show Y Axis S F Range Grid Ticks Label Title Line Area Reset Range V Preserve Length when Changing Range Use Log Scale Reverse Axis Direction Dependency to Y Ratio Independent f C Dependent Automatically Adjust Axis Ranges to Nice Values A Click the Y button to switch to the Y axis B Set Min 0 C Set Max 32 Step 5 Turn on Precise Dot Grid A Switch to the Grid page of the Axis Details dialog 83 Performance Envelope Tutorial B Toggle on Show Precise Dot Grid IV Show X Axis x vi Range Grid Ticks Label Title Line Area Gridl
5. Use the Slice tool to control your slice rendering interactively The following keyboard mouse options are available when the Slice tool is active Click drag ALT click ALT drag SHIFT click SHIFT drag I J K ordered zones only X Y Z 1 8 Primary Slices Start End Slices active Turn on intermediate slices if not already active and add a slice Primary Slices active ONLY Turn on Start End Slices and add a slice Start End Slices active ONLY Turn on Start End Slices and add a slice Primary Slices Start End Slices active Remove start and end slices Primary Slices active ONLY Remove the primary slice Start End Slices active ONLY Remove the Start and End Slices Update the position of the primary slice if active If only start and end slices are visible click to update the position of the slice closest to the click Determine the X YZ location by ignoring zones and looking only at derived volume objects streamtraces slices iso sur faces Place the start or end slice whichever is closest to the initial click location Show Start End Slices as activated if neces sary Move the start or end slice whichever is closest to the initial click location Show Start End Slices as activated if neces sary Switch to slicing constant I J or K planes respectively Switch to slicing constant X Y or Z planes respectively Numbers one through eight switch to the corresponding s
6. cccccccccccce cece eet c eee c cece ceeeeseteeeeeeeees 114 Creaie a New Variable sd A iar oe ieee ile near eels 116 Add a Contour Layer ssc ctessiacsacasieatasscitacrendcnaasiienis 119 Add a Contour Color Cutoff cai irie eee ohio ok A 119 PAD ADV T E CXL EERE cscs setae EE E tenet endings 21 Animate the Hurricane over Time c e 123 Reterences amp RESOUTCES cosrorcecis iian E 126 C OGC SON ence 126 Chapter 1l Introduction Tecplot Focus is an advanced engineering plotting software with extensive XY Polar 2D and 3D capabilities It enables you to analyze and explore complex datasets arrange multiple XY Polar 2D and 3D plots and then communicate your results to colleagues and management with brilliant high quality output documentation for Tecplot Focus is divided into these nine books e Getting Started Manual this document New Tecplot Focus users are encouraged to work through the tutorials provided in the Getting Started Manual The tutorials highlight how to work with key features in Tecplot Focus e User s Manual This manual provides a complete description of working with Tecplot Focus features e Scripting Guide This guide provides Macro and Python command syntax and information on working with Macro and Python files and commands e Quick Reference Guide This guide provides syntax for zone header files macro variables keyboard shortcuts and more e Data Format Guide This guide provides infor
7. re C Click Close Step 9 Change the X and Y Axes For this plot we would like to plot the hurricane path along longitude and latitude variables A Go to Plot gt Assign XY Plot Insert Animate Data Axis fone Style Streamtraces B In the Select Variables dialog 1 Set X to LON u Set Y to LAT Choose the variables to assign to the axes X LON v Cancel Help C Click OK to apply your changes and close the dialog 111 Transient Tutorial Step 10 Adjust the Axis Ranges Ultimately we would like to plot the hurricane path along a map We have included a map file for you with the following coordinates North 37 5 N West 88 W East 50 W South 12 5 N A Go to Plot gt Axis to launch the Axis Details dialog Plot Insert Animate Data Assign aii Fone Style Streamtraces B On the Range page of the dialog 1 Click the X button ii Change the Min to 88 i111 Change the Max to 50 112 Hurricane Path iv Change the Dependency to Independent Axis Details C On the Range page of the dialog 1 Click the Y button 11 Change the Min to 12 5 111 Change the Max to 37 5 Axis Details F Use Log scale iv Click the Close button 113 Transient Tutorial Step 11 Insert the Map Image A Go to Insert gt Image Insert Ani
8. circLR lis greater than or equal to C Choose circLR from the menu C Variable Constant 29 ae D Set the condition to is greater than or equal MV Show Constraint Boundary to Color B Black 66 99 3 Line Pattem sod z E Enter 29 1n the text field Pattern Length 72 Ro yz 66 di F Toggle on Show Constraint Boundary Step 11 Value Blanking Constraint 5 This constraint identifies the maximum allowable turn rate 88 Activating Value Blanking Constraint if2 3 4s be 7 8 IV Active Blank when Turn Rate z fis greater than or equal to C Variable Constant 23 1 MV Show Constraint Boundary Color MMM Black Line Pattern Solid Step 12 Value Blanking Constraint 6 A Click 5 to add another constraint B Toggle on Active to activate the new con straint C Choose Turn Rate from the menu D Set the condition to is greater than or equal to E Enter 23 1 in the text field F Toggle on Show Constraint Boundary This constraint is an additional structural constraint Constraint ilelslsl slei IV Active Blank when para lis greater than or equal to C Variable Constant 3 23 MV Show Constraint Boundary Color MM Black Line Pattern Soid ts Pattern Lenath 7 eo z Line Thickness 2 bs A Click 6 to add another constraint
9. 2 in the Enter Text String dialog Enter number of frames across paper 2 Cancel Help D Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog E Click Close to close the Quick Macro Panel 4 4 Adjusting the Axis Settings Simultaneously in All Frames We will now adjust the 3D Plot View axes ranges and rotation in one frame In this case we would like to modify the axis ranges in all frames When you are making changes to one frame that you would also like to see changed in other frames it is usually best to use frame linking This automatically propagates changes made to one frame to all other open frames A Choose Frame Linking from the Frame menu Frame Options Scripting Tools Create Mew Frame Edit Active Frame Delete Active Frame n 58 Adjusting the Axis Settings Simultaneously in All Frames Set Links for Active Frame Between Frames within Frame J Frame Size and Position Aris Range My xr amp ris Position T Polar Plot View is Range Set Links for Active Frame l Frame Size and Position X Axis Range Y Axis Range JE yY Geis Position i Polar Plot View Frame is Member of Group 1 Apply Settings to All Frames of this group D Click the Close button 3D Plot View Apply Settings to Selected Frames of this group Between Frames within Frame Apply Settings to Selected Frames of this group B In the Set Links for Acti
10. Tecplot Enjoy the View TeCRLOT FOCUS 2009S Getting Started Manual Tecplot Inc Bellevue WA 2009 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Tecplot Focus Getting Started Manual is for use with Tecplot Focus Version 2009 Copyright 1988 2009 Tecplot Inc All rights reserved worldwide Except for personal use this manual may not be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated in any form in whole or in part without the express written permission of Tecplot Inc 3535 Factoria Blvd Ste 550 Bellevue WA 98006 U S A The software discussed in this documentation and the documentation itself are furnished under license for utilization and duplication only according to the license terms The copyright for the software is held by Tecplot Inc Documentation is provided for information only It is subject to change without notice It should not be interpreted as a commitment by Tecplot Inc Tecplot Inc assumes no liability or responsibility for documentation errors or inaccuracies Tecplot Inc Post Office Box 52708 Bellevue WA 98015 2708 U S A Tel 1 800 763 7005 within the U S or Canada 00 1 425 653 1200 internationally email sales tecplot com support tecplot com Questions comments or concerns regarding this document documentation tecplot com For more information visit http www tecplot com THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICES SciPy 2001 2009 Enthought Inc All Rights Reserved
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12. as follows Frame 002 SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR HURRICANE FRANCES SURFACE LAT Step 15 Add a Contour Color Cutoff In order to make the shape of the zones match a hurricane shape we would like to add a contour coloring cutoff This will round out the edges of the plot 119 Transient Tutorial A Open the Contour Details dialog by either choosing Contour Multi Coloring from the Plot menu or by clicking the Details button to the right of Contour in the Sidebar B Click the More button to expand the dialog C On the Coloring page of the dialog go to the Color Cutoff region of the dialog bot tom third D Toggle on Cutoff Color Below and enter 33 in the text field Wind speeds greater than 33 knots are considered gale force winds Contour amp Multi Coloring Details x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 wind vector Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend aed Use olor Map Group 1 Sm Rainbo Color Distribution Method Banded Continuous Contour Values at Color Map Endpoints Use Approvimate Continuous Flooding Color Cutoff V Cutoff Color Below 33 T Cutoff Color Above 285 0268 Color Map Adjustments Reverse Cycles fi E Click the Close button 120 Hurricane Path The result will look as follows Frame 002 SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR HURRICANE FRANCES SURFACE LAT
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16. RPM Step 2 Paste Style from Stylesheet For simplicity we have included a stylesheet for you The stylesheet includes a grid for the triangulation A Go to Frame gt Paste Frame Style From File Frame Options Scripting Tools Create Mew Frame Edit Current Frame Delete Current Frame Frame Linking Push Current Frame Back Order Frames Fit all Frames to Paper Copy Frame Style to File Paste Frame Style From File 39 Engine RPM Data Tutorial B In the Paste Frame Style From File dialog navigate to TEC FOCUS _ 2009 tutorials engine data choose engine sty and then click Open Paste Style from File 2f x Look in O data F gt HEL File name Jengine sty v Files of type Stylesheets sty Cancel M URL PO Open URL Options Help Le After the stylesheet is loaded the frame will look as follows BSFC EMEP RPM The data is not currently visible because the mesh layer has oN been toggled off in the stylesheet 40 Introduction Step 3 Triangulate the Data A Go to Data gt Triangulate Data Frame Options Alter Create Zone Delete Extract Interpalate p Data Set Info B In the Triangulate dialog click 1 Zone 001 as the source zone Triangulate Ea Source Zone s Use Boundary Zone s 1 Zone 001 T Include B oundary Points Boundary Zones Zone 001 Fi Triangle Keep Fa
17. The H and V keys restrict the adjustment to the horizontal and vertical direc tions respectively Group Select The Group Select dialog is opened when you select a group of objects with the Selector or Adjustor tools Drag to create a rectangle around the objects you want to select Use the Group Select dialog to specify which types of objects within the specified selection region should be selected The Group Select dialog allows you to specify the following object types to be selected if the selection rectangle does not include a specific object its associated check box is inactive e Text e Geometries 18 Menubar e Frames e Zones e Axis Grid Area Contour Labels e Streamtraces The Group Select dialog offers the following attribute filters e Geoms of Type Choose geometries of a particular type from the menu e Geoms with Line Pattern Choose all geometries having a particular line pattern e Text with Font Choose all text displayed in a particular font Objects with Color Choose all objects of a particular color Choose the appropriate color from the Select Color dialog Zoom Tool A This tool enables zooming into or away from a plot With the zoom tool selected as the mouse mode when a mouse click occurs without dragging the zooming is centered at the location of your click There are two zoom modes plot zooming and paper zooming For plot zooming drag the magnifying gla
18. data file is divided into zones based on its physical coordinates For example a dataset of an airplane may consist of a zone for each wing each wheel the nose and so forth 28 Data Structure Alternatively zones may be defined based on the material For example a dataset of a fluid tank may have a zone for the tank itself and additional zones for each fluid therein 2 4 Data Structure Tecplot Focus accommodates two different types of data ordered and finite element The data structure is defined within the data file Each zone is composed of one data type 2 4 1 Ordered Data Ordered data is a set of points logically stored in a 1D 2D or 3D array where I J and K are the index values within the array The number of data points is the product of all of the dimensions within the array e 1D array I ordered J ordered or K ordered A single dimensional array of data points where one dimension I J or K is greater than or equal to one and the other dimensions are equal to one In a one dimensional array the total number of data points is equal to the length of the single ordered array For example an I ordered dataset with I 5 J K 1 has five data points e 2D array IJ ordered JK ordered K ordered A 2D array of data points where two of the three dimensions I J or K are greater than one and the other dimension is equal to one The number of data points in a 2D ordered dataset is the product of the a
19. four frames simultaneously the most efficient procedure is to write a simple macro file that loads all of the data files and labels the frames Macro files that are executable in Tecplot Focus can be created in any text editor and saved with the extension mcr Alternatively you can use Tecplot Focus s macro record feature to save a macro file of your actions 1 TEC_ FOCUS 2009 is the installation directory On Windows machines it is typically C Program Files Tec plot TecFocus 2009 47 Gas Burner Tutorial Step 1 Set Up a Macro A Choose Record Macro from the Scripting menu Scripting Tools Analyze Play MacrofScript view Debug h Quick Macros B Enter a filename for your macro file and click Save Write Macro File oa FS Save in data F gt P load_4_Files mcr File name gasburner mcr Sae b Save as type Macro Files mcr Cancel M URL Save URL The remainder of the tutorial assumes your macro filename is gasburner mcr C Before you begin recording the following warning will appear Information x e Auto Redraw will be disabled during macro recording Use the Redraw and Redraw All buttons 48 Writing a Macro File to Automate Plot Setup D Click OK The Auto Redraw capability of Tecplot Focus redraws your plot after every change you make When Auto Redraw is toggled off you can redraw your plot by cli
20. from the View gt Workspace menu To return to the default paper view choose Fit Paper to Workspace from the View gt Workspace menu Use the center mouse button to zoom smoothly into or out of the plot Clicking anywhere in your plot while the zoom tool is active zooms in on the plot and centers that zoom around your click Translate Tool Use the Translate Magnify tool to translate or magnify data within a frame or the paper within the workspace While in Translate Magnify mode drag the cursor to move the data with respect to the frame or SHIFT drag to move the paper with respect to the workspace Use the right mouse button to translate objects within a frame interactively Rescale image You can rescale your image by choosing the translate tool and pressing to magnify or to shrink Rescale paper To rescale the paper first SHIFT drag to move 6G 99 the paper and then use the rescale buttons or to magnify or shrink the paper respectively Three dimensional Rotation Tecplot Focus allows you to rotate your data in a variety of ways Choose one of the six possible 3D rotation mouse modes then drag the pointer in the workspace to rotate your 3D image The six rotation mouse modes can be engaged by selecting one of these six tools 20 Menubar e Spherical art Drag the mouse horizontally to rotate about the Z axis drag the mouse vertically to control the ti
21. laid ass Line Pattern soi tC Y x 1 88 Pattern Length Z E H h25 Line Thickness 2 101 7 I Fil with Color C Height P5 IV Preserve Aspect Ratio Reset If Preserve Aspect Ratio is selected you will not be able to enter whole numbers in the width and height text fields Tecplot Focus will auto adjust one or the other to maintain the aspect ratio of the image file 115 Transient Tutorial D Set the Draw Order to Before Data Image Geometry Details eae ron Coordinate Line Color O Black System Grid Line Pattem Solid x 86 Pattern Length 4 2 w 125 Line Thickness 4 101 v Width 37 50438 T Fill with Color Height 25 IV Preserve Aspect Ratio Reset Clipping viewport File Name Draw Order After Data Before Data After Data Show in All Like Frames Macro Function 2008 tutorials hurricane map jpg Resolution 368 x 232 Filter Fast textures E Click the Close button F Toggle off the Edge layer and the Shade layer in the Sidebar The final result with all plot layers deactivated will look as follows Frame 002 SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR HURRICANE FRANCES SURFACE LAT Step 13 Create a New Variable We have individual wind components U and V but we d like to look at a composite vector 116 Hurricane Path A Go to Data gt Alte
22. of representing a frame s dataset The complete plot is the sum of all the active layers axes text geometries and other elements added to the data and plotted in the layers There are six zone layers for 2D and 3D Cartesian four map layers for XY Line two map layers for Polar Line and no layers for Sketch The following six zone layers are options for 2D and 3D Cartesian plot types e Mesh Lines connecting the data points within each zone e Contour Lines having a constant value the region between these lines contour flooding or both e Vector Arrows indicating the direction and magnitude of physical quantities e Scatter Symbols at the location of each data point e Shade The effect used to tint each zone with a specified solid color or to add light source shading to a 3D surface plot When using this effect in conjunction with the Lighting zone effect you may set Paneled or Gouraud shading When using the shade effect in conjunction with the Translucency zone effect you may create a translucent surface for your plot e Edge Zone edges and creases for ordered data and creases for finite element data The four XY Line map layers are e Lines Lines that plot a pair of variables X and Y as a set of line segments or a fitted curve Symbols A pair of variables X and Y that are individual data points and are represented by a symbol that you specify e Bars A pair of variables X and Y as a horizontal or vert
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24. the Data menu such as Specify Equations or Interpolation to alter the dataset 2 6 Output Formats Once you have completed your plot s you can use any of the following media to distribute or publish your plot s outside of Tecplot Focus e Printing Use the Print option from the File menu to print your plots e Exporting to an image file Use the Export option from the File menu and choose the desired image format in the Export dialog e Exporting to an animation file Access this export option via any of the Animation dialogs by choosing To File in the Animate field or by choosing a movie file format from the Export dialog accessed via the File menu Publishing Use the Publish option from the File menu to save your plots in HTML format Copying the plot to a clipboard Windows and Macintosh operating systems only Use the Copy Plot to Clipboard option from the Edit menu to paste your plot into word processing software 32 Chapter 3 Engine RPM Data Tutorial 3 1 Introduction This tutorial walks you through the basic steps of loading data from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and performing triangulation This tutorial takes approximately 10 15 minutes to complete Step 1 Load an Excel Data File Windows Only A Load the add in into Excel using the instructions laid out in TEC FOCUS 2009 util excel readme txt Step 1 is platform dependent The Excel
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26. use the following keyboard and mouse shortcuts when the Add Contour Level tool is selected ALT click Place a contour line by probing on a streamtrace slice or iso surface Click Place a contour line CTRL click Replace the nearest contour line with a new line Drag Move the new contour line Switch to the Delete Contour Level tool Delete Contour Level Choose the Delete Contour Level tool to delete a contour level interactively by clicking anywhere in the current data region The contour line nearest the specified location is deleted the key to switch back to the Delete Contour Level tool Use the key to switch to the Add Contour Level tool and Add Contour Labels 2 Choose the Add Contour Label tool to switch to the Contour Label mode which enables you to add a contour label interactively by clicking anywhere in the current data region 24 Menubar A contour label is added to the plot at the specified location its level or value information is taken from the nearest contour line This allows you to place labels slightly offset from the lines that they label order for this tool to be active You can set the Contour Type on the Contour page of the Zone Style dialog The Contour Type must be Lines or Both Lines amp Flood in Probe Tool Choose the Probe tool to probe for values of the dataset s variables at a particular point To obtain interpolated val
27. 2249 2250 2999 2999 S000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3750 3749 3749 3749 3749 3750 BMEP 0 0 6 1 5 oe 3 45 4 12 0 1 0 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 44 5 0 15 1 5 3 1 43 5 6 6 3 0 07 1 5 3 4 1 5 2 6 6 4 6 5 0 06 1 5 3 2 46 58 6 6 6 7 0 07 0 9 2 6 4 06 5 1 5 6 G BSFC 0 229 5 122 9 60 4 91 2 93 6 1797 247 117 5 69 2 85 2 66 2 89 2 1453 126 90 6 62 4 61 9 62 5 64 2 2632 136 1 95 6 66 1 83 3 63 1 of of 2577 153 111 69 5 a6 94 1 oo 3749 257 120 6 101 7 975 101 1 35 Engine RPM Data Tutorial D Choose Tecplot from the Tools Add Ins Excel 2003 Excel 2007 menu This launches Tecplot Focus with the dataset loaded on your computer choosing the Tecplot Add in within Excel will launch Tecplot 360 This tutorial can be com pleted in either program If you have both Tecplot 360 and Tecplot Focus installed The plot will look as follows BMEP 1000 1500 2000 2000 3000 3900 RPM E Proceed to Step 2 Paste Style from Stylesheet Step 1 Load an Excel Data File Unix Windows Optional A Go to File gt Load Data File s File Edit view Plot Insert Animati Mew Layon Open Layout Chri 0 Save Layout Ctrl 5 Save Layout as Ctrl Load Data Filefs Write Data File h 36 Introduction B In the Select Import Format dialog choose Excel Loader and click OK DEM Loader DXF Loader General Text Lo
28. B Toggle on Active to activate the new con straint C Choose para from the menu D Set the condition to is greater than or equal to E Enter 3 23 in the text field F Toggle on Show Constraint Boundary G Click the Close button 89 Performance Envelope Tutorial After all 6 constraints have been applied to the plot the plot will look as follows Frame 001 Active Constraint Boundaries Turn Rate 0 5 1 1 5 Mach Number The plot is now constrained in several areas To the far left we see that the plane needs to maintain a minimum airspeed to generate lift Turning is governed by the horizontal component of lift As speed increases a sharper turn rate is allowed As speed further increases the turn rate must decline because of limits in structural integrity shown by the declining curve At the far right is the maximum speed of the aircraft governed by its engine output and structural limitations 90 Adding a Flooded Contour Plot 5 5 Adding a Flooded Contour Plot We will now add a contour layer to the plot to help us visualize the data Step 13 Change the Active Plot Layers Toggle on the Contour layer The Sidebar will look as follows 2 Cartesian Zone Surfaces Layers Vector Scatter V Shade IV Edge Zone Style Step 14 Specify the Contour Variable Launch the Contour Details dialog by either choosing Contour Multi
29. C Independent f x 0 9871 34 ta Z Ratio y 0 9871 94 a C XYZ Dependent 0 393597 2 0 993556 a Reset Size Dependency Step 10 Adjust the Y Axis Settings A Click the Y button at the top of the Axis Details dialog B Toggle on Show Y Axis C On the Range page enter the following values 1 Min 2 11 Max 2 Axis Details x V Show Y Axis x Range Grid Ticks Label Tite Line Area Reset Range V Preserve Length when Changing Range Reverse Avis Direction Use Log Scale 61 Gas Burner Tutorial Step 11 Adjust the Z Axis Settings A Click the Z button at the top of the Axis Details dialog B On the Range page enter the following values i Min 0 11 Max 1 Axis Details I Show Z Axis xj Y a Grid Ticks Label Title Line Area Reset Range IV Preserve Length when Changing Range Use Log Scale Reverse Avis Direction C Click the Close button Step 12 Rotate the Axis View A Choose Rotate from the View menu View Plot Insert Animate Dat Redraw Frame Ctrl F Redraw All Ctrl D Zoom Fit to Full Size Ctrl F Data Fit Center Translate MagniFy Last Chrl L 3D View Details You can also use the amp tool located in the Menubar for spherical rotation Use the dialog to achieve precise rotation angles 62 Adjusting the Axis Settings Simultaneously in All
30. Change the location of individual or groups of data points in the grid e Modify the values of the dataset variables at a particular point 17 Overview e Change the length or placement of individual axes 2D Cartesian and XY Line plot types only e Change the spacing between an axis label and its associated axis 2D Cartesian and XY line plot types only e Change the shape of a polyline Except for the above actions the behavior of the Adjustor tool is identical to that of the Selector tool Adjustor tool before dragging points in the data region 1 The Adjustor tool can alter your data Be sure you want to use the To select multiple points you can either SHIFT click after selecting your initial point to select additional points or you can draw a group select band to select the points within the band In Line plots you can select points from only one mapping at a time Once you have selected all desired points move the Adjustor over the selection handles of one of the points then drag to the desired location of the chosen data point Other selected points will move as a unit with the chosen data point maintaining their relative positions For XY Line plots If several mappings are using the same data for one of the variables adjusting one of the mappings will result in simul taneous adjustments to the others You can avoid this by pressing the H or V keys on your keyboard while adjusting the selected point
31. Coloring from the Plot menu or by clicking the Details button to the right of Contour in the Sidebar Choose V7 from the menu to set the contour variable to V7 Contour amp Multi Coloring Details X EH 2 34 5 6 8 Tun Rate deg sec gt gt Close pe vo Step 15 Adjust the First Contour Level for a Contour Variable A Expand the Contour Details dialog by clicking the gt gt button Contour amp Multi Coloring Details 91 Performance Envelope Tutorial B On the Levels page of the Contour Details dialog click the New Levels button Contour amp Multi Coloring Details 1 2 3 4 s e 7 8 fv z L Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend Reset Levels New Levels Add Levels Levels Level To Add lt lt Add Level Contour Variable Min 60 Max 8820 C In the Enter Contour Level Range dialog enter the following values Enter Contour Level Range x Min Max and Number of Levels C Min Max and Delta Exponential Distribution Minimum Level 60 Maximum Level 900 Number of Levels fi 19 Delta 500 Reset Range Cancel Help i Minimum Level 60 i1 Maximum Level 900 11 Number of Levels 115 iv Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog 92 Adding a Flooded Contour Plot The Levels page of the dialog will reflect the changes Contour Mu
32. Constraint Boundary Color MBM Black Line Pattern Solid Patten Length 4 2 Step 9 Value Blanking Constraint 3 A Click 2 to add another constraint B Toggle on Active to activate the new con straint C Select Mach Number from the menu D Set the condition to is less than or equal to E Enter 0 08 in the text field F Toggle on Show Constraint Boundary This constraint identifies the limit of turn rate as speed increases due to structural integrity 87 Performance Envelope Tutorial Constraint 1 26s 4 5 6 7 6 A Click 3 to add another constraint IV Acti ji B Toggle on Active to activate the new con r Blank when F straint circUR fis less than or equal to i C Choose circUR from the menu C Variable Constant 50 arn A D Set the condition to is less than or equal 99 MV Show Constraint Boundary to Color MM Black Line Pattern Solid Pattern Length 2 zj F Toggle on Show Constraint Boundary E Enter 50 in the text field Step 10 Value Blanking Constraint 4 This constraint shows the relationship between turn rate and mach number once the stall speed has been exceeded A Click 4 to add another constraint Constraint 1 2 10H 6 7 8 IV Active B Toggle on Active to activate the new con m Blank when i straint
33. Creating Plots The basic steps for creating a plot in Tecplot Focus are the following 1 Define your dataset by using one of the following methods 31 Overview a Use the Load Data File s command from the File menu to load any type of data file b Use the Open Layout command from the File menu to load linked layout or layout package files c Use any combination of the options in the Create Zone submenu of the Data menu or the Insert menu to create your datasets directly within Tecplot Focus 2 Choose the plot type 3D 2D XY Line Polar Line or Sketch from the Sidebar 3 Toggle on any mapping or zone layers from the Sidebar for example contour zone layer or symbols mapping layer Use the Details button to customize zone layers 4 OPTIONAL 3D only Toggle on zone effects translucency and lighting 5 OPTIONAL Use the Zone Style or Mapping Style dialogs to opt zones in and out of plot layers or the entire plot 6 OPTIONAL 2D or 3D only Add derived objects slices streamtraces or iso sur faces Use the Details button to customize any derived objects You are not limited to working with only one plot at a time in Tecplot Focus You can create multiple files at once using frames and frame linking Once you have loaded your data you can use the options in the Plot menu such as Blanking or Axis Details to customize how your data is displayed You can also use the options in
34. Flood Both Lines amp Flood Average Cell Flood Primary Yalue Flood D In the Zone Style dialog with the Triangulation zone still selected choose DashDot from the Line Pttrn button Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Line Line Pttrn Line Use Num Name Num Show Show Type By By Color Pttrn Lngth Thek Lighting a a ae Ce N 1 BSFC Solid E 10 10 No Triangulation es me on Line C1 BSFEIC E Dashed 0 10 Dotted LongDash DashDotDot E Close the Zone Style dialog 43 Engine RPM Data Tutorial The final result will look as follows BSFC EMEP RPM Step 5 Write the Dataset to a File A Choose Write Data File from the File menu B In the Write Data File Options dialog accept the default settings by clicking OK Details to Save IV Text Geometries T Custom Labels IV Field Data F Data Sharing Linkage If Possible I Face Neighbor Information Generated by Tecplot Save Data File Using Zone Geometry Format Binary Paint ASCII Block Precision poo Zones Variable s 1 Zone 001 2 Triangulation Layout Association IV Associate Layout with Newly Saved Data File Cancel Help 44 Conclusion C Enter the desired file name in the Write Data File dialog and click Save Write Data File 21x Save in dat
35. Frames B Adjust the center of rotation by making the following changes in the Center of Rotation region of the 3D Rotate dialog Center of Rotation Reset 1 Set X 1 1 Set Y 1 i1 Set Z 0 5 C Specify spherical angles by making the following changes in the Spherical Angles region of the 3D Rotate dialog Spherical Angles Theta 225 00 Alpha 0 00 Preset Views i Set Psi 25 11 Set Theta 225 iii Set Alpha 0 D Click Close 63 Gas Burner Tutorial Step 13 Magnify the Frames A Choose Translate Magnify from the View menu View Plot Insert Animate Dat Redraw Frame Ctrl F Redraw All Ctrl D Zoom Fit to Full Size Ctrl F Data Fit Center Translate MagniFy be Last Ctrl L You can also use the tool located in the Menubar to zoom into the plot Use the dialog for precise magnification B Set the Magnification Factor to 0 8 Translate Magnify x Al Left a Right e 7 Down Step Size 10 00 Magnification Factor 0 8 a Step Size 10 00 Close Help 64 Preparing a Stylesheet The frames will now look as follows 4 5 Preparing a Stylesheet There are additional changes that we would like to make to one frame and propagate to the other frames These changes are not available through frame linking so we will use stylesheets instead A
36. If your graph does not display the rounded edge contour cutoff of the hurricane ensure that the contour you are manipulating is the first contour choose 1 in the Contour Details dialog Step 16 Add Dynamic Text Since we are looking at a contour plot of the wind velocity vector it would also be interesting to know the maximum value of the velocity at each point in time We will accomplish this by adding Dynamic Text to the plot A Insert a textbox into the active frame by going to Insert gt Text or clicking the AB button from the Toolbar and drawing a box in the frame B In the Text Details dialog 1 Type in the text string Maximum Wind Speed 121 Transient Tutorial 11 Press enter and then type in the text string amp MAXC 3f knots Dynamic Text strings begin with an ampersand amp followed by the variable enclosed in parentheses In this example the variable MAXC identifies the maximum value of the contour variable for the active zone The precision of the output can be specified using standard C formatting optional In the above example 3f results in the value being displayed to the thousandth place See the Section 18 1 4 Dynamic Text in the User s Manual for a complete list of Dynamic Text variables 111 Change the font color to Red Text Details x Enter Text String Maximum Wind Speed amp MAXCX 3A knots off Com o Origin Font He
37. a GO oe CEF File name ny eni ine Sae Save as type Binary Data Files plt a Cancel URL Saye URL You have now saved your data layout data file for future use in Tecplot Focus 3 2 Conclusion This concludes the Engine RPM Data Tutorial Having completed this tutorial you should now be familiar with loading Excel data into Tecplot modifying the Zone Display by using the Zone Style dialog performing triangulation and writing a dataset to a file Refer to the User s Manual for details regarding any of these features 45 Engine RPM Data Tutorial 46 Chapter 4 Gas Burner Tutorial 4 1 Introduction This tutorial walks you through the basic steps of working with multiple frames adjusting the contour level values and using stylesheets Completing this tutorial takes approximately 25 30 minutes All associated files including the layout file that displays the final results of the tutorial are located at STEC_ FOCUS 2009 tutorial gas_burner 4 2 Writing a Macro File to Automate Plot Setup This portion of the tutorial is optional If you do not wish to write the macro proceed to Step 7 Load your Macro File and use the macro file oad_4 _files mcr located in TEC FOCUS 2009 tutorials gas_burner data The dataset in this tutorial is stored in these four p t files burner_1 plt burner_2 plt burner_3 plt and burner_4 pit Because we would like to view these data files in
38. add in is available for N Windows platforms ONLY Unix users should use the Import option located in the File menu See instructions for Unix plat forms next in Step 1 Load an Excel Data File Unix Windows Optional Excel Version 2007 Once you have successfully installed the add in Tecplot will appear in Excel under the Add Ins menu Me jill a Home Inert Page Layout Formulas Data Review View Add Ins Tecplot Snagt Ef Window Tecplot Menu Commands Custom Toolbars 1 TEC FOCUS 2009 is the installation directory On Windows machines it is typically C Program Files Tec plot TecFocus 2009 33 Engine RPM Data Tutorial Excel Version 2003 or Older Once you have successfully installed the add in Tecplot will appear in Excel under the Tools menu Took Data Window Help Adote of Spelling FF 4 Error Checking Speech Shape Workback Track Change b 3 NN Protection r Online Collaboration Formula Augditine Tools on the Webp Riser Add Ins 2 6 AutoCorrect Options Customize B In Excel load the file STEC FOCUS 2009 tutorials engine data engine_data xls 34 Introduction C Highlight cells A1 C42 Jeg eo 0 in ca no 30 35 36 37 38 39 40 At EF RPM 600 00 599 599 599 599 B25 625 625 o24 O25 O25 o24 1500 1499 1500 1499 1499 1499 1499 2250 2250 2250 2250 2249 2249
39. ader HDF Loader HDF5 Loader PLY Polygon File Loader Tecplot Data Loader Text Spreadsheet Loader ook Cancel Help C Inthe Read Excel File dialog navigate to STEC FOCUS 2009 tutorials engine data choose engine data xls and click Open Read Excel File Ea ka Look in E data gt Oo ad HE i engine_data xls File name 37 Engine RPM Data Tutorial D In the Import Excel File Step 1 dialog choose the Table radio button and then click the Next gt button Import Excel File Step 1 Ea Data Format Table The data is located in one or more blocks of numbers with the variable names at the top of each column Carpet The data is located in one or more rectangular blocks The first column contains values for the variable the first row contains values for the Varable and data inside the block ts thet variable Other You define the zones variables and data locations Number of variables number of columns lt Back Cancel Help E Inthe Import Excel File Step 2 dialog accept the table settings and click the Finish button Import Excel File Step 2 Ea The Tecplot Excel loader has found the following blocks of data which can be read as tables Please select a table to import lt Back Finish f Cancel Help 38 Introduction The plot will look as follows BMEP 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500
40. aes Preset EELELY i eee eee ee ee gt OR rrrtiidt MANY YR iki cencs C24 240 TE oJ abe nL enanei ene ia ese PETA VIL LA LAR Re EEL UTA EU tive FOP nr NEN eee AEREE tbtt PETER EARN NN Nr AA ASAA Terre rere Terese eee econ eee ee a PEER RRR RN NN ALA OOS ET EE EE E oe er 200 ea PRR NNN Nee eS A OO OE Fee ene Perr eee PRNVPN NSN ee Kr PLP FHF CC EHH ewes ILLS AALALA ANANN mn a ack a oo ae we ol E A E E S fr PR i ORO OD Be ON e e ee a ee Fe a OR OO Se ee Sky A 1 ROMO RON SOW A Se ee ee SS ee a ee eR Pe Oe ee C a a i Cr e ee e e e e r grl 400 T Ts ee Cr yaaga lol l o a Ce E S ee AE Se S T gt gt Ayssy s eee sss agag l l o s 8 a T n Boe ee ye en eS ee son ee 400 200 0 200 400 108 Hurricane Swath Step 6 Animate the Hurricane Motion A To view the rotation of the hurricane over time go to the Animate menu and choose Time Animate Data Frame IJK Planes IIK Blanking so Surhaces Mappings Slices j freamtraces SONES B In the Time Details dialog click Play b to animate the motion on screen Time Details x Settings Animate Start Time 0 0829193 Min 0 0829193 End Time 0 0906163 Max 0 0906163 Time Step Skip fi Number of Time Steps 35 Destination On Screen Operation Forward we Animation Step fi Go To Current Time 0 0829193 4 Di Limit Animation Speed May Speed Fr sec fi 2 V Drop d
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42. ay 2008 mR iD wD a Seats x oopoopopooo a 2 69 Gas Burner Tutorial The contour ranges and therefore the coloring will vary depending upon which frame you used to create the stylesheet Burner 1 was used for this illustration 4 6 Adjust Contour Ranges The final step is to adjust the contour range of each frame so that the data fits within the frame For illustrative purposes the following steps walk you through three different methods of adjusting the contour range Any of the methods are a valid way to change the contour range for any of the plots The following steps assume Burner was used to oN create the stylesheet Step 19 Reset the Contour Range A Click the Burner 2 frame to make it the active frame vy Open the Contour Details dialog and select U Umax as the Contour Variable C Switch to the Levels page of the dialog D Click the 1 button then click the Reset Levels button The Reset Levels button adjusts the contour levels based on the minimum and maximum values of the contour variable Contour amp Multi Coloring Details X 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 ze Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend a ES E Enter 10 in the Enter Value dialog for the number of Contour Levels and click OK to close the dialog Enter Value x Enter the approximate number of levels to span the contour variable range Approximate Number fo
43. ay Macro or Script File dialog accessed via Scripting gt Play Macro Script choose the macro file and click the Open button e Use the macro to launch Tecplot Focus by simply double clicking on the macro file Windows and Macintosh Only e Go to the Macro Viewer dialog accessed via Scripting gt View Debug Macro click the Load Macro button and navigate to your macro file Either click the Step button to view line by line or the Go button to play the entire file at once Macro Viewer Fal gt IVARSET IMFBD C Program Files Tecplot sTe a gt INEWLAYOUT gt ILOOF 4 ICREATENEWFRAME IENDIF IREADDATASET C Program Files T ecplot T e IFRAMENAME Burner LOOP HENDI NNP Na b oop o OWN 6 Macro M AIN a Watch Variables Delete Breal Delete All Breaks b me If you decided to skip the section on writing a macro file use the TEC FOCUS 2009 tutorials gas_burner data lo ad 4 files mcr file Step 8 Tile the Frames The resulting macro file placed each frame directly on top of one another so we would like to tile the frames 57 Gas Burner Tutorial A Choose Quick Macros from the Scripting menu Quick Macro Panel E3 3D Rotation 4nimation Reset Center of Rotation Cascade Frames Load AddOn Not Used fd ot J ed B Click Tile Frames in the Quick Macro Panel dialog C Enter
44. cking the Redraw or Redraw All buttons from the Sidebar The Redraw button redraws the active frame and the Redraw All button redraws all frames in the workspace Step 2 Record the Macro The Macro Recorder dialog will launch and remain open throughout the recording process Macro Recorder x Insert Pause Insert Graphics Off Insert Graphics On Insert Raw Command Stop Recording Cancel Help A Go to File gt New Layout Save your current layout file if needed before launching the Macro Recorder dialog File Edit view Plot Insert Animat a Chrl o pen Layout Save Layout Chrl 5 Save Layout as Ctrl B Go to File gt Load Data File s File Edit View Plot Insert Animat Mew Layout Open Layout Chrl 0 Save Layout Ctrl 5 Save Layout as Ctrl Load Data File s he Write Data File 49 Gas Burner Tutorial C In the Select Import Format dialog choose Tecplot Data Loader and click OK Select Import Format x DEM Loader DXF Loader Excel Loader General Text Loader Tecplot Data Loader Text Spreadsheet Loader D Navigate to TEC FOCUS 2009 tutorials gas_burner data Tecplot Data Loader Gd Look in E data A o E 2 burner pit burner_1 plt E burner _2 plt E burner _3 plt E burner _4 plt File name bumer_1 plt gt Open f Files of type Data Files dat plt Cancel M URL Op
45. cted points to a data file or a new zone To select points 1 Left click at each location where you would like to extract a point 2 To end extraction either double click on the last point press the ESC key or right click 3 The Extract Data Points dialog appears use it to specify how many points to extract and how to save the data Extract Points along Polyline Choose the Extract Line tool to extract points along a specified polyline to a data file or a new zone To select points 1 Click your left hand mouse button at each location where you would like to extract a point along a polyline 2 To end extraction either double click on the last point press the ESC key or right click 26 Menubar 3 The Extract Data Points dialog appears use it to specify how many points to extract and how to save the data Create Rectangular Zone 2D Only Choose the Create Rectangular Zone tool to add new 2D rectangular zones to the current Tecplot Focus dataset To create a rectangular zone 1 Click once in the current data region to anchor one corner of the zone 2 Drag the diagonal corner until the zone is the desired size and shape The new zone created is IJ ordered To specify the maximum I index and J index use the Create Rectangular Zone dialog accessed via Data gt Create Zone gt Rectangular The current frame must have a dataset attached to it in order ON for this tool to be active This op
46. ctor 0 25 C coma Y e Help C Accept all other defaults and click the Compute button A new zone named Triangulation will be created D Click OK in the Information dialog Information 1 Triangulation successful T 40 Nodes 56 Triangles After triangulation has been completed above triangulation will show up as a y source zone in the Triangulate dialog 41 Engine RPM Data Tutorial E Close the Triangulate dialog The plot will look as follows BSFC we Step 4 Modify the Zone Display We would like to change the appearance of the plot by modifying a few of the zone attributes via the Zone Style dialog A Launch the Zone Style dialog either by choosing Zone Style from the Plot menu clicking the Zone Style button in the Sidebar or by double clicking on the plot B Switch to the Contour page of the Zone Style dialog Mesh C Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Effects Zone U e Lighting 42 Introduction C Choose the Triangulation zone and choose Both Lines amp Flood from the Contour Type button Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Effects Line Pttrn Line Use Pttrn Lnath Thek Lighting 0 10 No E Line Color Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Num Show Show Type By By FC C1 BSFC Zone Zone Num Name a a a Lines Triangulation es
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48. d axis to fit the minimum and maximum of the variable assigned to that axis and then snaps the major tick marks to the ends of the axis If axis dependency is not set as independent this may affect the range on another axis Center This option moves the plot image so that the data points are centered within the frame Only the data is centered text geometries and the 3D axes are not considered e Plot Use the Plot menu to control the style of your plots The menu items available are dependent upon the active plot type chosen in the Sidebar e Insert Use the Insert menu to add text geometries polylines squares rectangles circles and ellipses or image files If you have a 3D zone you may also use the Insert menu to insert a slice If the plot type is set to 2D or 3D Cartesian you may insert a streamtrace 11 Overview e Animate Use the Animate menu to animate IJK Planes IJK Blanking iso surfaces mappings slices streamtraces time and zones Data Use the Data menu to create manipulate and examine data Types of data manipulation available in Tecplot Focus include zone creation interpolation triangulation and creation or alteration of variables e Frame Use the Frame menu to create edit and control frames e Options Use the Options menu to control the attributes of your workspace including the color map paper grid display options and rulers Scripting Use the Scripting men
49. d rulers The active frame in which you are currently working is on top All modifications are made to the active frame 2 3 Data Hierarchy Tecplot Focus structures data in two levels datasets and zones Datasets are contained within frames Each dataset is composed of a zone or group of zones and each zone contains a variable or group of variables All zones in a dataset contain the same set of variables 2 3 1 Frames You can create multiple plots simultaneously in Tecplot Focus using subwindows called frames By default one frame is open when you launch Tecplot Focus You can add frames to the workspace using the Frame menu Datasets can be unique to the frame or shared between frames Linking data between frames allows you generate unique plots of the same data For more information on working with frames please refer to the User s Manual 2 3 2 Datasets A dataset is defined as all of the information data in a frame Starting with an empty frame a dataset is created and assigned to the active frame when you read one or more data files into Tecplot Focus or when you create a zone within Tecplot Focus 2 3 3 Zones Zones are a subset of datasets A dataset can be composed of a single zone or several zones Zones are either defined in the data file or created directly in Tecplot Focus The number of zones in a concatenated dataset is the sum of the number of zones in each of the data files that are loaded Typically a
50. der from the Select Import Format dialog Select Import Format x DEM Loader DXF Loader Excel Loader General Text Loader HDF Loader HDF5 Loader PLY Polygon File Loader Tecplot Data Loader Text Spreadsheet Loader za ie Cancel Help C Select the data file to load Go to STEC FOCUS 2009 tutorials perf_envelope data and select perf _envelope pit Click the Open button to load the file Tecplot Data Loader 21x Look in E data gt e F Co it perf _envelope plt Filename pei_envelopept D Files of type Data Files dat plt Z o Cancel P URL Apen URL I Specify Options Multiple Files Help Zi 80 Modifying Axis Details Step 2 Set the Plot Type Ensure that the initial plot type is set to 2D Cartesian and click OK Select Initial Plot Ea Initial Plot Type DEMES Show First Zone Only Use These Settings for All Data Sets am Cancel Help The data will look as follows Frame 001 Q ys aa c k H 10 30 20 Mach Number 5 3 Modifying Axis Details In order to have a better view of the dataset we will adjust the axes ranges 81 Performance Envelope Tutorial Step 3 Adjust the X Axis Range A Go to Plot gt Axis Plat Insert Animate Data Assign ay B In the Axis Details dialog make the following changes Axis Details XY Range Grid Ticks Label Title Line Area
51. e Figure 2 1 The Tecplot Focus Sidebar for a field plot left and a line plot right The features available in the Sidebar are dependent upon the plot type For 3D Cartesian plots you may add and subtract zone layers and effects for your plot For 2D Cartesian plots not shown you may add and subtract zone layers for your plot For line plots you may add and subtract map layers XY line plots have more available map layers than Polar line plots Plot Types Menu A xr Line Mapping Layers IY Lines l Symbols Bars Error Bars Mapping Style 13 Overview Plot Types The plot type combined with a frame s dataset active layers and each layer s associated attributes define a plot Each plot type represents one view of the data There are five plot types available e 3D Cartesian 3D plots of surfaces and volumes 2D Cartesian 2D plots of surfaces where the vertical and horizontal axes are both dependent variables i e x f A and y f A where A is another variable e XY Line Line plots of independent and dependent variables on a Cartesian grid typically with the horizontal axis x as the independent variable and the vertical axis y f x as a dependent variable e Polar Line Line plots of independent and dependent variables on a polar grid Sketch Plots without data such as drawings flow charts and viewgraphs Zone Layers Map Layers A layer is a way
52. e Edge Paints Surfaces Effects Zone Num a ONE 001 olid es es ines C3 circUR C4 circLR C5 unassigned C6 unassigned C7 unassigned C8 unassigned C Repeat for Zone 3 by assigning it C3 circUR D Repeat for Zone 4 by assigning it C4 circLR Step 19 Change Zones Line Patterns A On the Contour page of the Zone Style dialog select Zone 3 only B Select Dashed from the Line Pttrn button Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Paints Surfaces Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Line Line Pttrn Line Use Num Name Num Show Show Type By Color Pttrn Lnath Thek Lighting le M Yes ie ee v7 3 Dashed Yes Lines C3 circUF r DashDD em p V C4 circLA E erty LongDash DashDotDot C Choose Zone 4 only D Select DashDotDot from the Line Pttrn button After making the changes from Step Step 17 through Step Step 19 the Contour page of the Zone Style dialog will look as follows Zone Style x Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Paints Surfaces Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Line Line Pttrn Line Use Name Num Show Show Type By By Color Pttrn Lnath Thek Lighting 1 ZONE 001 Flood 2 Solid Lines 3 Dashed Lines 4 DashDD Lines 97 Performance Envelope Tutorial E Close the Zone Style dialog The final plot will look as follow
53. e or a Framer AVI Flash or Raster Metafile Using the Publish command to share results directly on the Web e Exporting presentation quality vector and raster formats JPEG PNG TIFF BMP WME Adobe PostScript or EPS You may also save time and effort by automating routine analyses and plotting operations through these methods e Customizing the interface to your workflow e Creating macros by recording or writing scripts e Using the Quick Macro Panel dialog for one click macro access Batch process plotting and printing e Extending Tecplot Focus functionality with the Add on Developer s Kit Overview 2 1 Interface Four major sections make up the Tecplot Focus interface Tecplot Focus 2008 File Edit View Plot Insert Animate Data Frame Opbions Scripting Tools Help Dele SB wA Ale 22 ohels ml 4 22 a ae 7 Olo ojo oO 30 Cartesian z Zone Surfaces pO N I Vector rame 001 Intemaly created Jata set Effects M Lighting IV Translucency Zone Style F Snap to Paper Snap to Grid Quick Edit Redraw Redraw All Frame V Auto Redraw IV Cache Graphics IV Plot Approximations fo Status T ine _ 2 2 Menubar The Menubar offers rapid access to most Tecplot Focus features File Edit View Plot Insert Animate Data Frame Options Scripting Tools Help Tecplot Focus features are organized into the following menus e File Use the File menu to read or wri
54. e the following steps to add an 1F loop to your file A After Line 4 Loop 4 add IF LOOP lt gt 1 lt gt is used to denote not equal to in the Tecplot ON Focus macro language B On the next line add CREATENEWFRAME C On the next line add ENDIF The macro file will now look as follows MC 1120 Created by Tecplot Focus build 11 3 0 539 VarSet MFBD C Program Files Tecplot TecFocus 2009 NEWLAYOUT 55 Gas Burner Tutorial Lines 6 7 and 8 have been added to create an IF statement to the Loop in your file D Save your macro file and exit your text editor 4 3 Laying Out the Frames Now that you have written your macro file you are now ready to load your macro into Tecplot Focus and tile the resulting frames It it not necessary to record your macro within Tecplot Focus in order to play it back in Tecplot Focus You can simply write the macro commands by using a text editor and saving the file with the extension mcr If you write your macro in this manner we recommend loading your macro file using the Macro Viewer dialog accessed via Scripting gt View Debug Macro The Macro Viewer dialog allows you to step through and debug your macro 56 Laying Out the Frames Step 7 Load your Macro File Macro files can be loaded into Tecplot Focus using any one of the following methods e Go to the Pl
55. e width of the hurricane at a given time The Lat and Lon variables are the coordinates of the hurricane In this part of the tutorial we will animate the wind direction within the hurricane over time In the next part of the tutorial we will animate the path of the hurricane 105 Transient Tutorial Step 4 Add a Vector Layer A In this case the default plot settings obscure the dataset Toggle off the Edge layer in the Sidebar 20 Cartesian Zone Surfaces Layers Mesh Tl Contour Bl I Vector l Scatter V Shade Zone Style B Toggle on the Vector layer in the Sidebar 2D Cartesian Zone Surfaces Layers M Mesh I Contour Scatter MV Shade Edge Zone Style C Accept the default values in the Select Variables dialog by clicking OK The vector variables are not defined Choose the vector variables U Y v Cancel Help 106 Hurricane Swath Step 5 Limit the Number of Vectors Plotted The vectors in the resulting plot are too dense to be informative We will thin out the dataset by plotting every sixteenth vector F rame 0OO1 SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR HURRICANE FRANCES SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR H A Switch to the Points page of the Zone Style dialog accessed via the Sidebar the Plot menu or by double clicking on the plot An asterisk next to a Zone Num or Zone Name indicates that the zone is a transie
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57. en URL 7 Specify Options Multiple Files Help W E Choose burner 1 plt and click the Open button 50 Writing a Macro File to Automate Plot Setup F In the Select Initial Plot dialog set the Initial Plot Type to 3D Cartesian and click OK Select Initial Plot x Initial Plot Type 2D Cartesian 3D Cartesian I Show First Zo xY Line M Use These Se Polar Line You can change the plot type at any time using the Plot Type menu in the Sidebar G Go to Frame gt Edit Active Frame H In the Edit Active Frame dialog change the Frame Name to Burner 1 and click Close Edit Active Frame x Frame Dimensions Paper Ruler Units Size and Pasition Left Side 1 000000 Width 9 000000 Top Side 0 250000 Height 8 000000 V Show Border Thickness 0 1 MV Show Header Color E Red V Show Background Color C White y Frame Name Bumer 1 Because Auto Redraw is turned off during the recording process you will not see your changes until the recording has ended 51 Gas Burner Tutorial Step 3 Save the Macro File A Click the Stop Recording button in the Macro Recorder dialog Macro Recorder x Insert Graphics Off Insert Graphics On Insert Raw Command Stop Recording cS Cancel Help It would have been more efficient to continue to modify the plot before ending the recording ses
58. ialog The plot for Burner 3 will look as follows Step 21 Change Contour Range Using a Minimum Maximum and Delta A Click the Burner 4 frame to make it the active frame 72 Adjust Contour Ranges B Open the Contour Details dialog and select U Umax as the Contour Variable C Click the More button to expand the Contour Details dialog D Click the New Levels button The New Levels button adjusts the contour levels based on user input minimum and maximum values Contour amp Multi Coloring Details xX 1 2 3 4 sle 7 s Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend Reset Levels C Add Levels Levels Level To dd lt lt Add Level E Choose the Min Max and Delta radio button in the Enter Contour Level Range dialog Enter Contour Level Range x C Min Max and Number of Levels Min Max and Delta Exponential Distribution Minimum Level 1 02 Maximum Level 4 Number of Levels 7 Delta 025 Reset Range Cancel Help F Enter the following values i Minimum Level 02 11 Maximum Level 4 i11 Delta 025 iv Click OK to apply the changes and close the dialog G Click Close to close the Contour Details dialog 73 Gas Burner Tutorial The plot for Burner 4 will look as follows 4 7 Final Result The entire workspace will look as follows eoescscsssessocoos ARIB R RER BERGHE
59. ialog during animation Alternatively you may save the animation to a file in AVI Flash or Raster Metafile format via the Destination menu C Click Close to close the dialog 109 Transient Tutorial 6 4 Hurricane Path Since the latitude and longitude information were included in the dataset we can also plot the hurricane path over time Step 7 Create a New Frame A First let s create a new frame for the new plot by going to Frame gt Create New Frame Alternatively you can create a new frame using the New Frame button located in the Menubar B Draw a box in the workspace with your mouse to set the new frame size C Change the plot type from Sketch to 2D Cartesian via the plot type drop down in the Sidebar to associate the dataset of the last frame with the new frame Step 8 Adjust the Frame Size Later in the tutorial we will underlay the hurricane path with a map file We will adjust the frame size to match the aspect ratio width height of the map file A Go to Frame gt Edit Active Frame B In the Edit Active Frame dialog 1 Set the Width to 8 25 110 Hurricane Path 11 Set the Height to 5 Frame Dimensions Paper Ruler Units Size and Position Left Side 1 Width 8 25 TopSide 1 Hanf MV Show Border Thickness jo 1 MV Show Header Color MM Red V Show Background Color WE Black Frame Name Frame 002
60. iar with recording and editing a macro file adjusting plot axis settings adding a contour legend using a stylesheet setting contour levels and exporting your plot as an image Refer to the User s Manual for details regarding any of these features 76 Conclusion 77 Gas Burner Tutorial 78 Chapter 5 Performance Envelope Tutorial 5 1 Introduction A common use of performance envelopes is to describe the performance characteristics of an air plane In this example we show the variable Ps based on the mach number and turn rate In this tutorial we will cover value blanking to isolate several regions of the dataset and contour plots of multiple variables This tutorial takes approximately 25 30 minutes to complete All associated files including the layout file that displays the final result of the tutorial are located at STEC_ FOCUS 2009 tutorials perf envelope 5 2 Loading the Dataset First we will load a dataset using the Tecplot Data Loader Step 1 Load a Tecplot Focus Data File A Go to File gt Load Data File s File Edit View Plot Insert Animati New Layout Open Layout Ctra Save Layout Ctril 5 Save Layout as krel Load Data Filefsi k virite Date Files 1 TEC FOCUS 2009 is the installation directory On Windows machines it is typically C Program Files Tec plot TecFocus 2009 79 Performance Envelope Tutorial B Choose Tecplot Data Loa
61. ical bar chart 14 Menubar Error Bars An option that allows you to add error bars to your plot The two Polar Line map layers are e Lines A pair of variables R and Theta that are a set of line segments or a fitted curve Symbols A pair of variables R and Theta that are individual data points represented by a symbol that you specify Zone Effects For 3D Cartesian plot types use the Sidebar to turn Lighting and Translucency on or off Only shaded and flooded contour surface plot types are affected Snap Modes Snap to Paper Snap to Grid Constrains object movement to whole steps on the axis Snap to Grid grid This can be useful for aligning text and geometries with specific Object Details plot features Recon Pecan Snap to Paper Constrains object movement to whole steps on the All Fiame paper s ruler grid This can be useful for positioning frames precisely for m Pedan printing or for absolute positioning of text geometries and other plot l Cache Graphics elements M Plot Approximations Redraw Buttons The redraw buttons allow you to keep your plot up to date Redraw All CTRL D redraws all frames SHIFT Redraw All causes Tecplot Focus to completely regenerate the workspace and Redraw CTRL R redraws only the current frame Auto Redraw Use Auto Redraw When toggled on Tecplot Focus will automatically redraw the plot whenever style or data changes Some users prefer to turn th
62. ines Minor Gridlines Show Show Line Pattern Soid z Dotted z Pattern Length 121 E Reo yz Thickness 72 for 0 1 lt Gridline Color C Black C Black Gridline Draw Order MV Show Precise Dot Grid First Dot Size cm 0 0045 Last Color MM Black When Precise Dot Grid is activated for one axis it is also activated for the other axis C Click the Close button 84 Activating Value Blanking The plot will look as follows Frame 001 Tecplot Focus Turn Rate 0 5 1 Mach Number 5 4 Activating Value Blanking In order to view the dataset properly we need to add a series of Value Blanking constraints Tecplot Focus s Value Blanking feature allows you to remove data points from your plot based on their value without removing the data points from the data file itself In this tutorial we will choose to trim all cells along the constraint boundary in order to have a smooth plot Step 6 Turn on Value Blanking A Select Blanking gt Value Blanking from the Plot menu Plot Insert Animate Data Frame Options Axis Assign XY Zone Style Streamtraces Contour Multi Coloring Vector gt Scatter b RGB Coloring gt Blanking B In the Value Blanking dialog 85 Performance Envelope Tutorial 1 Toggle on Include Value Blanking 11 Choose Trim cells along constraint boundary Yalue Blanking x
63. is option off while setting multiple style settings 15 Overview and then manually clicking Tecplot Focus s Redraw or Redraw All button on the Sidebar to see a full plot An auto redraw can be interrupted at any of time with a mouse click or key press Cache Graphics Tecplot Focus uses OpenGL to render plots OpenGL provides the ability to cache graphic instructions for rendering and can re render the cached graphics much faster than having Tecplot Focus send the instructions again This is particularly true for the interactive manipulation of a plot However this performance potential comes at the cost of using more memory If the memory need is too high the overall performance could be less Tecplot Focus has three graphics cache modes cache all graphics cache only lightweight graphics objects and do not cache graphics When Cache Graphics is toggled on in the Sidebar Tecplot Focus assumes there is enough memory to generate the graphics cache Assuming this is true Tecplot Focus s rendering performance will be optimal for the interactive manipulation of a plot When memory constraints are very limited consider toggling off Cache Graphics If you intend to interact with the plot under limited memory constraints also consider setting the Plot Approximation mode to All Frames Always Approximated See Section Graphics Cache in the User s Manual for more information Plot A
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65. l You should now be conversant in working with vectors modifying axes importing an image file and animating data over time increments Refer to the User s Manual for details regarding any of these features 126
66. lice group 22 Menubar Add Streamtrace Choose the Add Streamtrace tool to add a streamtrace interactively by clicking anywhere in your plot Select the number of streamtraces to include with each click rake using 1 9 on the keyboard Refer to the Chapter 15 Streamtraces in the User s Manual for more information about using streamtraces D Switch to streamrods Switch to streamribbons Switch to surface lines Switch to volume lines Change the number of streamtraces to be added when placing a rake of streamtraces Draws a rake on concave 3D volume surfaces These rakes are normally not drawn as they occur outside of the data Streamtrace Termination Line Select the Add Streamtrace Termination Line tool to add a streamtrace termination line interactively To draw a Streamtrace Termination Line 1 Move the cursor into the data region 2 Click once at the desired starting point for the line 3 Click again at each desired break point 4 When the polyline is complete double click on the last point of the polyline press the ESC key on your keyboard or right click The polyline will end any streamtrace s that pass through it 23 Overview Add Contour Level Choose the Add Contour Level tool to add a contour level interactively by clicking anywhere in the current data region A new contour level passing through the specified location is calculated and drawn You can
67. ll of the dimensions For example in an IJ ordered dataset the number of data points is equal to I x J where K 1 3D array IJK ordered A 3D array of data points where all three of the dimensions I J and K greater than one The number of data points is the product of the I J and K dimensions 2 4 2 Finite Element Data While finite element data is usually associated with numerical analysis for modeling complex problems in 3D structures heat transfer fluid dynamics and electromagnetics it also provides an effective approach for organizing data points in or around complex geometrical shapes For example you may not have the same number of data points on different lines there may be holes in the middle of the dataset or the data points may be irregularly randomly positioned For such difficult cases you may be able to organize your data as a patchwork of elements Each element can be independent of the other elements so you can group your elements to fit complex boundaries 29 Overview and leave voids within sets of elements The figure below shows how finite element data can be used to model a complex boundary Heat Exchanger Fintte Element Mesh Structure 3 Ee AT A we i 4 i i a d n m i A EREA wel i p WAN i Fi J N al i k E 7 er Renee T FF Figure 2 2 This figure shows finite element data used to model a complex boundary This plot file feexchng plt is located in your Tecplot Foc
68. ll of the changes made in Section 4 4 Adjusting the Axis Settings Simultaneously in All Frames can be propagated among frames using stylesheets Step 14 Select One Frame A Switch the mouse mode to the Selector tool by selecting the k button from the Menubar B Select a frame 65 Gas Burner Tutorial Step 15 Change Active Layers and add a Contour Legend Toggle on the Contour layer 3D Cartesian Zone Surfaces Layers i Vector l Scatter MV Shade V Edge Effects IV Lighting eI MV Translucency Zone Style Step 16 Add a Contour Legend A Open the Contour Details dialog by either choosing Contour Multi Coloring from the Plot menu or by clicking the Details button to the right of Contour in the Side bar B In the Contour Details dialog choose U Umax as the Contour Variable Contour amp Multi Coloring Details X D Switch to the Legend page 66 Preparing a Stylesheet E Toggle on Show Contour Legend Contour amp Multi Coloring Details X Tr 2 3 4 s e 7 effurm Hx Label at zj increment Ei F Change the Legend Position 1 Set X to 95 11 Set Y to 65 Contour amp Multi Coloring Details Ea M lslslslelr e poe dx Labels Vertic Z ae Increment i 67 Gas Burner Tutorial X and Y values position the anchor point of the legend as a perce
69. lt of the Z axis e Rollerball aL Drag the mouse in the direction you want to move the plot with respect to the current orientation on the screen In this mode your mouse acts much like a rollerball e Twist A Drag the mouse clockwise around the image to rotate the image clockwise Drag the mouse counterclockwise around the image to rotate the image counterclockwise e X axis x Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the X axis e Y axis oy Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the Y axis Z axis IP Drag the mouse to rotate the image about the Z axis Once you have selected a rotation mouse mode you can quickly switch to any of the other rotation capabilities or rotation modes using the following keyboard shortcuts Drag ALT drag Middle click Right click N K K H DAR Rotate about the defined rotation origin with your current Rotate tool Rotate about the viewer position using your current Rotate tool Smooth zoom in and out of the data Translate the data Move rotation origin to probed point of data This shortcut can be used without first selecting a rotation mouse mode Hover over your intended point of origin type O and then CTRL right click and drag to rotate the image Switch to Rollerball rotation Switch to Spherical rotation Switch to Twist rotation Switch to X axis rotation Switch to Y axis rotation Switch to Z axis rotation 21 Overview Slice Tool
70. lti Coloring Details x MARRANA A Levels Coloring Bands Lines Labels Legend D Click Close gt B0 561 5789 435 7579 deh PSB 26 3158 17 8947 9 4768 1 05263 7o64 15 7895 24 2105 2 32 6316 41 0526 494r 57 8947 66 3158 2 747368 63 1579 gt 91 5789 93 Performance Envelope Tutorial The plot will look as follows Turn Rate 0 0 5 1 1 5 Mach Number 5 6 Activating Contour Line Plots Tecplot Focus allows you to establish up to eight independent contour variables We established Contour Group 1 in the previous steps In the following steps we will adjust the settings for contour variables two through four and add each variable to the plot Step 16 Assign Contour Variables A Open the Contour Details dialog by either choosing Contour Multi Coloring from the Plot menu or by clicking the Details button to the right of Contour in the Sidebar 94 Activating Contour Line Plots B Click the 2 button and assign Turn Rate deg sec as the variable for Contour Group 2 Contour amp Multi Coloring Details x 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tum Rate deg sec gt Mach Number Turn Rate Turn Rate deg sec Contour amp Multi Coloring Details X Wega fr gt gt Lite E Click the Close button Step 17 Change the Contour Plot Type In order to view several different contour variables in the sa
71. mate Text Polwline Square Rectangle Circle Ellipse Slice Stream B In the Insert Image File dialog navigate to STEC_ FOCUS _ 2009 tutorials hurricane and select map jpg file Insert Image File Fa EY Look in E hurricane o 2 ega data Ele jpg Files of type Importable Image Files bmp png ipg Y Cancel URL Gpen URL Help C Click the Open button to import the file Step 12 Modify the Image Dimensions A Open the Image Geometry Details dialog by selecting the image and then clicking the Object Details button in the Sidebar or by double clicking on the image B In order to line up the coordinates of the map file with your dataset 114 Hurricane Path i Change the Coordinate System from Frame to Grid Image Geometry Details x eee A Coordinate Line Color J Black System Frame l Line Pattern s olid z i Grid x Pattern Length 11 2 O 111 Line Thickness 4 10 1 7 Width 74 02299 11 Set the X value of the image origin to 88 111 Set the Y value of the origin to 12 5 Image Geometry Details x Line Color CO Black Coordinate System Line Pattern s olid 4 Pattern Length 7 2 of Line Thickness 1 0 1 ieee 2 90438 C Adjust the width and height of the image to match the axes ranges iv Set Width to 38 v Set Height to 25 Line Color C Black riots
72. mation on outputting simulator data to Tecplot Focus file format e Add on Developer s Kit User s Manual This manual provides instructions and examples for creating add ons for Tecplot Focus e Add on Developer s Kit Reference Manual This manual provides the syntax for the functions included in the add on kit e Installation Instructions These instructions give a detailed description of how to install Tecplot Focus on your machine e Release Notes These notes provide information about new and or updated Tecplot Focus features e Tecplot Talk A user supported forum discussing Tecplot Focus Tecplot 360 Python scripting Add on development TecIO and more Visit www tecplottalk com for details Introduction The first tutorial takes approximately 10 15 minutes to complete Each of the remaining tutorials takes approximately 25 30 minutes to complete e Engine RPM Data Tutorial This tutorial includes importing a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and performing triangulation e Performance Envelope Tutorial This tutorial includes value blanking and working with multiple contour plots e Gas Burner Tutorial This tutorial includes working with macros frame linking and stylesheets This tutorial is also available in video form on our website at http www tecplot com support focus getting started aspx e Transient Tutorial This tutorial includes animation importing graphics and data alteration th
73. me region simultaneously we will change the contour plot types to lines for three of the contour plots A Launch the Zone Style dialog either by choosing Zone Style from the Plot menu clicking the Zone Style button in the Sidebar or by double clicking on your plot 95 Performance Envelope Tutorial B In the Zone Style dialog switch to the Contour page vesn C conn Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Line Line Pttrn Line Use Num Name Num Show Show Type By By Color Pttrn Lngth Thek Lighting C Using the SHIFT key select Zones 2 4 Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Paints Surfaces Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Cont Contour Flood Lines Line Line Pttrn Line Use Num Name Num Show Show Type By By Color Pttrn Lnath Thek Lighting C Civ Ci V7 f Flood C1 Y mM Flood C1 V7 1 1 Flood 1 D Select Lines from the Contour Type button Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Effects Zone Use Lighting Line Both Lines amp Flood Average Cell Flood Primary Value Flood Step 18 Assign Contour Variables to Zones A On the Contour page of the Zone Style dialog select Zone 2 only 96 Activating Contour Line Plots B Select C2 Turn Rate deg sec from the Lines By button Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shad
74. ngs by clicking the OK button Export Export Format IV Color SUpersample Factor 2 16 True Color v E Enter the desired filename for example hurricane path in the Select Export File dialog and click Save Select Export File z save _ LT meres ol save WEL 125 Transient Tutorial The movie file can now be imported into a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or placed on a website The easiest way to insert and play SWF files into PowerPoint versions 2003 and older is to download the Swiff Point Player a free Microsoft PowerPoint add in This add in can be downloaded from http www globfx com products swfpoint Microsoft PowerPoint version 2007 has the built in capability to play SWF files 6 5 References amp Resources l Beven J L Tropical Cyclone Report Hurricane Frances 25 August 8 September 2004 2 Knaff John A CIRA Colorado State Univ Ft Collins CO 3 Powell M D S H Houston and T A Reinhold 1996 Hurricane Andrew s Landfall in South Florida Part I Standardizing Measurements for Documentation of Surface Wind Fields Weather and Forecasting Vol 11 pp 304 328 Powell M D and S H Houston 1996 Hurricane Andrew s Landfall in South Flor ida Part II Surface Wind Fields and Potential Real time Applications Weather and Forecasting Vol 11 329 349 6 6 Conclusion This concludes the Transient Tutoria
75. nt zone The zone number is linked to the active step As an animation runs through these steps the zone will change 107 Transient Tutorial B Choose Enter Skip from the Index Skip button Zone Style x Mesh Contour Vector Scatter Shade Edge Points Surfaces Effects Zone Zone Group Zone Points Index Num Name Num Show To Plot Skip Yes Surface Nodes No Skip Enter Skip C In the Enter Index Skipping dialog enter 4 for the I index and J index skips Click OK to apply the changes Close the Zone Style dialog Enter Index Skipping x l S5kip J Skip K Skip Mo o Moo ee Cancel Help D The resulting plot will look as follows Frame 001 SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR HURRICANE FRANCES SURFACE WIND ER ER EE E E er PPR ERE E E E E E AP RPP A a a a a SS SS Yee ee Pak a Ee a Ea RR AE a E a a a a a a a a a 400 Susi GR Pgh TA EID GAD eh Td a A ae Se Se ee G a a a e G a a i a Oo EE e O E E E SE E EE SE A PAP APA PAB EAEDE CF n a NS PPA EPS BEA PLEA EAP Pm mmm NNN D RO We OR ON POPP PPL ALE EE a tm a a a a aS GSFC E SOLE PL LED ADAP OOOO Tee Nee NAN A a a eo SS BANA BAA POPS PPOPOPOVOSLLAAA A Aa tet ate NAN NAN NALA D0 ee ARN es EG AEA MISS S IS fPIC OES RE LHC BOREL PERE EE SE PORT O acs SAYAN AA ee eS EA EE ALA T SNAN N ANENA ane LOLLES EEEL LAA Ca A SNENA A EEE EEE EL I ee aR AARNE RRM CEEE EEE SE SES f f nace NNG ne CeeeEtETE A LEN VY Lae
76. ntage ofthe frame size 111 Choose the No Box radio button in the Legend Box region Level Skip fi Line Spacing hz Header Font Hely 2 5 E TextColbr W Black Kuman Fani Hely 25 2 Humber Femei Line Thickness re 0 E Ao Bow SoxCoo CJ Black Filed Fill Coon CO White i Pli Margin fin al G Click Close Step 17 Save the Stylesheet to a File A Choose Copy Frame Style to File from the Frame menu Frame Options Scripting Tools Create Mew Frame Edit Current Frame Delete Current Frame Frame Linking Push Current Frame Back Order Frames Fit all Frames to Paper Copy Frame Style to File Paste Frame Style From File B Navigate to the desired directory and save the file for example mystyle sty Step 18 Load the Stylesheet Now the stylesheet you created can be used to quickly modify each of the remaining frames 68 Preparing a Stylesheet A Select one of the remaining frames B Choose Paste Frame Style from File from the Frame menu C Navigate to the stylesheet you created in Step 17 Save the Stylesheet to a File and click the Open button Alternatively you can load gas_burner sty located at STEC_ FOCUS 2009 tutorials gas_burner data D Repeat Steps A through C for the remaining 2 frames The final result will look similar to the following image Bumer 1 12 May 2008 Bumer 2 12 May 2008 Bumer 4 12 M
77. oading a dataset modifying axis details activating value blanking adding a contour layer and copying your plot to the clipboard Refer to the User s Manual for details regarding any of these features 99 Performance Envelope Tutorial 100 Chapter 6 Transient Tutorial 6 1 Introduction This tutorial illustrates how to use Tecplot Focus to visualize the movement of a hurricane We will go through the steps of how to work with vectors modify axes import an image file and animate the motion of the hurricane 6 1 1 Dataset Background A Hurricane Frances a aug USt 3 September 2004 Humic gene Tropical Siam LCL Tropa Dep Lata opieal Pubtr Storm Butr Dip Liai it iue Poatate O 1207C Postion i PPP Hin press mbi ag a5 a TS T 65 i 55 50 45 40 Figure 6 1 The path of Hurricane Frances from August 29 September 6 2004 taken from the Hurricane Research Division Used with permission Hurricane Frances became a tropical depression on August 25 2004 about 655 miles WSW of the Cape Verde Islands By midday on the 26 it reached hurricane strength 101 Transient Tutorial Frances made landfall on the eastern Florida coast on September 5 Property damage was estimated to be 9 billion 6 1 2 Tutorial Summary This tutorial will take approximately 25 30 minutes to complete All associated files including the layout file that displays the final resul
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79. points 30 Creating Plots brick The figure below shows the arrangement of the nodes for tetrahedral and brick elements l R 1 k y i0 a n 4 N fa ff 3 N2 SSS ind h R N 5 A at Inz Tetrahedral connectivity arrangement Brick connectivity arrangement Figure 2 3 Connectivity arrangements for FE volume datasets In the brick format points may be repeated to achieve 4 5 6 or 7 point elements For example a connectivity list of nl n1 n1 n1 n5 n6 n7 n8 where n1 is repeated four times results in a quadrilateral based pyramid element In Tecplot Focus each FE data zone must be composed exclusively of one element type However you may use a different data point structure for each zone within a dataset as long as the number of variables defined at each data point is the same For cell based element types triangular quadrilateral tetrahe dral or brick you can simulate zones with mixed element types by repeating nodes as necessary For example a triangle element can be included in a quadrilateral zone by repeating one node in the element s connectivity list and tetrahedral pyramidal and prismatic elements can be included in a brick zone by repeating nodes appropriately Section 4 5 Finite Element Data in the Data Format Guide provides detailed infor mation about how to format your FE data in Tecplot s data file format 2 5
80. pproximations If Plot Approximation is toggled on and the number of data points is above the point threshold Tecplot Focus will render the approximate plot for style data and interactive view changes followed immediately by the full plot This option provides for good interactive performance with the final plot always displayed in the full representation 16 Menubar Tools Each of the tools represented in the toolbar changes the mouse mode and allows you to edit your plot interactively we Al Alb ole ally ez Eel aooo ml al le Double click on a tool to launch the Details dialog associated with that tool Selector Tool X Use the Selector tool to select objects in your workspace The objects can be modified using the Quick Edit dialog when the Quick Edit button is chosen in the Sidebar before an object is selected The following objects can be moved translated using the Selector tool itself e Frames e Axis Grid Area e Text e Geometries e Contour Labels e Streamtraces e Streamtrace Termination Line e Legends e 3D Frame Axis To select an object and open that object s attributes dialog either double click on the desired object or drag the cursor to select a group of objects to call up the Group Select dialog Click OK and then click the Object Details button in the Sidebar Adjustor Tool Use the Adjustor tool to perform the following specific modifications to your plot and data e
81. r gt Specify Equations Data Frame Options Scripting Tools Help pery EQUOES Ae Create Zone Smooth Delete F Transform Coordinates B Enter the following equation in the Eqguation s portion of the dialog wind vector sqrt u 2 v 2 1 944 Specify Equations x Equation s wind_vector sqrt u 2 fv 2 1 944 Data Set Info Remove lt gt s Save Equations gt Load Equations Default Equation Modifiers Zones to Alter Index Ranges Start End Skip Index 1 Mx fi Jndex 1 Mx fi Kinder 1 M x 1 New Var Data Type Auto v 34 state tm All Active Range None New Var Location Auto x Close Help The curly braces are used to identify variables in equations If the variable does not exist Tecplot Focus creates a new variable using the characters within the curly braces as the name of the new variable left side of the equation only Two asterisks are used to indicate an exponential The power to which a number is raised is designated after the asterisks for example 3 2 3 9 and 3 3 33 27 The current dataset is in units of meters per second Multiplying the vector by 1 944 converts the units from meters per second to knots 117 Transient Tutorial C Select all zones in the Zones to Alter window by clicking the All button or by high lighting the names with your mouse Specify Equations
82. rough equations Files associated with each tutorial are located in TEC FOCUS 2009 tutorials For in depth information on the topics covered in the Getting Started Manual please refer to the User s Manual included in your Tecplot Focus installation directory The User s Manual and additional documentation is also available on our website at http www tecplot com support focus docs aspx 1 TEC_FOCUS 2009 is the installation directory For Windows users this is typically C Program Files Tec plot TecFocus 2009 Chapter 2 Overview Tecplot Focus features allow you to visualize complex graphs and engineering plots through the following methods e Applying multiple constraints to define and create performance envelopes e Creating plots with multiple dependent and or independent axes e Creating plots with multiple layers such as plotting vectors on a flooded contour plot e Gaining greater understanding of your data with multi dimensional parametric plots e Plotting irregularly spaced data e Using multiple frames to display a series of plots that can include any combination of XY Polar 2D or 3D plot types After creating your plots you can communicate your results clearly and effectively by e Using the Copy Plot to Clipboard command to paste a plot directly into Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word and other Microsoft Office applications e Animating to a file for use in a PowerPoint presentation a web pag
83. s Frame 001 Turn Rate 5 1 Mach Number Step 20 Copy Plot to Clipboard Now that your plot is complete you can copy it to the Tecplot Focus clipboard to be pasted into other software such as PowerPoint A Go to Edit gt Copy Plot to Clipboard Edit View Plot Insert Animate Di Undo Style Change Chri 2 Select All Quick Edit Push Pop Cut Ctrl Copy ctrl E Paste hr Clear Copy Plot to Clipboard 98 Conclusion B In the Copy Plot to Clipboard dialog select Active Frame from the Region menu Region al Frames 7 Current Frame N All Frames Work Area s oper Image BMP F Force Estra Sorting for All 3D Frames IV Color I Convert to 256 Colors Use Width of Image on Screen Enter width 300 Exported Image Dimensions 1275 1133 F Antialiasing Supersample Factor 2 16 rE C Click OK The plot can now be pasted into other software such as Microsoft Word Oy 7 8 C meer e Papila ee hiegi Bre ire w A Ne Se a r y e fina i Cimi ies it baa a iS aS EE AUTI agbe aisce Aanb Aatbce Aab AA ee Ferir j B i U da r ar A EzE3H M Ee i frj liema Te Geach fender figading F Ti Ee Gas as bitis aa ikizi A eS ia mes one SE NE saz Ex A Ez maa e E au i IE ZE 05 i Mach Number Puget afl Wee THa i E 5 7 Conclusion This concludes the Performance Envelope Tutorial You should now be familiar with l
84. sion The macro ends here for the purposes of this tutorial B Click the OK button in the resulting Question dialog Question x wd 4re you sure you want to stop 7 the current recording session conent Step 4 Edit the Macro File As you probably noticed when we navigated to the data file there are 4 files in total for this dataset In order to avoid repeating the same steps for each file we will add a loop function to the macro file This feature becomes extremely useful when working with large datasets that include multiple data files A Open your macro file in a text editor such as Microsoft Notepad 52 Writing a Macro File to Automate Plot Setup B The text will look as follows a The directory value is the Tecplot Focus installation directory The value in your file will reflect the installation directory on your machine e Line 1 All macro files must start with this line e Line 3 This is an optional line automatically written by Tecplot Focus which created a variable for the file location Tecplot Focus home directory e Line 4 This line resets the workspace To ensure forward compatibility macro files must contain this command e Line 5 This line loads the data file s in the string e Line 13 This line sets the initial plot type of the loaded data file s e Line 15 This line changes the name of the active frame Step 5 Add Loop to the File The LOOP command has
85. ss cursor to draw a box about the region that you want to fit into the frame The box may be larger than the frame Drawing a box larger than the frame zooms away from the plot The region within the view box will be resized to fit into the frame zoom box larger than the grid area 1 If Snap to Grid is toggled on in the Sidebar you cannot make the To return to the previous view choose Last from the View menu CTRL L To restore the original 2D view choose Fit to Full Size CTRL F from the View menu The results of plot zooming for the 2D plot type are dependent upon the axis mode selected in the Axis Details dialog accessed via the Plot menu 2D Independent Axis Mode The independent axis mode allows the selected region to expand to exactly fit in the frame The axes are rescaled independently to fit the zoom box 19 Overview e 2D Dependent Axis Mode In dependent mode the axes are not fit perfectly to the zoom box The longest dimension from the zoom box is applied to the associated axis and the other axis is resized according to the dependency relation For paper zooming SHIFT drag the magnifying glass cursor to draw a box about the region that you want to magnify The plot is resized such that the longest dimension of the zoom box fits into the workspace You can fit one or all frames to the workspace by using the Fit Selected Frames to Workspace or Fit All Frames to Workspace options
86. t Loader Cancel Help B Choose Tecplot Data Loader from the Select Import Format dialog and click OK In the Tecplot Data Loader dialog navigate to the TEC FOCUS 2009 tutori als hurricane data directory Highlight all of the files in the directory by selecting the first file and using the SHIFT key then selecting the last file within the window Click the Open button Tecplot Data Loader Look in E data gt O2 en 0829 _19_30 plt 0831_01_30 plt File name X 0831_07_30 plt 0829_22_30 pt amp 0831_13_30 plt 0830_01_30 pt 0831_19_30 plt 0830_07_30 plt 0831_22_30 plt 0830_13_30 plt 0901_01_30 plt 0830_19_30 plt 0901_07_30 plt 0830_22_30 plt 0901_13_30 plt 0901_19_30 plt 0901_22_30 plt 0902_01_30 plt 0902_07_30 plt 0902_13_30 plt 0902_19_30 plt 0902_22_30 plt 0903_01_30 plt 0903_07_30 plt 0903_13_30 plt 0903_19_30 plt 0903_22 30 plt 0904_01_30 plt 0904_13_30 plt 0904_16_30 plt 0904_19_30 plt 0904_22_30 plt gt Files of type Data Files dat plt 7 Cancel T URL pen URL l Specify Options Multiple Files Help W 103 Transient Tutorial Step 2 Initial Plot Settings A Click OK to accept the default setting of 2D Cartesian in the Select Initial Plot dialog Select Initial Plot x Ini
87. te data files and plot layouts print and export plots and set configuration preferences 10 Menubar e Edit Use the Edit menu to select undo cut copy paste and clear objects open the Quick Edit dialog and change the draw order for selected items push or pop Cut Copy and Paste work only within Tecplot ON Focus To place a graphic image of your layout into another program use Copy Plot to Clipboard This option is available on Windows and Macintosh plat forms e View Use the View menu to manipulate the point of view of your data including scale view range and 3D rotation You can also use the View menu to copy and paste views between frames The View menu includes the following convenient sizing options e Fit Everything 3D Only This options resizes plots so that all data points text and geometries are included in the frame e Fit Surfaces 3D Only This option resizes plots so that all surfaces are included in the frame excluding any volume zones Fit to Full Size This option fits the entire plot into the frame This option does not affect the axis ranges Nice Fit to Full Size This option sets the axis range to begin and end on major axis increments if axes are dependent the vertical axis length is adjusted to accommodate a major tick mark Data Fit This option fits the data points to the frame Make Current View Nice This option modifies the range on a specifie
88. the following syntax in the Tecplot Focus macro language LOOP lt int gt lt macro commands ENDLOOP Within the LOOP command the loop variable can be called using LOOP Use the following steps to add a LOOP command to your file A Add g Loop 4 below Line 4 NEWLAYOUT 53 Gas Burner Tutorial B Add g ENDLOoP below Line 15 FRAMENAME C On Line 5 READDATASET replace burner_1 plt with burner_ LOOP pIt D On Line 15 FRAMENAME replace Burner 1 with Burner LOOP The macro file will now look as follows Lines 5 and 17 have been added and lines 6 and 16 have been changed in order to add a Loop to the file Step 6 Add an IF Statement If we left the macro file as it is in Step Step 5 the data in the frame would be overwritten with every step of the loop To avoid this we will add the CREATENEWFRAME command to the macro file With the CREATENEWFRAME command the new frame becomes the active frame so each new dataset will be loaded into a new frame Because NEWLAYOUT creates frame 1 we only need to use the CREATENEWFRAME command for LOOP 2 4 The IF command has the following syntax S IF lt conditional expression gt 54 Writing a Macro File to Automate Plot Setup Macro commands S ENDIF See the Scripting Guide for a complete listing of the syntax available for conditional expression Us
89. tial Plot Type PEMER M Show First Zone Only Use These Settings for All Data Sets ab Cancel Help The loaded dataset will look as follows Frame 001 SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR HURRICANE FRANCES SURFACE WIND 400 200 200 400 400 200 0 200 400 We will make the dataset discernible in the following steps 104 Hurricane Swath Step 3 View Data Set Information A Go to Data gt Data Set Info to view information about the current dataset Data Set Information x Zone Variable Info DataSet Sharing Joumal AuxData m Zone s Variable s 2 0829 22 30 2 7 3 0830_01_30 3 LAT 4 0830_07_30 4 LON 5 0830_13_30 5 U 6 0830_19_30 6 7 0830_22 30 8 0831_01_30 Zone Name Variable Name 08291 9 30 Ix Zone Type Ordered Var Type Double IMax 161 Var Location Nodal JMax 161 Var Status Map KMax 1 Var Range Selected Zone Min 480 928 Max 480 928 Solution Time 0 082919 Var Range Active Zones Time Strand 1 Min 480 928 Max 480 928 Load Variables As you can see the current dataset has 6 variables X Y LAT LON U and V We have individual wind components U and V which are interesting but we d like to look at a composite vector The dataset contains 35 zones each of which represents one time step in the hurricane path B Click Close 6 3 Hurricane Swath The X and Y variables represent the hurricane swath th
90. tion is only available in 2D Cartesian plots Create Circular Zone 2D Only ae Select the Create Circular Zone tool to add new 2D circular zones to the current Tecplot Focus dataset To create a circular zone 1 Click once in the current data region to specify the center of the zone 2 Drag until the zone has the desired radius The new zone created is IJ ordered To specify the maximum I index and J index use the Create Circular Zone dialog accessed via Data gt Create Zone gt Circular The current frame must have a dataset attached to it in order oY for this tool to be active This option is only available in 2D Cartesian plots 27 Overview 2 2 2 Status Line The status line running along the bottom of the Tecplot Focus window gives hover help When you move the pointer over either a tool in the toolbar a button on the Quick Edit dialog or a menu item a description of the control appears 2 2 3 Tecplot Focus Workspace The workspace is the portion of your screen in which you create sketches and plots Each sketch or plot is created within a subwindow called a frame The current state of the workspace makes up a layout including the sizing and positioning of frames the location of the data files used by each frame and all current attributes for all frames By default the workspace displays a representation of the paper Tecplot Focus is set up to draw on as well as a reference grid an
91. ts of the tutorial are located at TEC FOCUS _2009 tutorials hurricane 6 2 Getting Started The initial dataset contains 28 samples of surface wind measurements taken from August 25 to September 8 2004 For the purposes of this tutorial the dataset was converted to Tecplot Focus format Step 1 Load the Dataset A Go to File gt Load Data File s File Edit View Plot Insert Animati Mew Layout Open Layout Chrl 0 Save Layout Crl 5 Save Layout as Crh Load Data File s be Write Date File 1 The datasets provided are preliminary research data courtesy of the Hurricane Research Division HRD of NOAA s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory Director Hurricane Research Division Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory 4301 Rickenbacker Cswy Miami Florida 33149 Thanks also to Dr John Knaff NESDIS STAR RAMMB CIRA Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523 for techni cal assistance 2 TEC_ FOCUS 2009 is the installation directory On Windows machines it is typically C Program Files Tec plot TecFocus 2009 3 For information on converting datasets to Tecplot Focus format refer to Step 5 Write the Dataset to a File in Chap ter 3 Engine RPM Data Tutorial 102 Getting Started Select Import Format x DEM Loader DXF Loader Excel Loader General Text Loader HDF Loader HDFS5 Loader PLY Polygon File Loader Tecplot Data Loader Text Spreadshee
92. u to play or record macros and to access the Quick Macros Panel dialog Tools Use the Tools menu to launch the Quick Edit dialog or an add on Help Choose Tecplot Focus Help from the Help menu to get specific complete help on features or operations within Tecplot Focus By choosing About Tecplot Focus from this menu you can obtain specific information about your license 2 2 1 Sidebar The Sidebar provides easy access for frequently used plot controls The functions available in the Sidebar depend on the plot type of the active frame For 2D or 3D Cartesian plot types you can add or subtract zone layers and derived objects from your plot For 3D Cartesian plots you may also add or subtract zone effects from your plot For line plots XY and Polar you can add or subtract mapping layers To customize your plot simply e Choose the desired plot type from the Plot Types menu in the Sidebar e Use the toggle switches to add and subtract Zone Layers Map Layers or Zone Effects Use the Zone Style Mapping Style dialogs to further customize your plot by adding or subtracting zones from specific plot layers mappings changing the way a zone or group of zones is displayed or changing various plot settings 12 Menubar E Cartesian one Surfaces Layers Mesh F Contour Zone Layers Map Layers Yector Scatter M Shade MW Edge Effects M Lighting l Zone Effects M Translucency CORY Zone Styl
93. ues of the dataset variables at the specified location choose any point in the data region To obtain exact values for the data point nearest the specified location CTRL click at the desired location cursor crosshair is augmented by a vertical or horizontal line depending on whether you are probing along the X axis or the Y axis You can change the axis to be probed by pressing X to probe the X axis or Y to probe the Y axis For XY plots When you move into the axis grid area the Insert Text Ab To add text to any frame click the Add Text tool and draw a text box in the selected frame The Text Details dialog will be launched automatically Use it to assign and modify text Insert Geometries Use the corresponding geometry buttons in the toolbar to insert geometries into your plot F Polylines E Squares 1 Rectangles 25 Overview ca Circles CO Ellipses Select a geometry shape for insertion and then drag in the workspace to create the shape of desired SIZe Create New Frame l Select the Create New Frame tool to create a new frame To add a frame drag in the workspace to create a frame of desired size and shape If you have data loaded into Tecplot Focus and you create a N new frame you can attach the existing dataset to the new frame by changing the plot type to match that of the existing dataset Extract Discrete Points Choose the Extract Discrete Points tool to extract sele
94. us distribution under the examples 2D subdirectory Finite element data defines a set of points nodes and the connected elements of these points The variables may be defined either at the nodes or at the cell element center Finite element data can be divided into three types e Line data is a set of line segments defining a 2D or 3D line Unlike I ordered data a single finite element line zone may consist of multiple disconnected sections The values of the variables at each data point node are entered in the data file similarly to I ordered data where the nodes are numbered with the I index This data is followed by another set of data defining connections between nodes This second section is often referred to as the connectivity list All elements are lines consisting of two nodes specified in the connectivity list Surface data is a set of triangular or quadrilateral elements defining a 2D field or a 3D surface In finite element surface data you can choose by zone to arrange your data in three point triangle or four point quadrilateral The number of points per node and their arrangement are determined by the element type of the zone If a mixture of quadrilaterals and triangles is necessary you may repeat a node in the quadrilateral element type to create a triangle e Volume data is a set of tetrahedral or brick elements defining a 3D volume field Finite element volume cells may contain four points tetrahedron or eight
95. v 14 A x 154 907525198 Ange de 0 Y 176 395287645 Position Abe 123 Coordinate System Frame k i 6 2 Cancel Help iv To center the text click the Options button in Text Details dialog 122 Hurricane Path v In the Text Options dialog choose the center radio button in the Text Anchor Location region Text Options x Text Box Text Anchor Location NoBox Filled Plain eee Line Thickness 01 Fj Midline Bo Color LI Black Baseline Fil Color LJ White Margin 20 a Attach to Zone Map fi Line Spacing fi al I Show in AI Like Frames Macro Function me vi Close both the Text Details and Text Options dialog The result will look as follows Frame 002 SURFACE WIND COMPONENTS FOR HURRICANE FRANCES SURFACE 104 054 knots LAT 60 50 70 LON Step 17 Animate the Hurricane over Time A To view the motion of the hurricane over time go to the Animate menu and choose Time 123 Transient Tutorial B In the Time Details dialog select To File from the Destination menu Time Details 0 0829193 0 0906163 fp To File 1 C In the Time Details dialog click the Generate Animation File button Time Details 0 0829193 0 0906163 a a Fash sy ee 124 Hurricane Path D In the Export dialog accept the default setti
96. ve Frame dialog toggle on 3D Plot View Slice Positions I so Surface Locations Contour Levels Value Blanking Constraints Frame is Member of Group 1 Apply Settings to All Frames of this group C Apply settings to all frames in this group by clicking the Apply Settings to All Frames of this group button and close the dialog IT 3D Plot View I Slice Positions I so Surface Locations I Contour Levels Value Blanking Constraints 59 Gas Burner Tutorial The final result will look as follows Step 9 Adjust the X Axis Settings Click Axis from the Plot menu to launch the Axis Details dialog m m k F mir r POE iNnsereE ANIME CACA The X Y and Z buttons at the top of the dialog allow you to navigate between axes A Click the X button at the top of the Axis Details dialog B Toggle on Show X Axis 60 Adjusting the Axis Settings Simultaneously in All Frames C On the Range page enter the following values i Min 2 11 Max 2 D Set the Dependency to XY Dependent this change will be reflected on the Range page for each axis Axis Details x E showxsrisy x yz Range Grid Ticks Label Tite Line Area Reset Range V Preserve Length when Changing Range M Use Log Scale Reverse Avis Direction Dependency x to Y Ratio Size Factors
97. x Equation s wind_vector sqrt u P 2 vP 2 1 944 Data Set Info Remove lt gt s Save Equations Fa Load Equations Default Equation Modifiers ore Index Ranges Zones to Alter 25 0903 13 30 Start End Skip Index 1 Mx fi J Index fi Mx fi Kindez fi M x fi New Var Data Type Auto New Yar Location Auto Close Help GEA D Click the Compute button to apply the equation E An Information dialog will appear confirming that the computation was successful Click the OK button Information x Data alteration successful the equation to the dataset a second time Clicking the Compute button again will apply F Click the Close button to close the Specify Equations dialog 118 Hurricane Path Step 14 Add a Contour Layer A Toggle on the Contour layer in the Sidebar 2D Cartesian Zone Surfaces Layers Mesh adne E T Vector Scatter Shade l Edge Zone Style B In the Contour Details dialog accessed by either clicking Contour Multi Coloring from the Plot menu or by clicking the Details button to the right of Contour in the Sidebar click 1 to manipulate first contour and select wind vector as the contour variable for the plot Contour amp Multi Coloring Details C Click Close The contour layer will be applied to all zones in the plot

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