The MONITORS or PLOTS sections can contain one or more display specifications of the following types:
CONTOUR ( arg )
| • | Requests a two dimensional contour map of the argument, with levels at uniform intervals of the argument. |
| • | May be combined with FIELDMAP (as CONTOUR FIELDMAP) to generate overlayed potential contours and field lines. |
CONTOUR ( arg1, arg2 )
| • | Requests a two dimensional contour map of both arg1 and arg2, each with levels at independent uniform intervals. |
| • | A level table is displayed for both arg1 and arg2. |
ELEVATION ( arg1, [arg2,...] ) path
| • | Requests a two dimensional display (some times called a line-out) which displays the value of its argument(s) vertically and the value of its path horizontally. |
| • | Each ELEVATION listed must have at least one argument and may have multiple arguments separated by commas. |
| • | path can be either a line segment specified using the forms FROM (X1,Y1) TO (X2,Y2) or ON name, where name is a literal string selecting a path named in the BOUNDARIES section. |
FIELDMAP ( arg ) ON namedpath
| • | Requests a two dimensional map of the force field lines of a potential, arg. |
| • | The namedpath will be used as the starting boundary of the field lines. |
| • | The number of field lines can be adjusted using the modifier FIELDLINES. |
| • | A level table is not displayed. |
| • | May be combined with CONTOUR (as CONTOUR FIELDMAP) to generate overlayed potential contours and field lines. |
GRID ( arg1, arg2 )
| • | Requests a two dimensional plot of the computation grid, with nodal coordinates defined by the two arguments. |
| • | Grids are especially useful for displaying material deformations. |
| • | In 3D problems, a two-argument GRID plot will show a cut-plane, and must be followed by an ON specification. |
| • | 3D cut plane grid plots do not necessarily accurately represent the computational grid. |
GRID ( arg1, arg2, arg3 )
| • | Requests a three dimensional plot of the computation grid, with nodal coordinates defined by the three arguments. |
| • | Only the outer surface of the grid will be drawn. |
| • | This plot can be interactively rotated, as with SURFACE plots. |
MODE_SUMMARY
| • | In eigenvalue problems, this produces a SUMMARY page for each mode (comparable to the version 5 SUMMARY). |
| • | This has been replaced with MODE SUMMARY (no underscore). |
SUMMARY
| • | This plot type defines a text page on which only REPORT items may appear. |
| • | A SUMMARY page can be EXPORTed to produce text reports of scalar values. |
SUMMARY ( 'string' )
| • | If a string argument is given with a SUMMARY command, it will appear as a page header on the summary page. |
SURFACE ( arg )
| • | A quasi three dimensional surface which displays its argument vertically. |
| • | If no VIEWPOINT clause is used, the viewing azimuth defaults to 216 degrees, the distance to three times the size, and the viewing elevation to 30 degrees. |
VECTOR ( vector )
| • | Requests a two dimensional display of directed arrows in which the direction and magnitude of the arrows is set by the vector argument. |
| • | The origin of each arrow is placed at its reference point. |
VECTOR ( arg1, arg2 )
| • | Requests a two dimensional display of directed arrows in which the horizontal and vertical components of the arrows are given by arg1 and arg2. |
| • | The origin of each arrow is placed at its reference point. |
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For all commands, the argument(s) can be any valid expression.
