PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-1 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation SECTION 26 X-Y PLOTTING

PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-2 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation

PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-3 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation X-Y PLOT l Creates and manages appearance of XY windows l Creates and manages display of curves in XY windows l Fully integrated with results loads, properties, and material data

PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-4 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation X-Y PLOT TERMINOLOGY

PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-5 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation CURVE DATA FROM FILE Contents of File file_1. xyd File XY DATA if XY pairs YDATA if Y only (Xinitial and Xdelta will be specified under curve Data Attributes) Curve Name Data Set 1 Data Set 2 Format XYDATA, beautiful_curve YDATA, new_curve

PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-6 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation MODIFY DISPLAY PARAMETERS l Virtually anything you see on the screen can be modified

PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-7 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation

PAT312, Section 26, December 2006 S26-8 Copyright 2007 MSC.Software Corporation