Graphical Output

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Overview

It was noted earlier that a plot file is created for each database postprocessor request, and these may be examined using the Plotting facility.

A standard plot file extension (.mplt) is now used for all Flexcom plots. Earlier versions of the software actually used different extensions for the various plot types – .mpt for timetrace plots, .mpf for spectral plots, .mps for snapshot plots and .mpd for statistical plots. The plot file numbers, indicated above by n, increase from 1 up to possible maximum of 9999. The format of each plot file number depends on the maximum number of files requested, such that each plot file name has the same length. So for example, if you request 9 plots, n will vary from 1 to 9. If 99 plots are requested, n will vary from 01 to 99, and so on.

Optionally, a further CSV (comma separated values) file is produced to accompany a .mplt plot file. The extension of these files is .csv. These contain similar information to the plot file but the advantage is that they are easily opened in any spreadsheet application such as Excel, for further processing.

Sample_2D_Plot

Sample Graphical Output