Graphs |
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Graph Lines description |
Here you can draw graphs in order to take a closer look at the results. Several graph types are available: point evolution against time, result 1 vs. result 2 over points, and result along a boundary line. You can also save or read a graph (see Files menu ). The format of the file will be described later (see Graph Lines File Format ).
In the View Results -> Graphs pull-down menu, there are the following options:
You can view labels for the points of a graph. These labels include not only the graph point's number, but also its X and Y values. If some points on the graph are labeled, when returning to the normal results view, the labels also appear in the results view.
Graph Lines options |
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Graph Lines File Format |
The graph file that GiD uses is a standard ASCII file.
Every line of the file is a point on the graph with X and Y coordinates separated by a space.
Comment lines are also allowed and should begin with a '#'.
The title of the graph and the labels for the X and Y axes can also be configured.
If a comment line contains the Keyword 'Graph:' the string between quotes that follows this keyword will be used as the title of the graph. The string between quotes that follows the keywords 'X:' and 'Y:' will be used as labels for the X- and Y-axes respectively. The same is true for the Y axis, but with the Keyword 'Y:'.
Example:
# Graph: "Nodes 26, 27, 28, ... 52 Graph."
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# X: "Szz-Nodal_Streess" Y: "Sxz-Nodal_Stress"
-3055.444 1672.365
-2837.013 5892.115
-2371.195 666.9543
-2030.643 3390.457
-1588.883 -4042.649
-1011.5 1236.958
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