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Graphics

The Graphics tab displays all the plots requested from the Request tab. The tab consists of several components. The upper part of the tab is the graphics area, which is used to plot the different curves. The lower part lists the available plots, and is used to select which plot is displayed in the graphics area. The number of plots depends on the type of analysis, as indicated in the available sub-tab headers : Static, Dynamic, RAO and VIV. On the right hand side of the main tab is a vertical tool bar. Each of these components is described below.

  • Graphics selection sub-tabs: all the available plots are presented in tabular form. Select the tab and then the line corresponding to the plot you want to display in the graphics area. The line corresponding to the graphics currently displayed is given a blue highlight. Each plot is characterized by the following items : Type of graph, Variable name, Object, Position and Comment. The order of these lists cannot be changed.

*** Comment box**: you can use this edit box to enter/edit a comment associated with any given plot. The comment is also used as a title in the graphics area, and a default comment is created for each plot automatically . Once you have modified the comment in the edit box, the title in the graphics area is not automatically refreshed : you must de-select and then select again the associated row in the Graphics selection sheets to do so.

  • Menu bar: this vertical menu bar consists in five buttons presented in the next table.
Print the active plot
Export the active plot as a Bitmap file or to the Clipboard. Once in the clipboard, the plot is available to other MS Windows applications through the Paste function.
Export the numerical values associated with the active plot to a text file.
Export all the contents from the entire Graphics tab to MS Excel: This exports all the plots listed in the active sub-tab, and creates an index sheet in Excel. The Excel workbook is created and opened, named Sheet1 and needs saving manually.
Remove the active plot from the list presented in the Graphics selection sheets.

  • Graphics area: this is where the plot actually displays. Depending on the request you have made using the Requests tab, it may contain one or several curves superimposed. The Graphics area features a number of functions that are available through a pop-up menu : right-click over the area to get the following menu :

    Select Reset to go back to the initial graphical settings (e.g. after zooming).
    Select Print to print the contents of the Graphics area.
    Select Insert label to insert comment lines in the Graphics area.
    The four following items allow you to select which type of mouse cursor will display. The default cursor is displayed when clicking the Select option:
    Select Zoom to draw a rectangular box in which to zoom in. Once clicked, drag the cursor over the Graphics area to actually draw the rectangular box, and then release to zoom. Click Select to get back to the default cursor.
    Select Pan to move around the plot. Drag the cursor over the Graphics area to move the plot. Click Select to get back to the default cursor.
    Select Cursor to show the cursor coordinates. This allows you to see the values associated with data-points, and when the cursor is near a point it 'snaps-to', to provide precise results. Click Select to get back to the default cursor.
    Select Properties to modify the general settings for the Graphics area, such as color, axes, labels...