Attributes can also be added as subnodes to a plot to modify the plot’s behavior — Deformation () attributes deform a plot (to illustrate, for example, structural deformation); Color Expression () attributes modify the color of a plot; filtering to only include parts of the plot is available using the Filter () attribute; and Export Expressions () attributes can add quantities to the data export for streamline, far field, and trajectories plots. A Height Expression () can also be added to some 2D plots. You can also select appropriate color tables for the plots’ color expressions based on your audience and what you plan to do with the final analysis.

The physics interfaces create suitable default plots for visualizing the results for the particular physics or application. The default plots appear in plot groups with descriptive names. You can modify and delete these plots and plot groups and add additional plots to existing or new plot groups. To disable the default plots for a study, clear the Create default plots check box in the Study Settings section in the main Settings window for a Study node.

Under Results () in the Model Builder, right-click the Plot Group node and select an option from the context menu to plot the graphs listed in Table 20-10. Each plot group can have several plots combined to create a meaningful representation of the data.

When the plot type is defined, click the Plot button (), press F8, or right-click the node and select Plot. The plot displays in the window selected from the Plot window list. To plot results in another window, right-click the plot group node or the plot node and select a plot window from the Plot In submenu.

For plots in plot groups, you can right-click the plot node and choose Copy Plot Data to Clipboard (). The plot data is then directly available on the clipboard so that it can be pasted into a document or spreadsheet without the need to add an Export>Data node.