SurfaceData

model.result(<pgtag>).create(<ftag>,"SurfaceData");

model.result(<pgtag>).feature(<ftag>).set(property, <value>);

model.result(<pgtag>).feature(<ftag>).run();

model.result(<pgtag>).create(<ftag>,"SurfaceData") creates a surface data plot feature named <ftag> belonging to the 2D or 3D plot group <pgtag>.

Surface data plots are used to visualize raw point data given as points, elements, normals (3D only), and colors as surfaces (see the examples below). Surface data plots can be added to 2D and 3D plot groups.

The following properties are available:

Table 7-108: Valid Property/Value Pairs for Surface Data Plots
name	Value	Default	Description
color	custom \| black \| blue \| cyan \| gray \| green \|magenta \| red \| white \| yellow	red	The uniform color to use. Active when coloring is uniform.
colordata	double 1D array		The color data for the surface data plot as a real N-vector.
coloring	colortable \| uniform	uniform	How to color the surfaces.
colorlegend	on \| off	on	Whether to show color legend when coloring is set to colortable.
colortable	color table name	Rainbow	The color table to use when coloring is set to colortable. See Color Tables for a list of color tables.
colortablerev	on \| off	off	Whether to reverse to color table when coloring is set to colortable
colortablesym	on \| off	off	Whether to symmetrize the color range around 0 when coloring is set to colortable.
description	String		A label showing a short description of the stored data.
elementdata	integer 2D array		The element data for the surface data plot, providing connections between the points. The data is an (edim+1)-by-M integer matrix with values that are 0-based indices into pointdata. The right-hand rule defines the normal direction in 3D. In 2D the order does not matter.
normaldata	double 2D array		A 3-by-N real matrix for the normals in 3D surface data plots only. This property is optional and can either be empty or have the same length as the number of columns in pointdata. If it is empty, the normals are computed by the standard algorithm used throughout postprocessing.
pointdata	double 2D array		The point data for the surface data plot, as x and y coordinates in 2D and x, y, and z coordinates in 3D in an sdim-by-N real matrix.
rangecoloractive	on \| off	off	Whether to use the manual color range specified in rangecolormin and rangecolormax. The color range specifies the minimum and maxim value in the plotted colors. Default is the minimum and maximum data values.
rangecolormax	double	Plot-dependent	The maximum color range value. Active when rangecoloractive is on.
rangecolormin	double	Plot-dependent	The minimum color range value. Active when rangecoloractive is on.
rangedatactive	on \| off	off	Whether to use the manual data range specified in rangedatamin and rangedatamax. Values outside the data range are not plotted.
rangedatamax	double	Plot-dependent	The maximum data value. Active when rangedataactive is on.
rangedatamin	double	Plot-dependent	The minimum data value. Active when rangedataactive is on.
title	String	The auto-title.	The title to use when titletype is manual.
titletype	auto \| manual \| none	none	auto if the title contribution should be computed automatically. manual if the manual title contribution should be used (the title property). none if no title contribution should be used.