Plot Titles for Plot Groups and Plot Types

Every plot group and plot type have a section where the is selected and set. The options are (the default), (if available), , or . An title is generated based on the type of plot or plots selected. Select for no title. Select to add existing information combined with custom prefix and suffix text to the title as described below, or select to enter free text in the field, including optional evaluation of variables, include the current date and time and the filename (see Manual Plot Titles below).

Custom Plot Titles

Solution

These settings are only available for the main plot groups. Under , select the check boxes as needed.

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Select to include details about the data set used for the plot.

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Select to include information about the phase (when applicable).

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Select to include the details about the solution (the time step or parameter values, for example) for the plot (when applicable).

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Select to include the name of the MPH-file for the model that the plot belongs to.

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Select to include the current date (using a format like , for example).

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Select to include the current time (using a format like , for example).

The title includes data set settings taken from a plot if there is exactly one data set that is taken from a plot, and the plot group’s data set is not used anywhere. The plot group’s data set has precedence over the plots’ data sets.

Type and Data

Under ,select the check boxes as needed.

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Select to include the plot type in the title.

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Select to include the variable details.

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Select to include the variable expression in the title.

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Select to include the variable unit.

User

Under ,enter text as needed:

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Enter text in the field to add free text at the front of any Solution title text string. For example, if all the , , and check boxes are selected, this text is first.

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Enter text in the field to add free text at the end of any Solution title text string. For example, if all the , , and check boxes are selected, this text is at the end of this information.

Layout

The check box is selected by default to display the solutions time, parameter value, or phase for the currently selected plot in the upper-left corner of the window.

Manual Plot Titles

For all manual plot titles, enter the plot title in the field. In the section for plot groups, you can use these additional settings for including the date, the time, the filename, or values of scalar variables, for example:

Select the check box to make it possible to evaluate and display values. You can then type, for example, eval(t,min) to evaluate the time t (in minutes). You can control the precision (number of digits) for the displayed values using a positive integer in the field. In addition to available scalar variables in the model, you can use the following variables to display date, time, filename, and so on:

Table 21-3: Variables for Plot Titles
Variable Name	Description
FILENAME	The filename as the last part of the file path,
PATH	The full file path,
DATE	The current date, in the format Dec 8, 2016.
TIME	The current time, in the format 10:56:59 AM.
YEAR	The current year.
MONTH	The current month as a two-digit number.
DAY	The current day of the month as a two-digit number.
HOUR, HOUR24	The current hour as a two-digit number between 0 and 23.
HOUR12	The current hour as a two-digit number between 0 and 11.
AMPM	The AM/PM marker (AM or PM).
MINUTE	The current minute as a two-digit number.
SECOND	The current second as a two-digit number.

For example, use eval(DATE) to include the current date in the plot title.

The field contains a parameter indicator, such as the time for the current plot of a time-dependent solution, which appears in the upper-left corner of the window. You can edit the indicator if desired.


	Using Special Formats and Symbols in Titles