Datasets refer to the source of data for creating Plots and Reports. It can be a Solution, a Mesh, or some transformation or cut plane applied to other datasets — that is, you can create new datasets from other datasets. You add datasets to the Datasets branch () under Results.

In the Model Builder under Results (), right-click Datasets () and select an option from the context menu. Continue defining each dataset as described. See Table 21-7 for links to all the types of datasets.

For datasets that contain data defined in the model, such as Solution datasets () and Mesh datasets (), you can add a selection so that the results and plots use a subset of the geometry. As an alternative, you can add Selection subnode to some of the plot nodes. See Selection (Plot Attribute).

In the Selection subnode (), select the geometric entities for which you want to include data in the dataset using the Graphics window and the settings under Geometric Entity Selection in the Selection subnode’s Settings window. Select the Propagate to lower dimensions check box to make a selection of domains, for example, also include their adjacent boundaries, edges, and points. This can be convenient when using Surface plots on the boundaries of a 3D geometry, for example.