Dataset Types

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The following table lists the available dataset types, including links to the description of the dataset’s properties and settings:

Table 21-7: Dataset Types
Link	Description and Plot Use
Array 1D, Array 2D, and Array 3D	Create 1D, 2D, and 3D arrays of other datasets, so that you can plot the same data in multiple locations as an array of plots.
Average and Integral	Creates a dataset that computes the average of another dataset, for example to plot the average.
Contour (Dataset)	To analyze on 2D contour lines. Use this dataset for 2D arrow plots, 2D line plots, and 1D global plots.
Cut Line 2D and Cut Line 3D	To create lines through 2D and 3D geometry to visualize along the line. Use this dataset to create 2D or 3D cross-sections line plots.
Cut Plane	Plots on cut planes are made on 3D datasets and can be visualized in either 2D or 3D plot groups.
Cut Point 1D, Cut Point 2D, and Cut Point 3D	Plot and evaluate a value in a certain point along time or along a parametric solution. Use this dataset to create 1D, 2D, or 3D cross-sections point plots.
Edge 2D and Edge 3D	Plot and evaluate a value along a boundary (edge) in 2D or an edge in 3D. Use this dataset to create plots for data on edges.
Extrusion 1D and Extrusion 2D	To extrude data in postprocessing from 1D to 2D and from 2D to 3D.
Filter	To filter data using a lower bound, upper bound, or both a lower and upper bound.
Grid 1D, Grid 2D, and Grid 3D	Create a dataset that can evaluate functions or expressions from a solution dataset on a created domain with a grid.
Intersection Point 2D and Intersection Point 3D	Enable evaluation of expressions at the intersection points of particle or ray trajectories and a surface and evaluate intersection points with a more general surface. Requires the Particle Tracing Module or Ray Optics Module.
Isosurface (Dataset)	To visualize isosurfaces in 3D. Use this dataset to create arrow surface plots, surface plots, and contour plots. In addition, the contour dataset can be applied to the isosurface dataset.
Join	To join the solution data from two Solution datasets. This makes it possible to evaluate and plot the difference between two solutions, for example.
Layered Material	To create a volume/domain (3D) dataset for a layered shell physics defined using a surface/boundary (2D) geometry and a built-in extra dimension (1D) geometry. Use this dataset to plot or evaluate layered shell quantities on a domain level or its lower dimensions. Requires the Composite Materials Module, AC/DC Module, or Heat Transfer Module.
Maximum and Minimum	Creates a dataset that computes the maximum or minimum of another dataset.
Mesh (Dataset)	To make a mesh available for visualization and results analysis. Use a Mesh node in a plot group to get the actual plot.
Mirror 2D and Mirror 3D	To extend a solution defined on one side of an axis to the other side of the axis. Useful for visualization of a solution to an axisymmetric problem or plane of reflection.
Parameterized Curve 2D and Parameterized Curve 3D	To visualize data along a general parameterized curve in 2D or 3D. Use this dataset to create a line plot in its original dimension and as a line graph plot in 1D.
Parameterized Surface	To visualize data on a general parameterized surface. Use this dataset with a surface plot in its original dimension and as any plot type in 2D.
Parametric Extrusion 1D and Parametric Extrusion 2D	To extend another dataset by using a parameter, such as time, as a dimension.
Particle (Dataset)	To visualize particle traces computed by a Particle Tracing interface. Requires the Particle Tracing Module.
Particle Bin	To organize particles into groups and treating each group as a single entity for the purpose of using other particle postprocessing features. Requires the Particle Tracing Module.
Ray (Dataset)	To visualize ray traces computed by a Geometrical Optics or Ray Acoustics interface. Requires the Ray Optics Module or the Acoustics Module.
Ray Bin	To organize rays into groups and treating each group as a single entity for the purpose of using other ray tracing features. Requires the Ray Optics Module or the Acoustics Module.
Receiver 2D and Receiver 3D	To visualize the impulse response for a ray acoustics simulation of, for example, room acoustics or underwater acoustics. Requires the Acoustics Module.
Response Spectrum 2D and Response Spectrum 3D	To perform a response spectrum analysis (a modal-based method for estimating the structural response to a transient, nondeterministic event). Requires the Structural Mechanics Module.
Revolution 1D and Revolution 2D	Use a revolution dataset to visualize a 2D or 1D axisymmetric solution in 3D and 2D, respectively.
Sector 2D and Sector 3D	To exploit symmetries in the model to reduce the model size and then, if needed, use rotations and reflections to plot the solution for the entire geometry.
Shell	To visualize the top and bottom surfaces of a shell in 3D. Requires the Structural Mechanics Module.
Solution	To make solutions available for visualization and results analysis. Solvers create Solution datasets automatically.
Surface (Dataset)	Plot and evaluate a value on surfaces (boundaries) in 3D. Use this dataset to create plots for data on surfaces.
Time Average and Time Integral	To compute the time average or time integral of time-dependent data from another dataset.


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