Mesh (Plot)

Table 7-79: Valid Property/Value Pairs for Mesh Plots
name	Value	Default	Description
color	color definition	black	Specify a color for 1D mesh plots.
colorlegend	on \| off	on	Whether to show color legend when elemcolor is set to quality or size.
colorrangeunitinterval	true \| false	true	Use a color range from 0 to 1, corresponding to the potentially minimum and maximum mesh quality values.
colortable	color table name	TrafficFlow	The element color table to use when elemcolor is set to quality or size. See Color Tables for a list of color tables. 2D and 3D only.
colortabletrans	none \| reverse \| nonlinear \| nonlinearsymmetric	none	Transformation of the color table, when coloring is set to colortable or gradient.
data	none \| parent \| dataset name	parent	The dataset this feature refers to.
elemcolor	quality \| size \| type \| color	quality	How to color the elements 2D and 3D only. The default, quality, uses a mesh quality measure. size colors the elements according to the local mesh element size. type colors the elements according to their mesh element type.
elemfilter	random \| quality \| qualityrev \| size \| expression \| logicalexpression	random	If filteractive is on: The expression to use for filtering when only a subset of the elements are shown. 2D and 3D only.
elemscale	double in [0,1]	1	The factor with which the elements are scaled before display. 2D and 3D only.
elemtype2	all \| tri \| quad	all	2D mesh element types to plot.
elemtype3	all \| tet \| pyr \| prism \| hex	all	3D mesh element types to plot: all, tetrahedron, pyramid, prism, or hex.
filteractive	on \| off	off	Whether to use element filtering.
filterexpr	String	x	The expression to use for filtering when elemfilter is set to expression. 2D and 3D only.
logfilterexpr	String	'1'	The logical expression to use for filtering when elemfilter is set to 'logicalexpression'. 2D and 3D only.
meshdomain	all \| point \| edge \| surface \| volume (if 3D)	all	Mesh domain level(s) to plot. 2D and 3D only.
nodepoints	none \| geom \| physics field name	none	When set to geom or the name of a physics field included in the solution dataset, such as comp1.u, show node points, including interior node points for higher-order elements when data is a solution dataset.
nonlinearcolortablerev	on \| off	off	Whether to reverse to color table or gradient when coloring is set to colortable or gradient and colortabletrans is set to nonlinear or nonlinearsymmetric.
plotonsecyaxis	Boolean	true	Plot on secondary y-axis, if twoyaxes is set to true in the parent plot group. For 1D graph plots only.
qualexpr	String		A custom expression for a mesh quality measure (used when qualmeasure is set to custom).
qualmeasure	skewness \| maxangle \| volcircum \| vollength \| condition \| growth \| custom	skewness	The mesh quality measure used when plotting the mesh quality: equiangular skewness, maximum angle, volume versus circumradius, volume versus length, condition number, element growth rate, or a custom expression.
refine	nonnegative integer	1	The element refinement to use, if resolution is set to manual. Bear in mind that this is the refinement used for the base dataset, so the number of elements in the model can increase radically if the plot uses, for example, a revolve dataset.
resolution	norefine \| coarse \| normal \| fine \| finer \| extrafine \| custom	normal	Controls the mesh plot’s resolution in mesh plots where the geometry order is greater than one. A finer setting results in a higher resolution by modifying the internally computed default refinement. Use custom to enter your own refinement in the refine property.
sphereradiusscale	positive double	1.5	The scale factor applied to the point radii if nodepoints is geom or a physics field.
solutionparams	manual \| parent	manual	If data is a local dataset with nontrivial data, specify solutions manually or take them from the parent plot group.
title	String	The auto-title	The title to use when titletype is manual. 2D and 3D only.
titletype	auto \| manual \| none	auto	auto, if the title contribution should be computed automatically, possibly using the group’s customization. manual, if the manual title should be used (the title property). none, if no title should be displayed. 2D and 3D only.
wireframecolor	none \| color	black	How to color the wireframe mesh; none means that it is not displayed at all. 2D and 3D only.
1dfilter	size \| none	none	Plot the mesh size as the y-axis data. 1D only.

Table 7-79: Valid Property/Value Pairs for Mesh Plots

name

Value

Specify a color for 1D mesh plots.

colorlegend

on | off

Whether to show color legend when elemcolor is set to quality or size.

colorrangeunitinterval

true | false

true

Use a color range from 0 to 1, corresponding to the potentially minimum and maximum mesh quality values.

colortable

color table name

TrafficFlow

The element color table to use when elemcolor is set to quality or size. See Color Tables for a list of color tables. 2D and 3D only.

colortabletrans

none | reverse | nonlinear | nonlinearsymmetric

none

Transformation of the color table, when coloring is set to colortable or gradient.

data

none | parent | dataset name

parent

The dataset this feature refers to.

elemcolor

quality | size | type | color

quality

How to color the elements 2D and 3D only. The default, quality, uses a mesh quality measure. size colors the elements according to the local mesh element size. type colors the elements according to their mesh element type.

elemfilter

random

If filteractive is on: The expression to use for filtering when only a subset of the elements are shown. 2D and 3D only.

elemscale

double in [0,1]

The factor with which the elements are scaled before display. 2D and 3D only.

elemtype2

all | tri | quad

all

2D mesh element types to plot.

elemtype3

all | tet | pyr | prism | hex

all

3D mesh element types to plot: all, tetrahedron, pyramid, prism, or hex.

filteractive

on | off

off

Whether to use element filtering.

filterexpr

String

The expression to use for filtering when elemfilter is set to expression. 2D and 3D only.

logfilterexpr

String

'1'

The logical expression to use for filtering when elemfilter is set to 'logicalexpression'. 2D and 3D only.

meshdomain

all | point | edge | surface | volume (if 3D)

all

Mesh domain level(s) to plot. 2D and 3D only.

nodepoints

none | geom | physics field name

none

When set to geom or the name of a physics field included in the solution dataset, such as comp1.u, show node points, including interior node points for higher-order elements when data is a solution dataset.

nonlinearcolortablerev

on | off

off

Whether to reverse to color table or gradient when coloring is set to colortable or gradient and colortabletrans is set to nonlinear or nonlinearsymmetric.

plotonsecyaxis

Boolean

true

Plot on secondary y-axis, if twoyaxes is set to true in the parent plot group. For 1D graph plots only.

qualexpr

String

A custom expression for a mesh quality measure (used when qualmeasure is set to custom).

qualmeasure

skewness

The mesh quality measure used when plotting the mesh quality: equiangular skewness, maximum angle, volume versus circumradius, volume versus length, condition number, element growth rate, or a custom expression.

refine

nonnegative integer

The element refinement to use, if resolution is set to manual. Bear in mind that this is the refinement used for the base dataset, so the number of elements in the model can increase radically if the plot uses, for example, a revolve dataset.

resolution

normal

Controls the mesh plot’s resolution in mesh plots where the geometry order is greater than one. A finer setting results in a higher resolution by modifying the internally computed default refinement. Use custom to enter your own refinement in the refine property.

sphereradiusscale

positive double

1.5

The scale factor applied to the point radii if nodepoints is geom or a physics field.

solutionparams

manual | parent

manual

If data is a local dataset with nontrivial data, specify solutions manually or take them from the parent plot group.

title

String

The auto-title

The title to use when titletype is manual. 2D and 3D only.

titletype

auto | manual | none

auto

auto, if the title contribution should be computed automatically, possibly using the group’s customization. manual, if the manual title should be used (the title property). none, if no title should be displayed. 2D and 3D only.

wireframecolor

none | color

black

How to color the wireframe mesh; none means that it is not displayed at all. 2D and 3D only.

1dfilter

size | none

none

Plot the mesh size as the y-axis data. 1D only.