Plot Titles for Plot Groups and Plot Types
Every plot group and plot type have a Title section where the Title type is selected and set. The options are Automatic (the default), Custom (if available), Manual, Label, or None. An Automatic title is generated based on the type of plot or plots selected. Select Label to make the title display the plot group’s label. Select None for no title. Select Custom to add existing information combined with custom prefix and suffix text to the title as described below, or select Manual 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).
Number Formats
For all title types (except None) in the plot groups’ settings, you can choose the following formats from the Number format list:
Default: Numerical values that come from the solvers are presented as-is. Numbers formatted during postprocessing use the Output display precision preference setting.
Automatic: All numbers are formatted using the specified precision that you enter in the Precision field (default: 6). Select the Show trailing zeros check box if you what to display trailing zeros.
Engineering: All numbers are formatted using engineering notation (such as 31.416E-6; it is similar to scientific notation but with the powers of ten as multiples of three) using the specified precision that you enter in the Precision field (default: 6). Select the Show trailing zeros check box if you what to display trailing zeros.
Scientific: All numbers are formatted using scientific notation (such as 3.1416E-5) using the specified precision that you enter in the Precision field (default: 6). Select the Show trailing zeros check box if you what to display trailing zeros.
Stopwatch: All numbers are formatted in decimal notation with a specified number of integer digits and decimals, which you enter in the Number of integer digits field (default: 3) and Number of decimals field (default: 2), respectively. Unnecessary zeros are always shown. For example, with the default settings, 17.1 would be formatted as 017.10. The specified number of integer digits is not respected if the number is too large or if it is NaN or Inf. Select the Always show the sign check box to keep the width from changing for a sequence that includes both positive and negative values. Select the Always show the imaginary part check box to keep the width from changing for a sequence that includes both real numbers and numbers with a nonzero imaginary part.
Scientific stopwatch: All numbers are formatted in scientific notation with one integer digit and a specified number of decimals and exponent digits. For example, with the default settings, 17.1 would be formatted as 1.71E1. The settings are the same as for the Stopwatch format, with the addition of an Always show the sign of the exponent check box. Select it to keep the width from changing for a sequence that includes both positive and negative exponents.
Custom Plot Titles
Solution
These settings are only available for the main plot groups. Under Solution, select the check boxes as needed.
Select Dataset to include details about the dataset used for the plot.
Select Phase to include information about the phase (when applicable).
Select Solution to include the details about the solution (the time step or parameter values, for example) for the plot (when applicable).
Select Filename to include the name of the MPH-file for the model that the plot belongs to.
Select Date to include the current date (using a format like Nov 7, 2016, for example).
Select Time to include the current time (using a format like 4:47:48 PM, for example).
The title includes dataset settings taken from a plot if there is exactly one dataset that is taken from a plot, and the plot group’s dataset is not used anywhere. The plot group’s dataset has precedence over the plots’ datasets.
Type and Data
Under Type and data, select the check boxes as needed.
Select Type to include the plot type in the title.
Select Description to include the variable details.
Select Expression to include the variable expression in the title.
Select Unit to include the variable unit.
User
Under User, enter text as needed:
Enter text in the Prefix field to add free text at the front of any Solution title text string. For example, if all the Dataset, Phase, and Solution check boxes are selected, this text is first.
Enter text in the Suffix field to add free text at the end of any Solution title text string. For example, if all the Dataset, Phase, and Solution check boxes are selected, this text is at the end of this information.
Layout
The Use parameter indicator for solution and phase 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 Graphics window.
Manual Plot Titles
For all manual plot titles, enter the plot title in the Title field. If the title is longer than the available width in the plot window, the title is automatically wrapped to another line. You can also use newline (carriage return) in the Title field to add new lines in the plot title. In the Title 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:
The Parameter indicator 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 Graphics window. You can edit the indicator if desired.
You can evaluate and display values in the title and the parameter indicator. You can type, for example, eval(t,min) to evaluate the time t (in minutes). In addition to available scalar variables in the model, you can use the following variables to display date, time, filename, and so on:
For example, use eval(DATE) to include the current date in the plot title or parameter indicator.