The Results node contains nodes for Datasets, Derived Values, Tables, Plot Groups, Export, and Reports. As soon as a solution is obtained, a set of Plot Group nodes are automatically created. In the example of Heat Transfer in Solids, when setting up such an analysis in the Model Builder, two Plot Group nodes are added automatically. The first one is a Surface plot of the Temperature and the second one is a Contour plot showing the isothermal contours. Below you will see how to set up the corresponding plots manually.

First create a 2D plot group with tag pg1:

Change the Label of the Plot Group:

Use the dataset dset1 for the Plot Group:

Create a Surface plot for pg1 with settings for the color table used, the intra-element interpolation scheme, and the dataset referring to the parent of the Surface plot node, which is the pg1 node:

If you want to define a variable such as rf and surf1, you don’t need to know its type in advance. Simply write the code you want to assign to a variable, for example:

Then press Ctrl+1, which will replace the line with something like:

You can then rename the autogenerated var1 to, for example, rf.

Finally, generate the plot for the Plot Group pg1:

To find the maximum temperature, add a Surface Maximum subnode to the Derived Values node as follows:

First create the Surface Maximum node with tag max1:

Note that in this context the method corresponding to the Derived Values node is called numerical.

Create a Table node to hold the numerical result and write the output from max1 to the Table:

Use Record Code or any of the other tools for automatic generation of code to learn more about the syntax and methods for Results.

The code below changes the visualization of a plot group pg1 by setting the property looplevel, which controls the solution parameter, to the string variable svar.

The property looplevel has a central role in accessing parameterized solutions. Its argument is a 1D string array with one index per “loop level” in a study. The different loop levels correspond to the different nested parameters in a parametric sweep with multiple parameters. Again, use Record Code or Record Method for a parametric model to learn more about this syntax.

By using the loadFile method you can import data into a table and then display it using a results table form object or a table surface plot. The example below demonstrates loading data from an Excel file into a table and visualizing the contents using a table surface plot. The file in this example is assumed to be imported, in an application, using a file import form object with a file declaration file1 as the File Destination.

Similar to before, you can use Ctrl+1 to automatically generate the variable cam of the type ViewFeature.