Attributes can also be added as subnodes to a plot to modify the plot’s behavior — Deformation (
) attributes deform a plot (to illustrate, for example, structural deformation) and
Transformation (
) attributes to transform (move, scale, and rotate) a plot;
Color Expression (
) attributes modify the color of a plot; filtering to only include parts of the plot is available using the
Filter (
) attribute;
Selection (
) attributes limit the plot to a selected subset of the geometry; and
Export Expressions (
) attributes can add quantities to the data export for streamline, radiation pattern, and trajectories plots. Add a
Material Appearance (
) attribute to include material appearances in results-processing plots or a
Transparency (
) attribute to display 3D plots and 2D plots using a height expression using transparency. A
Height Expression (
) attribute can also be added to some 2D plots. For volume and surface plots in 2D and 3D you can embed an
Image (
). You can add
Marker (
) and
Graph Marker (
) attributes to add markers for indicating minimum and maximum values, for example, to 2D and 3D plots and 1D graph plots, respectively.
Under Results (
) in the
Model Builder, right-click the
Plot Group node and select an option from the context menu to plot the graphs listed in
Table 21-11. Each plot group can have several plots combined to create a meaningful representation of the data.
When the plot type is defined, click the Plot button (
), press F8, or right-click the node and select
Plot. The plot displays in the window selected from the
Plot window list. To plot results in another window, right-click the plot group node or the plot node and select a plot window from the
Plot In submenu.
For plots in plot groups, you can right-click the plot node and choose Copy Plot Data to Clipboard (
). The plot data is then directly available on the clipboard so that it can be pasted into a document or spreadsheet without the need to add an
Export >
Data node. The data can also be pasted into a COMSOL Multiphysics model using the
Paste Table Data option described below.
For 1D plots, you can right-click the plot node and choose Copy Plot Data to Table (
). The plot data is then available in a new
Table node and its associated
Table window.
You can paste any numerical data you have copied to the clipboard — from, for example, a plot, spreadsheet, or document — into a plot or table. Right-click a 1D Plot Group or
Polar Plot Group and choose
Paste Table Data (
) to plot the data from the clipboard in a
Table Graph plot. The data is stored in a new
Table node, which serves as input for the plot.
To paste the data into a new Table node without creating a table graph, right-click the
Tables subbranch (
) and choose
Paste Table Data (
). You can also paste the data into an existing table by right-clicking a
Table node and choosing
Paste Table Data (
) or by clicking the downward arrow beside the
Import button in the
Data section of the
Table node’s
Settings window and then choosing
Paste Table Data (
).
For graph plots in 1D plot groups, you can get information, in a tooltip, about the x- and
y-coordinate values for the graph when hovering over it with the mouse. The tooltip also contains information about the line style, in the upper-left corner, and the time or parameter value, for example, that the graph represents, in the upper-right corner. The tooltip appears by default; click the
Enable Tooltip button (
) in the
Graphics window toolbar to disable it.
) to visualize a dataset or plot.
) to create a customized plot of the function under 
