Command(s):FSPLOT
GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Fatigue> Store Stresses> Plot Stresses
To calculate and graph path items versus path length, choose one of these methods:
Command(s):PLPATH
GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Path Operations> Plot Path Item
Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Plot Path Item
Utility Menu> Plot> Results> Path Plot
To calculate and graph the membrane and membrane plus linearized stresses along a path, use one of
these methods:
Command(s):PLSECT
GUI: Main Menu> General Postproc> Path Operations> Linearized Strs
Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Plot Path Item> Lineariz Strs
The PLVAR command (Main Menu> TimeHist Postpro> Graph Variables) graphs any predefined
variable as a function of TIME (or, for harmonic analyses, frequency) or some other variable that you
define. This command is available in the time-history postprocessor, POST26.
Issue the /REPLOT command (Utility Menu> Plot> Replot) to re-execute the last display action command
that was executed.
15.2. Changing the Specifications for Graph Displays
In addition to reading about the features listed below, also see Getting Started with Graphics (p. 233)
for general graphics specifications that apply to any type of display, including graphs.
15.2.1. Changing the Type, Style, and Color of Your Graph Display
You can alter the appearance of your graph display as follows:
Turning axis divisions (tick marks) on or off.You can control this feature using the AXDV label on the
/GROPT command (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Style> Graphs).
Turning axis scale numbers on or off.The AXNM label on the /GROPT command controls whether or not
your axis scale numbers appear.
Changing the size of axis scale numbers.You can enlarge or reduce the axis scale numbers, using the
AXNSC label (and the KEY field) on the /GROPT command.
Changing the number of significant digits used in axis scale numbers. Axis values will, by default, display
four significant digits before the decimal point, and three significant digits after the decimal point. You
can change these values with the DIG1 and DIG2 labels on the /GROPT command.
Switching between log and linear scales. By default, your graphs will use linear scales. You can switch to
log scales on the X and Y axes, using the LOGX and LOGY labels on the /GROPT command. (X and Y
axes can be switched independently of each other; Z is always linear.)
Establishing separate Y-axis scales for different curves. If you want to graph two or more different items
on one display, you might find that the numerical values of the different graphed items differ so signi-
ficantly that no meaningful information can be obtained from some of the curves. An example would
be a time-history graph of an applied force (with magnitude ~10^3 ) superimposed over a time-history
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