plot item command

Syntax

plot <s > item keyword

Create, destroy, or modify plot items associated with the plot. If a plot name s is not specified, the current view is assumed.

The available keywords are:

create keyword ...

adds a new plot item to the list associated with the plot. An alphabetical list of keywords, matched to the items available from the Build Plot dialog, is shown below. Note that additional plot items can be added by plug-ins to the system at any time.

delete i

destroys the ith plot item in the list associated with the current plot. Note that this will renumber the plots following that in the list.

modify i keyword ...

allows modification of the existing plot item at the ith position in the list associated with the current plot.

Warning

The plot items listed below may be configured through a wide variety of keywords that control various aspects of item’s appearance. Those keywords are not documented here. Instead, the syntax is available by inspection of the results of a plot export to data file (see Command-Driven Plotting Workflow).

Table 1: Plot Items by Keyword (for use with plot item create)

Keyword	Build Plot dialog Label	Description
axes	Axes	A cartesian axes representation that helps identify view orientation and location.
chart-history	History Chart	A chart of the contents of history trace(s). See the History command.
chart-table	Table Chart	A chart of a table. See the Table command.
data-disk		Disks representing user defined data. See the data vector command. this needs help: what is the ‘data vector’ command???
data-label	Labels	User defined labels. See the Data commands.
data-scalar	Scalars	User defined scalar data. See the Data commands.
data-tensor	Tensors	User defined tensor data. See the Data commands.
data-vector	Vectors	Plots user defined vector data. See the Data commands.
fos	Factor of Safety	The last calculated factor of safety, displayed as an item in the legend only. See the model factor-of-safety command.
fracture	Fracture	Fractures created by the Discrete Fracture Network system. See DFN Commands.
geometry	Geometry	Geometry data created or imported via the Geometry command.
gridpoint-fix	Gp Fixity	Lines whose orientation and color indicate gridpoint fixity conditions and direction.
history-locations	History Locations	The location of history traces (where approrpriate). See History.
particle-trace	Particle Trace	The path taken by particle trace records. See Trace.
scalebox	Scalebox	A background 3D scale box for size reference.
structure-beam	Beam	Structural beam elements. See the beam commands.
structure-cable	Cable	Structural cable elements. See the cable commands.
structure-geogrid	Geogrid	Structural geogrid elements. See the geogrid commands.
structure-liner	Liner	Structural liner elements. See the liner commands.
structure-pile	Pile	Structural pile elements. See the pile commands.
structure-shell	Shell	Structural shell elements. See the shell commands.
structure-vector	Vectors	Vectors of values at structural nodes (like velocity, displacement, etc).
zone	Zone	Surfaces of zones in the range.
zone-attach	Attach Conditions	Attach conditions connecting gridpoints to gridpoints, edges, and faces. See the zone attach command.
zone-boundary	Boundary	Boundaries of surfaces of the model, rather than all zone faces.
zone-face	Face	Zone faces that fall within the range.
zone-group	Zone Group Surfaces	Zone faces along boundaries where group names change, transparently.
zone-interface	Interface	Zone interface elements and nodes. [CS: need to work out how to to this: See the :cmd:-zone.interface- command.]
zone-isosurface	IsoSurface	Isosurfaces of zone field values.
zone-profile	Profile	A profile of zone field values along a line in space.
zone-stereonet	Stereonet	A stereonet projection of oriented values associated with zones, like the minimum principal stress direction.
zone-tensor	Tensors	Tensor values of zones, like stress, strain-rate, etc.
zone-track	Tracked Particles	The paths recorded by zone fluid particle tracking. See the zone fluid track command.
zone-vector	Vectors	Vector-based zone values, like velocities, displacements, etc.
zone-water	Water Table	The last specified water table used to install pore pressures in gridpoints.