Plotter Operations with CFD-VIEW

The Plotter operator in CFD-VIEW supports signal processing for Time History data. A previous user tip – Digital Signal Processing using CFD-VIEW – shows how time history date can be made available and how to perform a PSD on a periodic signal. The aim of this new user tip is to list all options supported by the Plotter Operator.

Using the "Extra Variable" in CFD-VIEW

In CFD-VIEW, the Extra Variable list that appears in the Attribute toolbar is used for different purposes depending on the object type. If you are interested in knowing more about this feature, please read on.

Quick Access to Commonly Used Directories

When you click on the Open File icon in any of the ESI Software products, a File browser panel appears.   Look closely and you will see a red flag, a hammer and a house among the icons at the top of the panel.

Plotting Multiple Variables in the CFD-VIEW Plotter

Plotting two or more variables on same plot having values of different magnitude/scale becomes difficult or many times impossible. In these cases plotting data with multiple Y-axes becomes very useful and sometimes necessary.

Digital Signal Processing using CFD-VIEW

Signals (stream of data) obtained from physical or numerical experiments often require additional processing to understand/interpret the physics they represent. The processing of signals through digital means is termed Digital Signal Processing (DSP).