9.6 Plotting amplitude data

Product: Abaqus/CAE  

Benefits: You can now display selected amplitude data in your model in an X–Y plot.

Description: The Amplitude Plotter plug-in enables you to create X–Y plots showing the values in one or more of the amplitude definitions in your model. Figure 9–2 shows the options in the new plug-in and a sample X–Y plot of two smooth step amplitude objects.

Figure 9–2 Amplitude Plotter plug-in with smooth step amplitudes plotted.

The plug-in supports data plotting for tabular, equally spaced, periodic, modulated, decay, and smooth step amplitudes. Plots include all baseline correction and smoothing data specified in the amplitude definition. Multiple amplitude objects can be included in the same X–Y plot if they are all of the same amplitude type.

By default, amplitude plots are sized to include all of the data from every amplitude definition included in the plot. You can focus in on a subset of the data by specifying a custom minimum or maximum X-axis value for plotted data. The plug-in also enables you to save the selected amplitude plot as an X–Y data object that will be included in the output database for the analysis.

Abaqus/CAE Usage: 
Interaction module or Load module:
   Plug-insToolsAmplitude Plotter
Reference:

Abaqus/CAE User's Manual