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      <div class="title_topic1" id="xps10_pagetitle">Case Control OUTPUT(PLOT) Commands </div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The PLOT command requests the generation of undeformed, deformed, or contour plots. All other commands specify how the model will be plotted, the type of projection, view angles, scales, etc.  All commands have default actions if not specified by the user. The FIND command may be used to calculate an optimal SCALE, ORIGIN, and/or VANTAGE POINT to allow the construction of a plot in a user-specified region of the paper or film.  All the commands used in the generation of the various plots will be printed out as part of the output, whether they are directly specified, defaulted or established using the FIND command.  Initialization of commands to default values occurs only once.  Subsequently, these values remain until altered by direct command input.  The only exceptions are the view angles, scale factors, vantage points, and the origins.  Whenever the plotter or the method of projection is changed, the view angles are reset to the default values, unless they are respecified by the user.  In addition, the scale factors, vantage points, and the origin must be respecified by the user. </p>
      <p class="para_topic">The commands are listed here in a logical sequence; however, they need not be so specified.  Any order may be used, but if a command is specified more than once, the value or choice stated last will be used. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PLOTTER </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Selects format of plot file for interpretation by plotter post-processor. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">ORTHOGRAPHIC </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Selects orthographic projection. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PERSPECTIVE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Selects perspective projection. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">STEREOSCOPIC </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Selects stereoscopic projection. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">AXES </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Assigns axes of the basic coordinate system to the observer&rsquo;s coordinate system. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">VIEW </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the angular relationship between observer&rsquo;s coordinate system (r, s, and t axes specified on the AXES command) and basic coordinate system. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">MAXIMUM DEFORMATION </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the magnification of the maximum displacement. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">SCALE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines reduction, as a scale factor, of model&rsquo;s dimensions so that the model fits on a plot frame. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">DISTORTION </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies the distortion scale factors of the axes in the basic coordinate system. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">CSCALE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines scale factor for characters in the plot frame. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">ORIGIN </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the origin of the plot frame with respect to the origin of the (r, s, t) coordinate system defined on the AXES command. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">VANTAGE POINT </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the location of the observer with respect to the model in the (r, s, t) coordinate system defined on the AXES command for perspective and stereoscopic projections only. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PROJECTION PLANE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the separation, along the r-axis, between the observer and the projection plane if not already specified on the VANTAGE POINT command.  Used by stereoscopic projections only. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">OCULAR SEPARATION </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the separation of the left and right eye vantage points along the s-axis for stereoscopic projections. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">CAMERA </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies microfilm plotter options. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PAPER SIZE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines the size and type of the paper. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PEN </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Generates a message on the printed output to inform the plotter operator as to what size and color pen point to mount in the various pen holders. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PTITLE </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a character string that will appear at the top of the plot frame on the line below the sequence number. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">SET </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Defines a set of elements and/or grid points to be plotted. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">FIND </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Requests the plotter to optimally compute any of the parameters that can be specified on the SCALE, ORIGIN i, and/or VANTAGE POINT commands. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">CONTOUR </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Specifies contour plot options for stress, displacement, or temperature. </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">PLOT </p>
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                  <p class="para_td">Generates an undeformed plot or a deformed plot per subcase, mode number, frequency, or time step.  A contour plot may also be requested with an undeformed or deformed plot. </p>
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      </table><br><a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_2.html">AXES </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_3.html">CAMERA </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_4.html">CONTOUR </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_5.html">CSCALE </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_6.html">DISTORTION </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_7.html">FIND </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_8.html">MAXIMUM DEFORM </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_9.html">OCULAR SEPARATION </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_10.html">ORIGIN </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_11.html">ORTHOGRAPHIC, etc. </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_12.html">PAPER SIZE </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_13.html">PEN </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_14.html">PERSPECTIVE </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_15.html">PLOT </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_16.html">PLOTTER </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_17.html">PROJECTION </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_18.html">PTITLE </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_19.html">SCALE </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_20.html">SEPLOT </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_21.html">SET </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_22.html">SEUPPLOT </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_23.html">STEREOSCOPIC </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_24.html">VANTAGE POINT </a><br>
      <a class="refTopicLinkL1" href="06ref39218_25.html">VIEW </a><br>
      
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