You can also load your own color map or export the existing color maps in Tecplot 360 by clicking on the gear icon. Many of the cmocean color maps will be useful for this dataset, but I will select the haline color map to match the salinity variable on the plot. These color maps are perceptually linear that is, there is a linear increase of luminosity across the scale. For this plot, we want a sequential color map, such as the default Viridis color map or one of the cmocean color maps. You can adjust the current color map, or choose a different one from the dropdown menu in the center of the dialog. You can add new contour levels at specific values by entering them in the Add Level field, or you can reset all levels by clicking Set Levels… and entering the minimum, maximum, and specified distribution in the Enter Contour Levels dialog. Tecplot 360 will automatically assign the contour levels based on the variable range in your dataset. When I choose salinity, the plot will update. You can change the variable from the dropdown menu at the top of the dialog. This opens the Contour and Multi-Coloring Details dialog. To adjust the contour, click the Contour Details button.

The current variable, longitude, isn’t very interesting compared to some of the other variables in this FVCOM dataset of Massachusetts bay. We also have a recorded training session at this link: įinally search on for additional help/methods for plotting your results with Tecplot.More information on the Contour Details Dialog can be found in the User’s Manual Adjusting the Contour plt is found at this link for the TecIO library: We also have documentation of the Tecplot data format at this link: Help in creating output from your Fortran program to a Tecplot. If the data are 3D one can compile the 3D triangulation add-on found at this link: the triangualtion is the 3rd add-on item listed. If the data are on a regular XY grid, one can create a grid in Tecplot Data>Create Zone>Rectangular and then interpolate the data onto the newly created grid Data>Interpolate If the data are 2D one can triangulate via a method described in this 'Getting Started' tutorial video: Once Tecplot understands the connectivity of the data, then it will be able to produce the contour. One can connect data in Tecplot a variety of ways. Tecplot is unable to create a contour plot from data that is 'unconnected' (which is what Excel data are). How to plot a contour from an excel file in Tecplot? - CFD Online Discussion Forums

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