-  
		   Open the 
			 Export Field Data dialog box by doing one of the
			 following: 
		   
		   
			 - Click the plot
				to show the 
				context toolbar.
				From the 
				context toolbar,
				select 
				Export Field Data 
				 . .
- Select one or
				more plots in the 
				Feature Manager.
				From the 
				context menu,
				select 
				Export Field Data 
				. 
			 
- In the
				specification 
				tree,
				expand Field Plots, and select the plot or plots from which you want to export
				data. From the 
				context menu,
				select 
				Export Field Data. 
			 
  
			  Note:
			Although multiselection is available in the 
				Feature Manager, you can export data from one plot at a time only.
				Multiple plots are listed in the 
				Plot list in the 
				Export Field Data dialog box. 
			  
- Optional:  
  Enter a descriptive 
	 Name. 
   
-  
		  Select the 
			 Plot and 
			 Field Definition options to confirm that the
			 plot is showing the plot from which you want to export data. 
		   
		   If not, create a new plot using your
			 preferred output variable and field definitions, then reopen the 
			 Export Field Data dialog box. 
		   
-  
		  To save the field data as a PLM document, do the following: 
		   
		   
			 -  
				From the 
				  Target field, select 
				  PLM document. 
				 
			 
- Optional: 
			 
				Enter a descriptive name for the document in the 
				  Document field that appears. 
				 
			 
 
-  
		  To save the field data as a file on your computer or to a location
			 on your network, do the following: 
		   
		   
			 -  
				From the 
				  Target field, select 
				  File on disk. 
				 
			 
-  
				Specify the file name and location in the 
				  File field that appears. 
				 
			 
 
- Optional:  
		  Select 
			 Deformed to export field data for the deformed
			 element values. 
		   
		
- Optional:  
		  Select 
			 Export Exterior Values Only to export field
			 data for elements on the model surface only. 
		   
		
- Optional:  
		  Select 
			 Exclude entities with no values to omits
			 entities without values for the selected output variable from the exported
			 field data. 
		   
		
-  
		   Click 
			 OK. 
		   
		
The exported plot
		opens in your default text file program and becomes available for selection in
		the 
		Tabular Field Exports sections of the tree and the
		
		Feature Manager.