Configuring Event Series Visualization for a Plot

You can add event series information to a plot and customize the display of the information for analysis.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Your results data must contain event series data.

Add Event Series Visualization to a Plot

You can add an event series to a plot to analyze the laser power or deposition of material in the model by component and display range.

From the Plots section of the action bar, click Event Series.
Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
Optional: Enter a Name for the event series.
Select a Component for the results display.
Components always include the options of solid color and time but additional choices are possible.
You can assign a custom color for your selected region in multiple ways:
- From the Color Wheel tab, drag the handle to select a hue. The triangle rotates within the color wheel. Move the color picker within the triangle to add tint or shade.
- From the Color Square tab, move the color picker within a color family to select a hue; adjust the slider to change the brightness.
- From the Sliders tab, select a color model (RGB, HSV, or HSL) and adjust each slider to select a hue. RGB is the Red Green Blue standard additive color model, HSV is Hue Saturation Value, and HSL is Hue Saturation Luminosity.
The color swatch at the bottom displays the current color.

Select a display range:

Option	Description
Entire series	Displays all data in the event series.
Current frame	Displays color-coded event series data for the current frame only.
Time interval	Displays color-coded event series data over a specific time range. Enter the values for the beginning and end of the time increment.
Cutting plane	Displays color-coded event series data for a specified cutting plane width. Enter the thickness value.
XY plane	Displays color-coded event series data for a range of two values.

Click Apply to commit the changes or OK to save the changes and dismiss the dialog box.

The plot updates to display the event series parameters you selected and the legend adjusts accordingly.

You can edit an event series to change the criteria of your results analysis.

You can edit an event series from the tree or from Feature Manager:

From the tree, double-click the specific event series object listed under the Field Plots node. Alternatively, you can also right-click the event series object and select Event Series or the EventSeries.n object > Definition.
From the Event Series tab of the Feature Manager, double-click the specific event series object listed under the Field Plots node. Alternatively, you can also right-click the event series object and select Edit.

The Event Series dialog displays and is available for editing.

You can activate, deactivate, or delete an event series to change the criteria of your results analysis.

You can activate, deactivate, or delete an event series at any time from the tree or from the Feature Manager:

From the tree, right-click the event series object and select Activate/Deactivate Event Series to activate or deactivate the event series. A deactivated series displays a red glyph in the tree.
From the tree, right-click the event series object and select Delete to delete the event series data from your simulation.
From the Event Series tab of the Feature Manager, right-click the event series object and select Activate or Deactivate to activate or deactivate the event series.
From the Event Series tab of the Feature Manager, right-click the event series object and select Delete to delete the event series data from your simulation.