Problem: Certain remote rendering technologies (such as XRDP) fail to repair the drawing area when other windows are dragged across it. Solution: To properly repair the drawing area in these cases set the following command to YES or TRUE in the tecplot.cfg file: $!Interface ManuallyRepairDamagedDrawArea = [BOOLEAN]
Problem: I want to run LaTeX in Tecplot 360, however my LaTeX engine, MiKTeX, is giving me an error when I try to generate LaTeX. Solution: We see users on Windows, specifically with MiKTeX, encounter one of two issues. This article addresses both of these, so that you can get back to using LaTeX in Tecplot 360. Problem 1) I see an error with a path to ‘Temp’ directories: […]
When looking at geographical or ocean datasets, it is often desirable to analyze a non-linear path through the dataset and view a vertical cross-section created by the path. For example, above is the Boston Bay ocean dataset in the Getting Started Guide. This article describes how to get a vertical cross-section or ‘transect’ using a PyTecplot script we developed. While Tecplot 360 has a built-in tool for creating slices, […]
How do I calculate the mass-weighted average of a scalar through a surface? Mass weighted average can be obtained from the combined use of the function editor and two separate integrations. The mass weighted average is usually defined as: Thus, it can be computed by dividing the summation of the value of the selected variable multiplied by the absolute value of the dot product of the facet area and momentum […]
Are Tecplot products supported on Apple Silicon (aka M1, M2, and M3 chips)? Yes. Tecplot 360, FieldView, Tecplot Focus, and PyTecplot all run on Apple Silicon based machines. With the release of Tecplot 360 2025 R1, 360 is now native on mac ARM chips. If you are using a version of Tecplot 360 released before 2025, you’ll need Rosetta 2 to run x86 versions of Tecplot products. If Rosetta 2 isn’t […]
Question: How do I convert a cell centered variable to be nodal, or vice versa? Solution: This can be done by creating a new variable in the Specify Equations dialog (Data>Alter>Specify Equations). By using the new var location field, a new variable equal to an existing variable can be created with values stored in either location. For example, say a dataset has a cell centered variable named Velocity: To convert […]
Problem: I want Tecplot 360 to automatically connect to a license server upon startup in the GUI or in batch mode. Solution: Tecplot 360 offers two methods to automatically connect to a license server: creating an environment variable or updating a license file. Automatically connecting to a license server is especially important with headless machines. See more details on these two methods in the sections below. Method 1 […]
To install RLM Failover keys on Tecplot or FieldView products, follow the steps below. The names of the license files differ between the products but the steps are the same. Setting up RLM Primary/Failover Servers Place the following file in the primary server’s RLM installation directory: tecplotlm.lic OR fieldview.lic Place the following files in the failover server’s RLM installation directory: tecplotlm.lic and tecplotlm_failover.lic OR fieldview.lic and fieldview_failover.lic Restart each RLM. […]
Problem: Tecplot 360 appears to hang at the end of movie generation running ‘tec360 &’ (running 360 in the background). This is a known issue with the FFmpeg executable, which Tecplot 360 uses to create movie files. Solution: Include ‘-nostdin’ to the AVI, WMV, or MP4 Format Options in your tecplot.cfg file to avoid a FFmpeg hang if you’re running tec360 on Linux in the background. For example: $!ExportSetup MPEGFormatOptions […]
Problem: I’m running into errors when I try to run PyTecplot scripts with Anaconda. Solution: PyTecplot scripts can be run with Anaconda installed after creating a new, streamlined, conda environment which does not include Qt dependencies. PyTecplot is dependent on an external package, Qt version 5.15.2 (as of 360 2021 R2) which conflicts with the version of Qt (5.9.x as of November 2021) included in the base conda environment. The […]
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