Problem: In Tecplot RS, my contour legend displays too many digits (Figure 1). How do I decrease the number of digits shown in the legend? Solution: Using the macro below, you can change the contour label precision of the contour plot. In order to run this .mcr file you will need to: Copy the macro text below and paste it into a text editor. Save this file as a .mcr […]
Problem: The Help Search feature, introduced in Tecplot RS version 2012 R2, does not work in Internet Explorer version 8 or earlier. Solution: The new Help Search does work in Internet Explorer version 9. All other Help features, in Internet Explorer versions before version 9, work fine. All other Help features also work in most other modern browsers (e.g., Firefox, Opera, Safari). The sole exception is Google Chrome, which has security […]
Problem: I exported an EPS file from Tecplot 360 and when I viewed that file in Ghostscript, or converted it into PDF and then opened it in Adobe reader, it had mysterious white grid lines in it. How can I make those white lines go away? Solution: The white grid lines are the result of the default display settings in Ghostscript and Adobe. For both applications, changing one display setting will make […]
Problem: I load an unsmry file into Tecplot RS 2010 and then load an ascii formatted txt file, and try to make a comparison plot of the two, Tecplot RS 2010 does not show the comparison plot I was expecting. Why does this happen? Solution: The Generic ASCII format is only intended to support wells. It has no way to specify that the entities are of a specific type. An unsmry file can […]
Problem: I loaded an UNSMRY file and a .hist file and tried to make a comparison plot with them. If the UNSMRY file is the active file, then Tecplot RS shows a plot but no comparison, and if the .hst file is the active file then Tecplot RS does show a comparison plot. Why does Tecplot RS not show a comparison plot when the UNSMRY file is active? Solution: This […]
Problem: When I load a CHEARS.hist file containing entities other than wells into Tecplot RS, Tecplot RS thinks these entities are wells, and does not allow us to do the comparisons we need to do, whereas older versions of Tecplot RS did allow us to make these comparisons. How can I make these same comparisons in Tecplot RS? Solution: The CHEARS.hist file format is only intended to support wells. This […]
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