Problem: I want my image to be a background for my plot. I want the image to fill the frame. How can I match the dimensions of my image to my plot? Solution: Load your data then go to Insert/Image and insert the image. To tell Tecplot to draw the image behind the data double click on the image and set the Draw Order to Before Data. To make the […]
Problem: I have difficulty playing AVI animations created in my Tecplot product when I try to play them on my Macintosh or Linux platform. When I try to play them on my Linux platform the AVI files work with Xanim but Xanim itself does not work very well anymore. On a Macintosh platform, I use Quicktime but the AVI files that the Tecplot product creates do not open in Quicktime. […]
Problem: How can I remove a specific license from being borrowed? Solution: You can use the rlmremove utility from the command line on your RLM host machine to release a hung license back to the servers pool of free licenses (see pages 16-17 of the RLM Users Manual rlm_install.pdf). That is with this command you can stop a checked-out license from being used. This is useful if you wish to […]
Problem: After uninstalling the previous license manager FLEXnet or after uninstalling the Reprise License Manager I cannot install or re-install the Reprise License Manager and/or I receive the error message that teclmd is already running. Solution: Tecplot 360 2009 and Tecplot Focus 2009 use the Reprise License Manager (RLM) to control access to use the products. Since 2008 R2 and previous versions used FLEXnet as the license manager and both […]
Problem: The Tecplot or FieldView product can check out a license when running on the same computer as Reprise License Manager (RLM), but not from other computers on the network. How can I open the license manager to other computers? Solution: Certain ports are required to be opened in order to connect and check out a license from RLM. Here are the default port settings: RLM port: 27100 ISV (Tecplot/FieldView-specific) […]
Problem: What sort of license manager utilities does RLM have? How can I easily control RLM on my network? Solution: On all platforms RLM includes two methods for controlling a network or site license. RLM includes a web server through which you can administer your license server from any platform in your network (on Mac/Linux you need to open the web servers port in order to access it from any […]
Problem: In my XY Line plot, I want to show a line for the average value of one of the XY Mappings. Solution: You can have Tecplot calculate and plot the average for a line mapping: In the Mapping Style dialog Copy the line mapping and make sure the copy is shown. On the Curves page, set the Curve Fit for the new mapping to the General Curve Fit (One […]
November 2017 Update: LaTeX Fonts are available in Tecplot 360 2017 Release 3 and later. This gives you the ability to use your installed version of LaTeX to display complex formulae and equations directly on your plots. We test against MiKTeX and TeXLive but should be compatible with other LaTeX engines. Watch the LaTeX video tutorial Problem: Some variable names in my data file include one Greek character or another […]
Problem: I have several frames in my layout and I set the Within Frame Axis Style to be linked. Then I pressed the button for Apply Settings to All Frames. But when I change the label font for one frame te other frames do not change. Solution: Linking on the Between Frames page of the dialog will cause the changes in one frame to apply to all frames. Linking on […]
Problem: My data is very dense. I want to show vectors or scatter but not at every point. Solution: On the Zone Style dialog, go to the Points tab. One of the options is Index skip and this setting will apply to both scatter points and vectors.
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