Specifications

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As you can see, the tree has been extended with the new variable we have defined. The next step is to use
this variable as the abscissa.
Notice the first line of the panel above. It holds the time specification, but it is grayed out, and you cannot
write anything in the field. To be able to change this line, first click the "Out" button. "Out" means that this
is where to click if you want to select a new abscissa among the output variables. Clicking the button
changes its name to "Auto" and ungrayes the line. Now you can place the cursor by clicking somewhere on
the formerly gray line and subsequently browse your way in the tree to the HandHeight variable and click it.
This places the variable in the X specification, and it is now used as the abscissa of the graph.
Stacking graphs
As you have seen, getting the specifications of a graph completely right can sometimes require a some
amount of clicking around in the tree and in the specification panel. So some way to save your carefully
selected plot specifications can be handy. The specification panel allows you to put your carefully selected
graphs on a stack and to recall them when you want them back. Whenever you click the "Ins" button the
current graph is inserted into the stack and given a number. By means of the "<<" and ">>" buttons you
can scroll back and forth between the plots you have saved. The "Del" button removes the current graph
from the stack.
Exporting data
You are almost bound to want to save your data in various ways. Perhaps you want to save a graph for
inclusion in a report you are writing. Perhaps you desire to save the chart on a compact format for later
review without having to run the AnyBody analysis again. Perhaps you want to export the data to a text file
for processing by statistical software. Or perhaps you want to paste the data into a spreadsheet to make
customized combinations of data for presentation in customized
graph types.
The Chart View has its own file format that you can save and load.
The files have extension .CHT, and they are very compact and easy
to store and exchange. You Open and Save .CHT files with the first
two buttons on the toolbar. A stored .CHT file can be sent to other
AnyBody users, and they can load it in and investigate the results
you have produced. Please notice that a loaded .CHT file is only
computational data. It has no connection to the model that generated
the output data, and you do not get the model loaded when you load