Specifications

the .CHT file.

.CHT files are a convenient way of storing analysis data because they can subsequently be reformatted and

displayed in other ways than you initially planned, for instance a stacked column diagram or a pie chart

instead of curves.

Data can also be exported from the Chart View via the clipboard. The "Copy to clipboard" icon on the toolbar

gives you the opportunity to copy the present chart on different formats:

• As a bitmap picture. The picture will have screen resolution, so the quality depends on the size of

the Model View. For maximum quality, maximize the AnyBody Modeling System main frame on your

desktop and maximize the Chart View inside the main frame.

• As a vector-based windows meta file. This type of file has infinite resolution, so you can scale it up

and down without loss of quality. However, this requires that the application into which you intend

to import the file supports vector graphics.

• As a windows object. This option is currently not active.

• As a text. This option copies the graphed numbers to the clipboard on text format, and you can

subsequently paste them into a spreadsheet or a text editor. Pasting into a spreadsheet can be very

useful because it allows you to use the data in subsequent processing such as statistical analysis.

A word of caution regarding the the text option: Different countries have different conventions for decimal

numbers. Some use a point as decimal separator, and some use a comma. The numbers copied to the

clipboard from the Chart View follow the nationality settings for decimal point or comma. When you

subsequently paste the numbers into a spreadsheet it is important that the spreadsheet follows the same

conventions. If the numbers coming out of the Chart View for instance use decimal comma and the

spreadsheet receiving them expects number with decimal points, then the spreadsheet will interpret the

numbers you paste in as text rather than numbers.

The AnyChart View

AnyChart is AnyBody's alternative for making charts. AnyChart is special compared to ChartFX in the way

that AnyChart uses the AnyScript class called AnyChart to make the visualization. The AnyScript class

AnyChart is a draw object that can be used in the AnyScript code to make charts in the Model View of the

model. The AnyChart View wraps the features of the AnyChart class into a window in the AnyBody GUI.

Currently, AnyChart pocesses only simple charting features, and therefore AnyChart and ChartFX still lives

side-by-side in the system.

AnyChart collects all its properties as described for the AnyChart class in the AnyScript Reference Manual. In

contrast to ChartFX, all these properties are saved in workspace files, so AnyChart Views are generally

reestablished better, when introduced into workspaces.

AnyChart is AnyBody's only tool for showing 3-D surfaces. One main difference between AnyChart and

ChartFX is that AnyChart allows you to define two Abscissa axes. AnyChart is mainly used in conjunction

with parameter studies and optimization. Please refer to the Parameter Studies and Optimization tutorial

for

a demostration of these features.

AnyChart also introduces multiple series in the same chart. The primary mechanism of selecting values to be

depicted in the chart is the same as for ChartFX, but with multiple series you can add several selections

together in the same chart.

One additional small difference between the charts is AnyChart's selection line also that allows you select

elements of vectors, matrices, and higher order tensors. Like in AnyScript code, [] bracket can be used to

select subelements.

The next interface lesson is concerned with a part of the system that really has a minimum interface: The

command line version.