The Goal Plot Settings dialog box appears.
X-axis units. Specifies a coordinate along the horizontal axis (abscissa).
Iterations. Displays the iteration number as abscissa coordinate.
CPU time. The CPU time elapsed from the beginning of the calculation to the current moment.
Physical time. Physical time for time-dependent analysis.
Travels. Displays Travel along the abscissa.
Display value. Specifies which goal value to display as an ordinate parameter.
Current value. The plot ordinate is the current goal value.
Average Value, Maximum Value, Minimum Value. The plot ordinate is the average, maximum or minimum goal value calculated over the analysis interval reckoned back from the current iteration. Displaying these values can help you better understand the goal behavior due to the lesser influence of the convergence oscillations on these values.
Scale mode. Specifies the general scale mode.
Normalized Scale. Each goal plot is normalized from 0 to 1, so zero corresponds to the minimum goal value, and 1 corresponds to the maximum goal value. Both values are taken over the calculation.
If a goal delta is less than the criterion, it is normalized to the 2*Criterion value.
Absolute Scale. Displays all goals in absolute values. Additionally, in this mode you can apply logarithmic scale to all plots or manually specify the minimum and maximum values of the ordinate (goal) axis.
Logarithmic scale. In absolute scale mode you can display all goal plots on a logarithmic scale.
Show titles. Displays information about the plot ordinate and abscissa settings.
Show analysis interval. Displays the goals’ analysis interval as a white bar on the X-axis.
Show convergence history. Displays the goals' convergence history. Time instants when a particular goal has converged are indicated on corresponding diagram lines with bold green dots, and those (if any) when an already converged goal's progress has descended to not-converged state are marked with bold red dots.
Numerical settings. Allows you to display goals within the manually specified range (from Manual min to Manual max) and scale the plot along the X-axis.
Select the Manual min check box and type the lower-range value of the ordinate (goal) axis.
Select the Manual max check box and type the upper-range value of the ordinate (goal) axis.
You can also edit minimum and maximum values in place by double-clicking them in the plot area.
Click Reset Min/Max to show the plot within the actual minimum and maximum values of the ordinate axis.
Plot length. Specifies the plot length so all diagrams are scaled along the X-axis. This is useful if the plot is too long and scrolling is impractical. Using this slider you can specify the plot scale factor from 0.1 to 10.
You can also specify the plot length by typing the scale factor value in the Length scale box. The value must be between 0.0001 and 100.