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Color Map
A color spectrum used to plot contour flooding and multi-colored
objects.
Connectivity List
The portion of a finite-element data file which defines the elements or
cells by listing the relationships between points. The number of
points per cell is determined by the element type.
Continuous
Contour Flooding
A field plot where a color is assigned to each point in a mesh, based
upon the contour variable and the color map. Each face is filled with
colors interpolated between the corner nodes. This results in a
smooth variation of color over the surface.
Contour
A field plot type that plots iso-valued lines, or color flooding based
on the values of a specified variable.
Curve Type
The function used to fit the data points in an XY-plot.
Custom Labels
Text strings contained within a data file or text geometry file which
define labels for your axes or contour table. You may select Custom
Labels anywhere you can choose a number format, the result is the
text strings in place of numbers.
Cutaway Plot
A 3D volume plot where a portion of a 3D volume zone is cut-away
by blanking to reveal the interior.
Cutting Plane
A planar surface used to slice 3D volume or surface zones.
Data File
A file that contains data used for plotting in Tecplot.
Data Format
The type of zone data as specified by the format parameter in a Tecplot data file, such as: BLOCK, POINT, FEBLOCK, or FEPOINT.
Data Loader
A Tecplot add-on which allows you to read non-Tecplot data files.
Data Point
Data Set
Dependent
An XYZ-point at which field variables are defined.
A set of one or more zones. A data set may be plotted in one or more
frames. However, a single frame may only plot one data set. A data
set may be created by loading one or more data files.
An axis mode requiring the axes to maintain a fixed ratio to one
another.
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