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Save Plot Configuration File

(Adams PostProcessor) File → Export → Plot Configuration File            Shared Dialog Box
Lets you save a template of your plot pages. It does not save the curve data itself. It is intended to let users who run an Analysis more than once to quickly prepare a new set of standard plots. Adams PostProcessor writes the file to the default database. You can reuse the file by using File → Import → Plot Config File.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Configuration File Name
Enter a name for the configuration file. Adams PostProcessor adds the suffix .plt to the file name and then writes the file to the target database/directory.
Target
Select Database or Directory, then select your desired location to write the file.
All Pages
Select if you want to save all the pages in the current session.
If you clear the selection of All Pages, Adams PostProcessor enables the following option:
Collapse Multi-Run Plots
If selected, then anytime a plot contains multiple curves representing the exact same quantity and using the exact same expression then, for those curves, only one curve is saved to the .plt file, and the order in which curve attributes are applied to curves is stored per plot. This is to facilitate a multiple-run scenario where one wants to, first, interactively plot a single quantity across multiple analyses and define the curve styles, then secondly, wants to re-use this curve style specification for future multiple-run scenarios.

If this checkbox is unselected, all curves on any plot get written to the .plt file. Thus, when importing that .plt file against multiple analyses each curve will get re-generated for each analysis.

For example: a plot has three curves, the same quantity plotted three times once per three different analyses. If "Collapse Multi-Run Plots" is selected, then when the .plt file is imported to another session against three analyses three curves will be generated. If "Collapse Multi-Run Plots" is not selected, then when the .plt file is imported to another session against three analyses nine curves will be generated.
Page Names
Enter a list of pages you want to save.
Plots
Enter the plot commands*. You can use plot commands to customize or modify plots automatically. Your template-based product writes the commands to the plot configuration file and executes them when you create a series of plots or import a plot configuration file.
Curves
Enter the curve commands*. You can use curve commands to customize or modify plots automatically. Your template-based product writes the commands to the plot configuration file and executes them when you create a series of plots or import a plot configuration file.
 
Note:  
*To use plot or curve commands, you must create a macro that modifies your plots or curves according to your needs.