Maybe a very obvious question but I have not found an optimal solution yet.
What I want to obtain is an 'Easy' approach to create identical plot pages from several runs without losing data halfway or overwriting plots already made from previous runs.
I have been playing with a number of approaches:
1) export/import plot config files,
2) 'Add/Replace Simulations' dialog in ADAMS PPT
3) Writing a toolkit plot macro for general creaton of plots and pages
4) Treating plots and plot pages as a range of object sub-components.
(way to complicated buts a job done).
But I still have not found an optimal framework for me (and moreover to ship to my less experienced customer users) to create a template for predefined plots in ADAMS/View.
In:
1) It seems to get a job done, but automation of changing plot scales / page titles ... is a disaster. I have not even tried making a plot macro, but I expect it to be quite inefficient for any quick and dirty user case.
(please correct me when you think I am wrong)
2) The main problem I found with this option is that the dialog adjusts an existing range of plot pages, while I am looking for functionality to create a new page and allow it to be updated with new simulation results. This allows me to perform last minute updates of plots without having to redo all the work. I am actually working on copy plot page feature (including copying the plots to allow updating of plot curves). Combining this with 2) could get me the functionality I am looking for.... (but I may be re-inventing the wheel again....)
3) and 4) work but lots of preparation time for a quick-and-dirty set of plot templates.
In other words: I would appreciate feedback on my search for an optimal framework for automated plots. I may be missing some brilliant features already existing in AView/PPT for years but thats why I am posting it here.
Thanks in advance,
Kind regards,
Chris
