Overlaying Plots in the AM Module

In general, it is now possible to overlay plots from any Calculator with plots from any other Calculator.

2D plots are overlaid pair-wise which means if you add two or more AM Calculators as a predecessor in one Plot Renderer, similar 2D plots (such as Probe with Probe and Plot Over Line with Plot Over Line, etc.) are grouped and overlaid in one tab on the Visualizations window.

The most important use case is that you can overlay Probe plots from different Transient and Transient with heat source from Steady-state Calculators and Plot Over Line plots from all AM Calculators. Similarly, you can also overlay Meltpool vs energy density and Parity plot from different Batch, Grid, and Heat Source Calibration calculators.

You need to click Perform to make plot overlaying work.

It is not possible to overlay two 3D plots. However, when you want to plot two or more variables in a comparable way to overlaying plots in 2D, you use one Plot Renderer connected to at least two AM Calculators. Then on the 3D Plot tab on the Configuration (settings) window you choose different quantities from the Axis variable list. Use the and buttons as usual to add and remove quantities. The plots are then viewed on separate 3D Plot tabs on the Visualizations window. After defining the axis variables, click Perform to update the plots on the respective Visualization 3D Plot tabs. It is also important to rename your AM Calculators in order to better work with these plots.