Saving and Printing the Output in Console Mode

Global Settings: Graphical and Console Mode Plotting

Output can refer to results in the form of tabulated data in a table or a diagram.

The terms diagram and plot are interchangeable. The commands in Console Mode generally use the term diagram and in Graphical Mode it is also called a plot (e.g. the Plot Renderer).

Commands to Save and Print Diagrams

Use the following commands to create diagrams, which then display in the Console Results window. From this window, you can right-click the diagram and choose Save as or Print. You can also use the following commands for these actions.

After you use the SET_PLOT_FORMAT command to define the default graphic device (the printer) you can use a PLOT_DIAGRAM command to either save the calculation output to a file or display the output in the Console Results window.

DUMP_DIAGRAM is an alternative command used to create output. After a diagram is displayed to the Console Results window with the PLOT_DIAGRAM command, you can save (dump) it to a file using this command.

Use MAKE_EXPERIMENTAL_DATAFILE to save all the data about the plotted diagram in an EXP-file. An EXP-file is a plain text file that describes the diagram in the DATAPLOT graphical language. Note that information about the underlying calculations that the diagram is based on is not saved in an EXP-file.

DATAPLOT User Guide

See the Tips and Tricks: How to Plot Experimental Data blog post on our website for useful guidance about this topic.

First use PLOT_DIAGRAM to create output that displays in the Console Results window. Then after entering the PRINT_DIAGRAM command, the Print window opens where you can choose additional settings for a hard copy of the diagram.

Commands to Save Tables

Tables or tabulated data can be listed in the Console window. You then use commands to save the text to different file formats (txt, html, or xls) where you can then print the information.

Saving Diagrams

You can save the output in a variety of file formats. For JPG and PNG images you can also adjust the image quality.

In Console Mode, the diagram is output to the Console Results window after using the PLOT_DIAGRAM command.

In Graphical Mode, the diagram is output to the Visualizations window after performing a tree that includes a Plot Renderer.

In the Visualizations window, right-click the diagram and select Save as.

In the Graphical Mode Configuration window you can also click the Save Diagram Save Diagram (or Button: Save Table Save table) buttons to open the Save window.

Then in the Save window:

  1. Navigate to where you want to save the diagram.
  2. Enter a File name.
  3. From the Files of type list choose png (the default), jpg, ps, pdf, gif, svg, or emf.
  4. For PNG and JPG files only, under the Image Quality section, choose to improve the resolution of the image. For JPG files you can also adjust the file size.
    • To change the resolution of a PNG or JPG image, click to clear the Use screen resolution checkbox. Then enter a numerical value in the Dots per inch (DPI) field.
    • For JPEG files, you can also use the slider to choose a number between 0 and 1 for the JPG quality. The default is 0.9. The lower the number, the smaller the file.

      For PNG and JPG files only, under the Image Quality section, choose to improve the resolution of the image. For JPG files you can also adjust the file size.

  5. When you are ready, click Save.

Printing Diagrams

In the Console Results window, right-click the diagram and choose Print. Select additional settings as required on the Print window.

Use the LIST_DATA_TABLE command to save to file and then print the file.