Using the POST Module

Use the POST module after a STEP_WITH_OPTIONS or MAP calculation to generate graphical or tabulated presentations on screen or into files.

The graphical files are available in different formats (e.g. PS, EMF, PNG, BMP, PDF, JPG, TIF) or data forms (e.g. EXP, TAB and WRL). The graphical output can be phase diagrams, property diagrams, diffusion profiles and other types of plots. The tabulated presentation is into a basic text file (TXT) or a spreadsheet (e.g. an MS Excel file with an extension of .XLS).

The POST module (post-processor) is a submodule to the POLY module and has its own set of commands. The TAB, BIN, TERN, POT, SCHEIL and POURBAIX modules use the POST module features as part of the automatic generation of the plots.

Within the POST module, you can choose any state variable, any derived variable, or any entered symbol (functions or variable) as the X/Y-axis.

Thermophysical Properties Models, Data, and Variables

When a diagram is plotted, appearance parameters for defining a high-standard graph can be further specified, e.g. curve labelling options, diagram titles and subtitles, plot size, axis length, axis types, axis-tic type, tie-line status, automatic or manual scaling and zooming, semi-automatic or manual labeling on phase boundaries and phase regions, graphic formats, text fonts, colors, raster plot, etc.

You can append experimental data onto a plotted diagram. You can also save the coordinates onto a textual file, which can be edited and used as an experimental data file to be merged onto another diagram or as a part of a setup file for PARROT-module assessment.

Phases can be suspended or restored in a plotted diagram. The reference states for components can also be modified for the resulted diagrams. Moreover, you can translate a plotted property diagram (after a stepping calculation) into a tabulated form, such as a simple list on screen or a textual file, and a spreadsheet .