Plot Renderer: Convert a Plot to a Table and Export the Data

For all calculation types and calculators, the associated Plot Renderer has a Button: Table View Table View button you can use to convert a plot to table data. Once the plot data is converted, you can toggle between displaying the plot or table in the Visualizations window as well as save the table and export to file.

For the Table Renderer only single equilibrium and property diagram (stepping) calculations are available.

Converting a Plot to a Table on the Plot Renderer

  1. Set up the Plot Renderer for your particular calculation and click Perform to display the plot in the Visualizations window.
  2. On the Plot Renderer Configuration window, click the Button: Table View Table View button (toggled ON).
  3. Choose the Decimal digits and Number format (Auto, Decimal, or Scientific) to display in the table.
  4. Click Perform. This converts the plot data to display table data in the Visualizations window.

Switching Between a Plot and a Table in the Visualizations Window

Once the plot data is converted, you can toggle between displaying the plot or table in the Visualizations window.

  • To display the Table: On the Plot Renderer Configuration window, click the Button: Table View Table View button to toggle it ON and then click Perform to generate the table.
  • To display the Plot: On the Plot Renderer Configuration window, click the Button: Table View Table Viewbutton to toggle it OFF and then click Perform to generate the plot.

Saving the Table (Exporting the Data)

Once the plot data is converted to a table, you can save/export this to file.

  1. Convert the plot to a table (the Button: Table View Table View button is toggled ON).
  2. Click Save table to export the table data.
  3. In the Save As window navigate to where you want to save the table.
  4. Enter a File Name.
  5. From the Files of Type list choose Text [*.txt](the default), Hyper Text Markup [*.html], or Excel [*.xls].
  6. Click Save.

Saving and Printing the Output in Graphical Mode for more options.