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Contents

1. Welcome to HEEDS POST 6

2. HEEDS POST Basics 7

System Requirements ....................................................................................................................... 7

Launching HEEDS POST ................................................................................................................. 8

Overview of the HEEDS POST Interface ........................................................................................ 8

Quick Access Toolbar ........................................................................................... 9

Status Bar ............................................................................................................ 9

Message Log ...................................................................................................... 10

File Tab ............................................................................................................... 11

Commands ..................................................................................................................... 11

Info .................................................................................................................................. 11Recent ............................................................................................................................ 11

Options ........................................................................................................................... 12

Help ................................................................................................................................ 23

Exiting HEEDS POST ...................................................................................................................... 24

Screen capturing in POST ............................................................................................................... 25

3. Working with Projects 27

Creating a project ............................................................................................................................. 27

Opening a project ............................................................................................................................. 29

Importing additional studies ............................................................................................................. 30

Refreshing study data ...................................................................................................................... 31

Auto Refresh ...................................................................................................... 32

Viewing the Study Summary ........................................................................................................... 33

Pie Chart ............................................................................................................ 33

Study Details ...................................................................................................... 34

Data Table .......................................................................................................... 34


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Finding a study folder ....................................................................................................................... 35

Deleting a study from a project ....................................................................................................... 35

Saving a project ................................................................................................................................ 37

Closing a project ............................................................................................................................... 38

4. Working with Plots 40

Focusing on specific areas of a plot ............................................................................................... 40

Zooming .............................................................................................................. 40

Panning............................................................................................................... 41Rotating .............................................................................................................. 41

Using mouse navigation buttons ......................................................................... 42

Resetting the plot view ........................................................................................ 42

Selecting multiple plot points .............................................................................. 42

Setting Best Design and Baseline Design options ....................................................................... 43

Copying, saving and deleting plots ................................................................................................. 44

Copying plots ...................................................................................................... 44

Saving plots ........................................................................................................ 45

Deleting plots ...................................................................................................... 46

Renaming plots ................................................................................................................................. 48

Showing models ............................................................................................................................... 48Changing the style of a plot ............................................................................................................. 49

Changing the style of a series ......................................................................................................... 53

Changing the plot range .................................................................................................................. 55

Normalizing the axes .......................................................................................... 55

Defining the axis range ....................................................................................... 56

Scaling the series ............................................................................................... 56

A brief introduction to design sets ................................................................................................... 57

5. Creating and Customizing Plots 58

Creating new plots ............................................................................................................................ 58

Plots for all study types .................................................................................................................... 60

History plots ........................................................................................................ 60

Changing History plot properties ..................................................................................... 64


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Adding, removing and editing series ............................................................................. 117

Adjusting series style options ........................................................................................ 119

Create Design Set from current series or all series ....................................................... 119Pareto Front plots (Multi-objective studies only) ............................................... 120

Changing Pareto Front plot properties .......................................................................... 123


Changing the plot range ................................................................................................ 128

Plots for Design of Experiments (DOE) studies .......................................................................... 129

Response Surface Fit plots ............................................................................... 129

Changing Response Surface Fit plot properties ............................................................ 131


Changing the plot range ................................................................................................ 133

2D Response Surface plots .............................................................................. 133

Changing 2D Response Surface plot properties ........................................................... 136Adding, removing and editing series ............................................................................. 136

Exploring the response surface ..................................................................................... 139

3D Response Surface plots .............................................................................. 140

Changing 3D Response Surface plot properties ........................................................... 143


Exploring the response surface ..................................................................................... 146Changing the plot range ................................................................................................ 147

Response Influence plots .................................................................................. 147

Changing Response Influence plot properties .............................................................. 149


Variable Effects plots ........................................................................................ 152

Changing Variable Effects plot properties ..................................................................... 154


Variable Interaction plots ................................................................................... 156

Changing Variable Interaction plot properties ............................................................... 159

User Plots ........................................................................................................................................ 160

2D and 3D Function plots.................................................................................. 160Changing 2D or 3D Function plot properties ................................................................. 162


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Changing the plot range................................................................................................ 166

Working with multiple-plot views ................................................................................................... 166Creating multiple-plot views .............................................................................. 167

Synching the highlight between plots ............................................................... 174

Removing plots from a multiple-plot view ......................................................... 176

Editing a plot from a multiple-plot view ............................................................. 176

Applying a design set to multiple plots .............................................................. 177

6. Creating Custom Design Sets 178

Understanding the Design Set Summary .................................................................................... 179

Viewing the composition of your design set .................................................................. 179

Comparing your set to the set of All Designs ................................................................ 181

Creating a Design Set .................................................................................................................... 182

Setting up rules ................................................................................................ 184Including/excluding designs manually .............................................................. 187


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1. Welcome to HEEDS POST

HEEDSPOST allows you to review data and understand results from HEEDS MDO

optimization studies.

Within HEEDS POST, you can create a variety of plot types and design tables, which allow

you to:

Understand the design space Explore design sensitivities

Visualize correlations

Investigate trade-offs

When its time to share your insights, you can export plots and data from HEEDS POST for

presentations and reports.


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2. HEEDS POST Basics

HEEDS POST runs on MicrosoftWindows

32- and 64-bit, and Red Hat 5 Linux 64-bit (and

compatible distributions).

System Requirements

The computer(s) on which you intend to run HEEDS POST must meet the following mini-

mum requirements for Windows or Linux installation.

Windows Installation

Component Requirements

Operating system Windows 32- and 64-bit

Processor Pentium 550 MHz

RAM

128 MB for HEEDS POST and whatever is needed for your analysis

software to run. Consult your analysis software manuals for these

requirements.

Disk space At least 60 MB of free disk space for the application.

Linux Installation

Component Requirements

Operating system x86-64: Red Hat 5 Linux 64-bit (and compatible distributions)

Packages Linux Standard Base v4.0+

Processor Pentium 550 MHz

RAM

128 MB for HEEDS POST and whatever is needed for your analysis

software to run. Consult your analysis software manuals for these

requirements.

Disk space At least 60 MB of free disk space for the application.


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Launching HEEDS POST

To launch HEEDS POST, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and select All Programs.

2. Select the HEEDS folder on the menu.

3. Select POST 2.2.

4. Select HEEDS POST.

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Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Accesstoolbar is located in the upper left-hand corner of the interface:

Quick AccessIcon

Description

Click to access a menu that allows you to restore, minimize or maximize theinterface, and exit POST:

Create a new project.

Open a project.

Save the selected project.

Status Bar

The Status Barin the lower left-hand corner of the interface provides additional informationabout options as you hover over them with your cursor. It also displays some warnings and

error messages before they are added to the Message Log:


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Message Log

The Message Logprovides real-time reporting of any important information, warnings or

errors related to HEEDS POST operations. To view the message log, click the icon in the

lower right-hand corner of the interface:

The icon will change to reflect the type of message currently being displayed in the Message

Log:

Icon Description

Information

Warning

Error


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If there is an error message, it will take a few information or warning messages before the

icon will change.

The contents of the Message Logare also available in a file located in your user directory:

For Windows XP, this location is C:\Documents and Settings\User Name

For Windows 7 this location is C:\Users\User name

File Tab

The options on the Filetab give access to standard Filemenu commands, recent projects

and recent locations, program options, and help resources.

Commands

The following standard Filemenu commands are available on the Filetab:

Option Description

New Create a new project.

Open Open an existing project.

Save Save the current project.

Save As Save the current project under a new name.

Close Close the current project.

Exit Exit the HEEDS POST application.

In fo

Select Infoto view a diagram illustrating how to post-process a HEEDS MDO design study

using HEEDS POST.

Recent

Select Recentto quickly access recently opened projects or to navigate to recently visited

locations.


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Opt ions

Click Optionsto access and change program-wide options, such as general program

behavior, and plot behavior, style, color and font. To access these options from any locationin the program, press F4.

General

The options in the Generalgroup allow you to specify certain program-wide behaviors. Your

selections will be saved and applied every time you open HEEDS POST, until you change

the settings again.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > General.

Option Description

Ask confirmation before

deleting items from theproject

If this option is enabled, HEEDS POST will prompt you for

confirmation before deleting the selected item.If this option is disabled, the selected item will be deleted withoutconfirmation.

Display short list of recentfiles under File

Enable this option to place a list of the four most recent files directly onthe Filetab for easy access.

Expand the tree view to

show newly created items

When this option is enabled, parent items in the Tree View(i.e.,

folders) will automatically expand to show any items you have justcreated.

Disable it if you want parent items to remain collapsed when newitems are created.


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Option Description

Show the splash screen

on startup

With this option enabled, the splash screen will be displayed when theapplication launches. Disable it if you do not want the splash screendisplayed.

Access help content fromthe internet

When checked, help content will be accessed from the internet, ratherthan from the local installation.

Text editor

Defines the text editor to use when displaying text files, such as themessage file on the Run tab. If no text editor is defined, HEEDS MDOattempts to use the default text editor configured with your operatingsystem.

Text files Defines the file extensions to be used in the text editor when youselect Open from the right-click menu of an analysis file.

Plots

In the Plotsarea of the Optionstab, you can select your own default settings for several

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To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots.

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Option Description

Always normalize axes on plotswith multiple series

Enable this if you want all of your plots with multiple series tobe normalized by default. You can always disable this optionfor a specific plot on the Axes ribbon for that plot.

Changes to this setting will apply when a series is added to orremoved from a plot and when series data is modified.

Hide the plot legend in Views withmultiple plots

Enable this option to hide the plot legends on individual plotsin multiple-plot Views.

Limit the number of major tickmarks to:

Select the desired number of major tick marks for all plot axes.To do this, use the spin control to adjust the number of tickmarks, or click and drag the slider.

Limit the number of minor tickmarks to:

Select the desired number of minor tick marks for all plot axes.To do this, use the spin control to adjust the number of tickmarks, or click and drag the slider.

Do not automatically create alldefault plots if the number ofvariables/responses in a studyexceeds:

If a study has a large number of variables/responses, some ofthe default plots (e.g., Parallel) may take a very long time todraw or may not be useful at all.

Use the spin control to indicate the number ofvariables/responses in the study above which all default plotsshould not be created automatically.

When Auto Refresh is enabled,refresh study data every:

Use this option to tell theAuto Refreshtool how many secondsto wait before checking for new study data (when a study is inprogress).

Changes to this option will take effect when theAuto Refreshtool is toggled.

Prompt when adding a new seriesto a plot

When this option is selected, you will be prompted to specifydetails when adding a new series to a plot. When not selected,the new series is immediately added to the plot; you can thenchange the details in the Plotribbon.

Speed of zoom and pan an imat ion

Use this option to select whether a zoom box or pan should move instantaneously or

gradually.

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Option Description

InstantaneousEnable this if you would like the zoom and pan movement to happeninstantaneously.

GradualEnable this if you would like the zoom and pan movement to happengradually.

Bes t des ign h is to ry l i ne opt ions

Using this group of options, you can select whether the line for best designs is plotted using

the design set assigned to the series or theAll Designsset.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots> Best design

history.

Option Description

Plot the best designs from the seriesdesign set.

Enable this option to plot the line for the best designsusing the design set assigned to the series.

Plot the best designs from the All

Designs set

Enable this option to plot the line for the best designs

using theAll Designsset.

Paral le l p lot o pt ion s

Using this group of options, you can select your own default settings for the appearance of

inactive designs, plot quality, and plot transparency for all newly created Parallel plots.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots> Parallel plot.

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Option Description

Inactive designs

Inactive designs are those that have been filtered out by your Min/Max values. Thisoption determines how those inactive (filtered out) designs will appear in your

Parallel plots:

Draw in greyIf this option is selected, inactive designs will appear as grey lineson the Parallel plot.

HideIf this option is selected, inactive designs will not be shown on your Parallelplots at all.

Initial quality

High-quality Parallel plots can take a long time to draw if there are a large numberof designs or parameters. This option determines the quality with which Parallelplots are initially drawn.

QuickDraws the plot faster, with lower-quality display.

High qualityDraws the plot with higher quality, which may result in a longer wait

time before display. High-quality plots can take a long time to draw if there aremany designs or parameters.

On Linux, Parallel plots are always drawn with high quality, and this option is notavailable.

Transparency ofplot lines

This option allows you to adjust the transparency level of the lines in Parallel plots.

The individual series style may override this setting. To change the transparency,use the spinner control or click and drag the slider.

Cons t ra in t p lo t op t ions

Using this group of options, you can select your own default settings for axes scaling on all

newly created Constraint plots.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots> Constraint plot.

Option Description

Fix vertical axis to the total numberof designs

Select this option to scale the vertical axis to match thetotal number of designs in the study.

Use default axis range based onavailable data

Select this option to scale the vertical axis to fit the rangeof data being plotted.

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Bub b le and Pareto Fron t p lo t op t ion s

Using this group of options, you can select your own default settings for symbol size and

transparency for all newly created Bubble and Pareto Front plots.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots> Bubble and

Pareto Front plots.

Option Description

Maximum symbol sizeUse this option to adjust the maximum symbol size in Bubble andPareto Front plots. Select the desired size using the arrows on thespin control or by clicking and dragging the slider.

Adjust symboltransparency with size

When this option is enabled, filled symbols will gradually becomemore transparent as they increase in size.

Sur face p lo t o pt ions

The option in this area allows you to use an estimated range for the initial plot axes on

surface plots.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots> Surface plot.

Option Description

Use estimated range for initial plot axes

Enable this option to use estimated rangevalues calculated by HEEDS for the z-axisrange when the plot is initially created. If thisoption is not selected, the z-axis range will fit theplotted data.

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High l i gh t co lo r opt ions

The options in this area allow you to customize the colors for the best design and baseline

design in all plots.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots> Highlight colors.

Option Description

Best designSelect the desired color for the best design from the dropdown.

To reset to the default color, select Automaticfrom the dropdown.

Baseline designSelect the desired color for the baseline design from the dropdown.


Pie char t co lo r opt ions

The options in this area allow you to customize the pie chart colors in the Study Summary.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Plots> Pie chart colors.

Option Description

Feasible

Allows you to change the pie chart color for Feasibledesigns.

Select the desired color from the dropdown.


Infeasible

Allows you to change the pie chart color for Infeasibledesigns.



Success

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Option Description

Error

Allows you to change the pie chart color for Errordesigns.



Styles

In the Stylesarea of the Optionstab, you can change the settings assigned to the built-in

styles, and you can create your own custom styles. To access these options, follow this

path: File tab > Options tab > Styles.

Styles are applied to your series in the order listed. That is, the first style in the list will be

applied to the first series; the second style will be applied to the second series; and so on.

We recommend giving your styles meaningful names, and then arranging them in the

desired order in the list.

Style changes are assigned to a specific user. Plots that use customized styles may not

appear the same for different users or on different machines.

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Option Symbol Description

Style List

n/a Displays the existing built-in and custom styles. The styles areapplied to your series in the order listed. We recommend giving the

styles meaningful names, and then arranging them in the desiredorder.

To rename a style, press the F2key or provide a second mouseclick of a selected item. Enter the new name and press Entertoaccept it.

Colorn/a Allows you to change the color of the selected style. Click the

dropdown and select the desired color.

Transparencyn/a Allows you to adjust the transparency of the color. To change thetransparency, use the spinner control or click and drag the slider.

The Default transparency setting will use the default setting forParallel plots and opaque for other plot types.

Linesn/a Allows you to change the line style. Click the dropdown, and select

the desired style.

Line Sizen/a Allows you to change the line thickness. To change the thickness,

use the spinner control or click and drag the slider.

Symbolsn/a Allows you to change the symbol type for a style. Click the

dropdown and select the desired style.

Symbol Sizen/a Allows you to adjust the symbol size. To change the symbol size,

use the spinner control, or click and drag the slider.

Surface

SolidThe surface is drawn in a solid color (not available for 2D

surface plots).

ShadedThe surface is drawn in shades of the selected color. The

selected color is used at the lowest z data value and graduallychanges to white for the highest z data value.

MappedThe surface is drawn using a color map of blue-cyan-green-red from lowest to highest z data values.

Contours

For a 2D plot, the contours are always drawn in a solid black colorwhen the surface is also displayed. The contour lines are drawn in asolid color.

SolidThe contour lines are drawn in a solid color.

ShadedThe contour lines are drawn in shades of the selected

color. The selected color is used at the lowest z data value andgradually changes to white for the highest z data value.

MappedThe contour lines are drawn using a color map of blue-cyan-green-red from lowest to highest z data values.

Add new styleAdds a new style to the bottom of the list. By default, all new styleswill be initialized with the currently selected style.

Remove thecurrent style

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Option Symbol Description

Reset the currentstyle to default

Restores the default settings for the selected built-in style. Thisoption does not apply to custom styles.

Move styleup/Move styledown

Moves the selected style up or down in the list. If you have notrenamed a style, the style number will change to match its positionin the list. We recommend giving your styles meaningful names, andthen arranging them in the desired order in the list.

Fonts

The options in this group allow you to set default font styles and sizes for titles, axis labels,

axis values, legend items and annotations. Changes made here will apply automatically to

any existing plot.

To access these options, follow this path: File tab > Options tab > Fonts.

To change the default font type, size and style of a plot element

1. In the left-hand column, select the plot element for which you want to change thedefault style.

2. Select the desired font from the dropdown list.

3. To adjust the font size, use the spin controls or drag the slider in the font size field.

4. If desired, enable the Boldand/or Italicfont styles.

5. View your changes in the preview window.

Note: Changes are effective immediately for all plots.

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Help

The options on the Helptab give you access to the documentation, product Web site, and

support. Youll also find information about thelicense, software version, build and copyrighthere.



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Exiting HEEDS POST

There are several ways to exit HEEDS POST: from the Quick Accesstoolbar, from the File

tab, from the corner Exiticon, or using a keyboard shortcut.

To exit HEEDS POST

Do any of the following:

Click the HEEDS POST button on the Quick Accesstoolbar, and select Exit:

Click the Exitbutton in the upper right-hand corner:

Click on the Filetab and select Exit:

Use the keyboard shortcut: Alt+F4.

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You will be prompted to save any open projects before exiting. Choose the desired option:

ClickYesto save changes, and close the project.

Click Noto close without saving changes.

Click Cancelto exit the command.

Screen capturing in POSTHEEDS POST is compatible with Snagit 8 for screenshots and Camtasia Studio 7.1 for

screen video. Earlier versions of Snagit or Camtasia Studio may not be able to capture the

HEEDS POST user interface.

An alternative method for capturing screenshots of HEEDS POST is to use the PrintScreen

key (for the entire desktop) or Alt + PrintScreenfor the active window. Either of these keycombinations will place the screenshot on your clipboard. From there you can paste (Ctrl +

V) the screenshot into the desired application.

Plots and plot views in HEEDS POST provide the option to directly export the plot or the plot

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3. Working with Projects

Creating a project

When you create a new HEEDS POST project (.hpp), it is empty until you open a HEEDS

MDO project (.heeds) with results or import the results from one or more HEEDS MDO

studies into the project.

To create a new POST project

1. On the Filetab, click New(Ctrl+N).

Or, from the Quick Accesstoolbar, click the Newbutton:

The Hometab will be displayed, and Untitledprojectwill appear in the Tree View:



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Note: If you wish to name the project at this time, Saveit.

2. Click the Import Studybutton:

Alternatively, you can right-click on the untitled project, and select Import Studyfrom the context menu:

The Import Studydialog will appear.

3. Navigate to the HEEDS MDO study folder that you wish to import into HEEDSPOST.

4. Select the desired study, and click Open.

The study data from the folder containing the study results will be imported and

displayed under the new project in the Tree View.

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Upon import, HEEDS POST automatically creates the most commonly used Design

Setsand Plotsfor that study type. These are listed in the Tree View:

Of course, you can create any additional custom Plotsand Design Setsthat you

desire. For more information, seeCreating and Customizing Plotson page58 and

Creating Custom DesignSetson page178.

Opening a project

If you created and saved a HEEDS POST (.hpp) project previously or you would like to open

an existing HEEDS MDO project with results (.heeds), you can open it from the Filetab or

the Quick Accesstoolbar using the Openoption.

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To open a project

1. Click on the Filetab, and click Open:

Alternatively, click the Openbutton on the Quick Accesstoolbar:

The Open Projectdialog will appear.

2. Navigate to the HEEDS POST project (.hpp) you wish to open.

3. Select the desired project, and click Open. The project will be displayed in the treeview.

To open a recent project

If you have recently used a particular HEEDS POST project, you can open it quickly from the

Filetab:

1. Click the Filetab.

2. Click Recent.

3. Select the desired project from the Open aRecent Projectlist.

Note: Similarly, you can go back to recently visited locations from the Open f rom a

Recent Locat ionlist on the File tab.

Importing additional studies

There is no limit to the number of HEEDS MDO studies you can import into a HEEDS POST

project. This gives you a great deal of flexibility in comparing the results from several

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To import a study

1. Click on the Homeribbon.

2. In the Tree View, select the project that you want to import the study into (if youhave multiple projects open).

3. Click the Import Studybutton:

The Import Studydialog will appear.

4. Navigate to the HEEDS MDO study folder from which you want to read the results.

5. Select the desired study folder, and click Ok.

Note: The study will be imported into the active project, which is the one currentlyselected in the Tree View.

Refreshing study data

If youve imported a HEEDS MDO study that is still in process, you can refresh the study

data in HEEDS POST at any time. To do this:

1. Select the study name in the Tree View.

2. On the Home ribbon, click Refresh Study Data:

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Note: For studies that are still in process, there is also a Refresh Nowlink in the StudyDetails. Clicking this link has the same effect as clicking the Refresh Stud y Databutton.

Note: You can also right-click the name of the study in the Tree View and select RefreshStudy Datafrom the menu.

Auto Refresh

The Auto Refreshoption will automatically refresh the study data for an in-process study

every 10 seconds. To enable this feature, click the Auto Refreshbutton on the Home

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Viewing the Study Summary

Once youve importeda study into the project, click on the title of the study in the Tree View

to view the Study Summarypage.

The Study Summarypage is divided into the following areas:

Pie Chart

The pie chart illustrates the feasible, infeasible, success and error designs in a study at a

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Pie chart

color

Study Type - Description

Green

Optimization- Shows the number of Feasibledesigns.

DOE- Shows the number of Successdesigns.

Red Any study type- Shows the number of Errordesigns.

Yellow Optimization- Shows the number of Infeasibledesigns.

Hovering over the pie chart with your mouse will display additional details.

Note: The default colors for each of the design types in the pie chart can be changed. Forinstructions, seePie char t color op t ionson page19.

Study Details

Located below the pie chart, the Study Detailssummarize important information about the

study as it was run in HEEDS MDO.

To export the Study Details

1. Select the desired text with your mouse.

2. Right-click, and select Copyto copy the text.3. Navigate to the document where you want to place the text.

4. Press Ctrl +Vto paste the text.

Data Table

Variable and response data can be found in the data table to the right of the pie chart. The

Minand Maxcolumns list the actual minimum and maximum values for each of the variables

and responses, based on all of the designs evaluated during the study. These values can be

different than the Minand Maxvalues specified during the optimization setup. The Best

Valuecolumn lists the values for the best design.

Note: If you have more than one agent in your study, there will be a tab for each agent in

the Data Table.


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Finding a study folder

When a study is run and shared with other users, the project may refer to data in the results

folder (such as model view images, message logs, etc.). If you move the folder containingthe study results, HEEDS POST will not be able to read in any new results since the last

save. Moreover, if the data was not saved it wont be able to display any results if you

reopen the project.

You can use this feature to associate the study folder with the project in the new location.

To find a study folder

1. In the Tree View,right-click on the name of the study whose location you want tofind.

2. Select Find Study Folderfrom the menu:

A dialog will appear prompting you to navigate to the folder that contains the study

results.

Deleting a study from a project

If you no longer want a particular study to reside within your project, you can delete it.

Additionally, you may wish to make changes to any of the study-related files; in this case,

youll need to delete the study from the project, make the changes, and then re-import the

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Note: All of the custom plots and design sets you created for that study will also bepermanently deleted.

To delete a study

1. In the Tree View,right-click on the name of the study you wish to delete.

2. Select Deletefrom the menu:

A dialog will appear prompting you to confirm that you wish to delete the study:

3. ClickYesto delete the study.


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Saving a project

When you create a HEEDS POST project, it is not automatically saved. You will notice that

the project remains Untitled projectuntil you save it. This gives you the flexibility to open andexamine study data and decide later whether you want to save the project.

However, if the contents of the HEEDS POST project are valuable to you, we recommend

saving the project soon after you create it and saving at regular intervals while you are

working with the project.

If you have modified a project, the name of the project in the Title Barwill be appended withan asterisk:

If you try to exit or close an unsavedproject, HEEDS POST will ask whether you wish tosave the project first.

To save a project

1. Select the project name in the Tree View.

2. On the Quick Accesstoolbar, click the Savebutton:

3. Alternatively, click the Filetab, and select the Saveoption:

The Save Asdialog will appear.

4. Navigate to the location where you wish to save the project.


5. Enter a file name for the project.


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6. Click Save.

To save a copy of the project under a new name

1. Select the name of the project in the Tree View.

2. Click on the Filetab.

3. Select Save As:

The Save Asdialog will appear.

4. Navigate to the location where you wish to save the project.


6. Click Save.

Closing a project

If you wish to close the current project without exiting HEEDS POST, you can do so using

the Closeoption.

To close a project

1. Select the project name in the Tree View.

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Note: The keyboard shortcut for Closeis Ctrl+F4.

You will be prompted to save the project before closing. Choose the desired option:

ClickYesto save changes and close the project.

Click Noto close without saving changes.

Click Cancelto exit the Closecommand.

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4. Working with Plots

Regardless of whether youre using the default plots HEEDS POST creates for you or

customized plots you create yourself, how you work with these plots is the same.

Focusing on specific areas of a plot

HEEDS POST offers some helpful plot features that can help you get a closer look at the

data that are most critical to you. This section describes the following features:

Zooming

Panning

Rotating

Using mouse navigation buttons

Resetting the plot view

Selecting multiple plot points

Note: These features are disabled for pie charts, bar charts, parallel plots, variableinteraction and variable effects plots.

Zooming

Zooming allows you to get a closer view of the plotted points.

To zoom incrementally

To zoom using increments of +/- 10%, click on the plot and scroll the mouse wheel forward

and backward.

To use a zoom box

You can zoom in to a specific area of the plot using a zoom box. To do this:

1. Press Shift+ left mouse button.

2. Click and drag to create the box:

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3. Release the mouse button to zoom.

PanningPanning allows you to grab the plot and shift it up, down, left or right.

To pan

1. Click Alt+ left mouse button.

2. Click on the plot, and drag it in the desired direction.

Rotating

You can rotate a 3D plot either by clicking on the plot and dragging the mouse, or by clicking

on the plot and then pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard.


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If your mouse is equipped with navigation buttons commonly used in a web browser, they

can also be used to cycle through the previous views in a plot.

Resetting the plot view

If you have zoomed, panned, rotated or frozen a plot, you can easily reset it to the default

view.

To reset a plotTo reset a plot to the default view, do any of the following:

In the Toolsgroup of the Plotribbon, click the Reset Plotbutton:

Press the Esckey.

Press Shift+ right mouse button.In a 2D plot, Shift+ right mouse buttonfits all data.

Note: The Esc key and Shift+right mouse button does not reset rotated plots.

Selecting multiple plot points

To select a group of points, do either of the following:


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Option Available for Description

Best DesignSingle-objective optimization

studies

Highlights the best design on the selected plot

BaselineAll optimization studies(single- and multi-objective)

Highlights the baseline design on the selected plot

Note: The color for these designs can be changed in the Options tab. Go to File tab >Opt ions tab > Plots > Highl igh t colorsto make the change.

Copying, saving and deleting plots

Copying plots

You have two options for copying plots: copying the image or copying the text data from the

plot.

To copy an image of a plot to your clipboard

1. Perform one of the following:

Right-click on the plot, and select Copy Plot Image.

Right-click on the plot title in the Tree View, and select Copy Plot Image.

In the Toolsgroup of the Plotribbon, click the Export Databutton andselect Copy Plot Image.

2. Once the image is on your clipboard, paste it into the desired document,presentation, or image-editing program.

To copy the text data from a plot

1. In the Toolsgroup of the Plotribbon, click the Export Databutton and select CopyPlot Data.

Working with Plots

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presentation.

The data is in the form of a comma-separated list with appropriate headers for

each column.

Saving plots

You have two options for saving plots: saving the image or saving the text data from the plot.

To save an image of a plot to disk

1. Perform one of the following:

Right-click on the plot, and select Save Plot Image.

Right-click on the plot title in the Tree View, and select Save Plot Image.

In the Tools group of the Plot ribbon, click the Export Data button andselect Save Plot Image.

2. In the Save Asdialog that appears, navigate to the location where you want tosave the plot.

3. Change the File name, if desired.

The file will be saved as a .png by default. If you would rather have a .jpg, click theSave as typedropdown, and select JPEG Files:

4. Click Save.

To save the text data from a plot to disk

1. In the Toolsgroup of the Plotribbon, click the Export Databutton and select SavePlot Data.

2. In the Save Asdialog that appears, navigate to the location where you want tosave the plot.

3. Change the File name, if desired.


4. The file will be saved as a .csv by default. If you would rather have a .txt, click theSave as typedropdown, and select Text Files (*.txt).


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5. Click Save.

Deleting plots

Impor tan t: If you delete a plot, it will be deleted from the entire project, not just from theView Window.

To delete a plot from the project1. Right-click on the plot, and select Delete:

Alternatively, right-click on the name of the plot in the Tree View, and selectDelete:

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2. A dialog will appear asking you to confirm that you want to delete the plot from theproject:

To permanently delete the plot from the project, click Yes.

To exit the dialog without deleting the plot, click No.


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To name a plot

1. Right-click the plot in the Tree Viewand select Rename:

Alternatively, press the F2key or provide a second mouse click on the plot name.

2. Enter the desired name for the plot.

Showing models

If the analysis in the HEEDS MDO project generates image files, HEEDS POST can show

them to you. In cases where the image files are not associated with the project, you can

browse for an image to display for a specific design.

Working with Plots

To show the model for a design in your study

1 Right-click a design in a plot and select Show Model:


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1. Right-click a design in a plot and select Show Model:

2. Browse for the image file you want to display.

If the image files are associated with the project (as defined in HEEDS MDO), thenthe menu will contain specific image files that can be shown at the selected design.Note that these image files are the same as those that are available for the ModelViewplot.

Changing the style of a plotYou can change the background color, gridline color and style, and legend location for a plot.

You can also specify the drawing mode and whether or not to display annotations on the

plots.

To change the plots background color

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2. From the Plot Style Optionsmenu, click on the desired background color. Tochoose a custom color, click on More Colors, and select a color from the palette.

Working with Plots

To change the color and style of the gridlines

1. In the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon, click the Plot Stylebutton.


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2. From the Plot Style Options menu, in the Gridlines section click on the desired

color. To choose a custom color, click on More Colors, and select a color from thepalette.

3. Click the desired line style from the list underGridlines:

To change the location of the plotslegend

1. In the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon, click the Plot Style button.

2. From the Plot Style Optionsmenu, click Legend:

3. Select the desired location for the legend. To hide the plots legend, select Hide.

To change the drawing mode

Some plots, such as Parallel plots, can contain a great deal of data and can take a long time

to render. Using the Drawing mode option, you can control whether the plot is rendered

either more quickly or in a higher quality. The mode will default to Quick.

Note: The Quick option is not available on Linux.



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3. Select the desired option:

Drawing mode Description

Quick Draws the plot faster, with lower quality display.

High qualityDraws the plot with higher quality, which may result in a longer waittime before display.

Note: The Quick and High quality options are only available for Windows.

To show/hide annotations

You can show or hide annotations on some plots, such as Probability Distribution plots.


2. From the Plot Style Optionsmenu, click Show annotations:

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To hide annotations, clear the Show annotationscheckbox.

Changing the style of a series

You can change the style, color, and other properties for a series.

To change the series style

1. In the Series Datagroup of the Plotribbon, click the Series Stylebutton:


2. From the Series Style Optionsmenu, in the Series Stylesection click on the desired

style:


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3. To create a custom style, click on Custom Style and enter the desiredspecifications.

For details on the available style options, seeStyleson page20.

To change the series color

1. Click the Series Stylebutton.

2. From the Series Style Optionsmenu, in the Series Colorsection click on the desired

color.

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3. To choose a custom color, click on More Colors, and select a color from the palette

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To change other series properties

1. Click the Series Stylebutton.

2. From the Series Style Optionsmenu, select the following as desired. Note that alloptions are not available for every plot.

Show Lines: Displays lines on the plot.

Show Symbols: Displays symbols on the plot.

Show Surface: Triangulates the unique x-y points to render the surface inthe z-direction. For best results, use this option on studies with only twovariables.

Show Edges: When the surface is shown, this option outlines the edges ofeach facet used to render the surface.

Show Contours: Displays contour lines for the surface data. If the surface is

shown, the contour lines are drawn on the XY plane.

Plot on secondary Y-axis: Plots the selected series on the secondary Y-axis.

Changing the plot range

Options for changing the plot range can be found on theAxesribbon for certain plots:

Note: Changing the plot range only changes the displayed data. It does not change thedesign set.

Normalizing the axes

When your plot contains more than one series, it may be necessary to normalize the plotted

data, if the data in the series differ in order of magnitude. The normalizing is performed bylinearly scaling the values from the original data range to the new range you specify.


Normalization is automatically enabled when different data are displayed on the same axis

and it is automatically disabled when unique data are displayed. You can use the Normalize

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options to override the automatic settings.

To normalize the plot data

In the Normalizegroup of theAxesribbon, check the box next to each axis you want to

normalize:

Defining the axis range

The default axis range will be from 0 to 1.

To a define the axis range

1. In the Define Rangegroup of theAxesribbon, check the box next to the axis:

2. Enter the Minimumand Maximumvalues for the range.

You can also use the zoom and pan features on a plot to adjust these values toreflect the displayed range of data on each axis. These controls are useful to fine-tune the display or to toggle between zoomed and fit views.

Scaling the series

In some instances, you may wish to use different ranges for normalizing each series on the

plot. Consider the following example to understand when you may want to use this feature.

Working with Plots

You have one series that plots the data for variable 1 for the first 100 designs in the study.

The second series plots variable 2 for the first 10 designs of the study. If you normalize both

series with the same scale on the X-axis, the second series will be stretched and the designs


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wont line up between the two series. In this case, if you scale the first series between 0 and1 and the second between 0 and 0.1, then the designs will align properly.

When defining this data, only the data fields for the axes that have been selected for

normalization will be active. Just specify the minimum and maximum values you want to use

for each series.

To scale the series

1. In the Scalegroup of theAxesribbon, select a series name from the list.

2. Enter the desired minimum and maximum values for that series:

Note: Only those axes you chose to normalize will be available for scaling here.

A brief introduction to design sets

A Design Setis a group of specific designs collected together for the purposes of plotting or

conducting further analysis on the study data. This definition is important because many of

the plots you create reference a Design Set. HEEDS POST automatically creates some

default design sets for you. The sets created depend on the type of your study.

Note: Default design sets cannot be edited.

While you are experimenting with creating plots, you may want to choose one of these

default sets to reference for your plots. When you are ready to create your own custom

Design Sets, seeCreating Custom Design Setson page178 for detailed instructions.

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HEEDS POST automatically creates several default plots for your study. The plots createdby default will depend on the type of study. In addition to these default plots, you can create

as many customized plots as youd like.

Creating new plots

There are two ways to create a new plot:

If youre not sure which plot type you want, use the Create New Plot Wizard.

If you know which kind of plot you want to create, click on the specific createbutton

for that plot type.

To create a plot using the Create New Plot Wizard

1. On the Home ribbon, click the Create Plotbutton:

The Create New Plot Wizarddialog appears.

Creating and Customizing Plots

Note that there are four categories of plots (General, Optimization, DOE, and UserPlots). Click on a category to see the available plot types in that category.


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2. Select the desired plot type. The wizard will display a sample plot and shortdescription of the plot type.

3. Click Next.

4. Continue with the wizard using the details outlined later in this chapter for eachplot type.


Plots for all study types

You can create the following plots for all study types (optimization, DOE and robustness and

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History plots

2D Relation plots

3D Relation plots

2D Bubble plots

Parallel plots

Design Tables Probability Distribution plots

Model View plots

Curve Fit plots

History plots

A Historyplot allows you to view how a variable or response changed as the studyprogressed. You can also view the history of multiple variables or responses on the same

plot. This allows you to identify any relationship between the variation of a variable and the

value of a response. Additionally, you can use a Historyplot to:

Compare how a variable or response changed in two different studies.

Compare the values of a variable or response for feasible and infeasible designs.

Identify correlations between different variables for specific parts of the design

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To create a History plot

1. In the General Plotsgroup of the Homeribbon, click the Historyplot button:

2. In the History Plotdialog that appears, click on the Design Setdropdown.


3. Select the set that the plot will reference (the default isAll Designs):


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Note: To easily select all of the parameters, check the box next to Avai lab leparameters.

5. Click the Finishbutton. The new plot will appear in the Tree Viewand will bedisplayed in the Viewwindow:


Changing His tory p lo t prop er t ies

For information on changing plot properties, such as background color and gridlines, see

Changing the style of a ploton page49.


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Add ing, remo ving and edi t ing ser ies

Options for adding, removing and modifying series are located in the Plot Datagroup of the

Plotribbon.

To add a series to the plot

1. In the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon, click the Addbutton:

TheAdd Series to Plotdialog appears:

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3. Select a different Design Set, if desired.

4. Change the Labelfor the series, if desired.

5. Select the Do not ask again (reset in Options)checkbox to automatically use theselected data when creating future series, instead of displaying this dialog box. Formore information on this option, see thePlots section inOptionson page13.

To remove a series from the plot:

1. Select the series.

2. Click the Remove button:

Note: If you accidentally remove a series from the plot, simply add it back again byclicking the Addbutton and selecting the data for the series.

To change the series order

1. In the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon, click the series you want to move.


2. Click the Upor Downbuttons to move it in the list:


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The selected series is moved.

To modify data options

1. In the Series Datagroup of the Plotribbon, you can modify theY axis or Design Set

of the selected series by clicking on the respective dropdown and making a different

choice:

2. Select Show best design historyto draw a line between points on the plot that

show the progress of the best design from baseline to final.

Adju st ing ser ies sty le opt ion s

For information on changing series properties, such as style and color, seeChanging the

style of a ploton page49.


Changing the plo t range

For details on changing the plot range, such as normalizing the axes, defining the axis

range, and scaling the series, seeChanging the plot rangeon page55.


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2D Relation plots

Using a 2D Relation(scatter) plot, you can plot one variable or response against any other

within a design set. This allows you to view the relationship and trade-offs between the two

entities and compare those relationships in different parts of the design space.

To create a 2D Relation plot

1. In the General Plotsgroup of the Homeribbon, click the 2D Relationplot button:



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2. In the 2D Relation Plotdialog that appears, click on the Design Setdropdown,and select the set that the plot will reference (the default is All Designs):

3. Select one variable or response for the X-Axis Parameter:



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4. Select the variables and/or responses that you wish to include on theY-Axisin theplot:



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5. Click the Finishbutton. The new plot will appear in the Tree Viewand will bedisplayed in the ViewWindow:



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Changing 2D Relation plo t p roper t iesFor information on changing plot properties, such as background color and gridlines, see



The 2D Relationseries properties are located in the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon.



2. TheAdd Series to Plotdialog appears:



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3. From the Xdropdown, select the variable or response that you wish to plot on theX-axis for this new series.

4. FromYdropdown, select the variable or response that you wish to plot on the Y-axis for this new series.





1. Select the series.2. Click Remove:







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In the Series Datagroup of the Plotribbon, you can modify the Xaxis,Y axis, or Design Setof the selected series:

Adjusting series style options


style of a serieson page53.





3D Relation plots

A 3D Relationplot displays the relationship among three parameters. It plots the values of

any three variables or responses to analyze the relationship between the three items.

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semi-transparent plane is drawn to indicate the constraint limit.

To create a 3D Relation plot

1. In the General Plotsgroup of the Homeribbon, click the 3D Relationbutton:

2. In the 3D Relation Plotdialog that appears, click on the Design Setdropdown, andselect the set that the plot will reference (the default is All Designs):



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4. Select one or more variables or responses to plot on the Z-Axis:


5. Click the Finishbutton. The new plot will appear in the Tree Viewand will bedisplayed in the ViewWindow.

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The 3D Relation plot series properties are located in the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon.




2. Select different X,Y, or Zparameters, if desired.




5. Select the Do not ask again (reset in Options)checkbox to automatically use the

selected data when creating future series, instead of displaying this dialog box. Formore information on this option, see thePlots section inOptionson page13.

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2. Click Remove.


1. In the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon, click the series you want to move.2. Click the Upor Downbuttons to move it in the list:



In the Series Datagroup of the Plotribbon, you can modify the X,Y, orZ parameters and

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2D Bubble plots

A 2D Bubble plot displays the relationship among three parameters using symbol size. It is a

3D relation plot displayed in a 2D view, where the third dimension is represented by the size

of the symbol. With this plot, you are essentially looking down on a 3D view, where the larger

values are closer to you and, therefore, appear larger. You can add a fourth dimension to the

plot as a color in the Series Datasection of the plot.

To create a 2D Bubble plot

1. In the General Plotsgroup of the Homeribbon, click the 2D Bubblebutton:



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2. In the 2D Bubble Plotdialog that appears, click on the Design Setdropdown, andselect the set that the plot will reference (the default is All Designs):

3. Select both an X-Axis Parameterand aY-Axis Parameter:


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Changing 2D Bubble plo t prop er t ies

For information on changing plot properties, such as background color and gridlines, seeChanging the style of a ploton page49.


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2. From the Xdropdown, select the variable or response that you wish to plot on theX-axis for this new series.

3. FromYdropdown, select the variable or response that you wish to plot on the Y-axis for this new series.

4. From the Sizedropdown, select the variables/or response to define the symbolsize in the plot.

5. If you want to use color as a fourth dimension on the plot, select the variable orresponse to define what entity should be represented with a color on the plot.

6. Select a different Design Set from the dropdown, if desired.


8. Select the Do not ask again (reset in Options)checkbox to automatically use the

selected data when creating future series, instead of displaying this dialog box. For

more information on this option, see thePlots section inOptionson page13.




2. Click the Removebutton:


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In the Series Datagroup of the Plotribbon, you can modify the Xaxis,Y axis, Size, Design

Setor Colorof the selected series:




Changing th e plo t range



Parallel plots

A Parallelplot gives you a high-level, graphical view of the relationships between multiple

variables and responses at the same time. This allows you to identify the common aspects


of good, bad, or error designs. You can also use a Parallelplot to identify local minima or

compare the design aspects of different sets of designs.


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To create a Parallel plot

1. In the General Plotsgroup of the Homeribbon, click the Parallelbutton:

2. In the Parallel Plotdialog that appears, click on the Design Setdropdown, andselect the set that the plot will reference (the default is All Designs):



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The Parallel plot series properties are located in the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon.




2 The Add Series to Plot dialog appears:


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2. TheAdd Series to Plotdialog appears:



5. Click OK.


To remove a series from the plot:1. Select the series.

2. Click Remove:

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In the Series Datagroup of the Plotribbon, you can modify the Design Setof the selected

series and select filter options:

Filtering designs

Click on the Filtertool to control the filter options. The options in the Filtersection allow youto filter out some of the designs being displayed on the plot. The designs that get filtered out

are plotted in a light grey faded color. This is useful when you are exploring the data on the

plot and want to focus on a specific region of the design space without having to create a

new design set. Once you have identified a subset of the designs via filtering that you like,

you can create a design set from the active or inactive (filtered out) designs.


This area also allows you to plot only a subset of the variables or responses you selected

originally when you created the Parallel plot. This allows you to focus on a subset of the plot

data as you learn more about the data by reviewing the information on the plot. A variable or

response can be turned off by unselecting the checkbox next to it. Only the variables or

responses with the checkboxes active are shown on the plot.

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variables/responses you wish to use.

Note: Filtering does not change the scale of the variables on the plot. To change thescale, you will need to use the design set.

Moving and up dat ing i tems in th e Fi l ter l is t

The options to the right of the Filterlist allow you to move the list items and update the

location of the variables or responses on the plot. This is useful when you want to identify

any correlation between two variables or responses. This data is much easier to see when

the variables or responses being compared are next to each other on the plot.


Option Description

Moves the selected item to the top of the list.

Moves the selected item up one line in the list.

Moves the selected item down one line in the list.

Moves the selected item to the bottom of the list.


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Resets the values to their original settings.

Creating a Design Set from active or inactive designs

Once you have identified a subset of the designs via filtering that you like, you can create a

design set from the active or inactive (filtered out) designs.

The Create Design Set dropdown options enable you to quickly create a Design Setusing

either the active or inactive designs specified by the Filterlist.

Option Description

Create from activeCreates a new Design Setconsisting of the active designs includedby the Min and Max values in the filter list.

Create from inactiveCreates a new Design Setconsisting of the inactive designs excludedby the Min and Max values in the filter list.





Design Tables

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Design ID, Design Flag, Design Source, Design Rank, and values for any of the variables

and responses you choose to display when you create the table.

Using a Design Table, you can quickly look at the values of all variables and responses for a

design. The table can be sorted with respect to any attribute listed.

To create a Design Table1. In the General Plotsgroup of the Homeribbon, click the Design Tablebutton:


2. In the Design Tabledialog that appears, click on the Design Setdropdown, and


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select the set that the plot will reference (the default is All Designs):

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4. Click the Finishbutton. The new table will appear in the Tree Viewand will bedisplayed in the View Window.

Changing Design Table pro per t ies

The Design Tableproperties are located in the Plot Data group of thePlot ribbon:

To include additional optional data in the table

Select the checkbox next to each type of data you would like to optionally include in the

Design Table: Design ID, Design Flag, Design Sourceand/or Design Rank.


Edi t ing ser ies

The Design Tableseries properties are located in the Plot Datagroup of the Plotribbon. The

Design Tabledoes not support multiple series. It can only show designs from one design

set.

Note: For Data Tables, the Addand Removebuttons options are not available.

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