recorder plot

[kadirtopcu]

recorder plot dis.out displacement 1200 10 400 400 -columns 2 1;

could someone explain what -column 2 1 is? how do we decide these two numbers (2 and 1)? are they any of column numbers or not? and when I change 1200 10 into 0 0, what is happening?

Also, when I use this recorder plot, just a small window is shown up!

could someone help me please?

thanks

[fmk]

the first int after -columns defines which column in the output files will be used as x axis and you can guess what the second int defines.

the first 2 values give the x,y location on the screen, the second the size of the image .. i.e. 1200 10 0 0 would place it at 1200,10 with a size of 0x0 and hence the tiny size!

[kadirtopcu]

thanks for your answer, one more question : what could be the reason of not to see anything else apart from a small window? I mean there is no graphics, window is empty.

[fmk]

did you check the output file .. also during the analysis the date file is no longer being closed on every write to force data into the file, if yu want to see the plot as the analysis is progressing you will need to use the -closeOnWrite option with the recorder command.

[kadirtopcu]

thank you, it was so helpful.