D3PLOT 22.1

SELECT_STATES Choosing the Complete States to be Used for Output

SELECT_STATES Choosing the complete states to be used for output

The figure (right) shows the SELECT_STATES control panel.

By default all states in the file are selected for XY_PLOT output, but you may select any sub-set that you wish.

Once your selection is complete use APPLY to return to the main XY_PLOT menu.

The commands to select and modify the states selected for XY_PLOT output are identical to those used for animation. (Ref ANIM > Controlling the animation process .) However the internal storage of selected state numbers is totally separate: states selected for XY plotting will not affect those stored for animation, and vice-versa.

States may be selected using BY_TIME (start rime, interval, end time) or BY_STATE (start state, interval, end state)

It is also possible to select and deselect times from the STATE_LIST menu. Click on an undepressed state to select it, or on a depressed state to deselect it.

This menu always the shows what has been selected, regardless of the selection method used. And you can mix selection methods: for example you could select states by time, then modify the result in this menu.

Important notes on internal state lists:
Order is important:	The order in which states are selected is significant. If you pick entries #1, #4, #2 from the menu here, or when defining a <list>, then that is the order in which they will be processed. Implicit in this is the fact that states can be repeated, for example the sequence <#1, #2, #3, #2, #1> is quite legal, subject to the space restrictions below.
Space is limited:	The amount of space set aside for storing state lists is 2x the number of states available. Thus you could store the sequence <#1 - #n - #1>, but no more than this.

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