What Does "Eligible For Plotting" Mean?

What does "eligible for plotting" mean?

Entities are only included in a "scan" operation if they are currently available for plotting. This permits you to restrict the range of entities scanned using the same tools that are used to restrict what is plotted. The things that exclude them are: Blanking:

Blanked nodes/elements are excluded. The contribution of blanked elements to averaging data at nodes depends on the BLANKING_IGNORED switch.

Vol clipping:

Volume-clipped nodes/elements are excluded. The contribution of clipped elements to averaging data at nodes depends on the CLIPPING_IGNORED switch.

Note that an element which is off the current screen because of scale or view-point is still "eligible" for plotting.