Set Up the Simulator View
The default display settings of the simulator view are not ideal for studying the simulation output. However, there are a number of possibilities for setting up the display.
Switch to joint view
RTflow offers two different views for displaying a number of signals: Split view, which shows each graph individually on its own row, and joint view, which shows all signals in one common coordinate system. In split view, the graphs will always be vertically scaled automatically to fit into its narrow row. In joint view, the graphs will be automatically scaled so that all graphs fit into the view. However, in joint view, it is possible to zoom vertically.
- Click the Joint View button in the simulator's toolbox. The graphs will be plotted in one common area. However, since the control value varies between 0 and over 2000, it completely dominates the plot. The process value, which we are more interested in, varies between 0 and slightly over 2, so it has been scaled down vertically so that it looks like a horizontal line.
Remove uninteresting graphs
By using the checkboxes by the signals' names in the signal area, it is possible to choose the graphs to be displayed in joint view. A maximum of three graphs can be viewed at the same time. For details, see the The Display Column section. When adding or removing a graph, the graph area will be rescaled so that all of the graphs in the new set fit into the view.
- Remove the graphs of control and pre_control by unchecking their checkboxes. The graph area will automatically rescale so that the variation of process can be seen.
- Add the graph of setpoint by checking its checkbox.
Change graph color
Each graph can be given an individual color.
- Click the black square to the right of the checkbox for the process signal.
- Select a color in the color picker, for example green.
- Click OK.
Expand the graph area
You can freely resize and remove columns in the signal area and resize the graph area to get a better view.
- Remove the Type column by right-clicking on the title bar above the signal area and uncheck Type.
- Remove the Force column in the same manner.
- Reduce the size of the Signal column by dragging the separator between the Signal column and the Value column in the title bar to the left, so that there is just about room to show the signal names.
- Drag the separator between the signal area and the graph area to the left, so that it coincides with the right edge of the Display column.