XY plots are a convenient way to display results quantities on a graph.
In the Results Viewer, XY plots can display multiple quantities on one graph.
You can make XY plots visible in animations.
You can create any number of XY plots.
You can display multiple values on a single XY plot.
Plots are persistent across both simulation runs and database opens and saves. If one or more plots exist and results are deleted, the plots are all hidden. When a new simulation is run and results are present, all of the existing plots are regenerated with the new simulation data. Those that were previously visible become visible again.
Plots are owned by the objects from which they take their values. If all of the objects that share ownership of a plot are deleted, then the plot itself is automatically deleted.
When in the modeling mode, plots are still visible as icons in the Browser, but they cannot be modified.