Saving and Reusing Views and Plots

As you work with your project data in Tecplot RS, you may find it useful to be able to save an interesting plot or view so that you can quickly return to it later. You can do this in three different ways:

• Custom 3D View - Stores the current 3D view (rotation, center, and perspective) as the main 3D view of your project. Later, you can easily return to this view. This view is stored in and saved with your Tecplot RS project file.

• Templates - Define plot settings that you can apply to any data set, not just the current one. Settings included in templates include plot type, paper layout, multi-frame settings, variable selections, and layer toggles. Templates are saved in files on your computer and are not associated with any particular data set or project.

• Plot Gallery - Stores plot settings that apply to a particular data set. This includes everything stored in a template, plus data-dependent options such entities, time steps, and view (pan, zoom, rotate). The only settings not saved in the Gallery are the settings in Plot Options (which apply to all plots in the project). Gallery plots are stored in and saved with your Tecplot RS project file.