OOF2: The Manual
The Output
classes provide ways of
extracting data from Meshes. Different kinds
of Outputs
produce different kinds of
data. Contour
plots, for example, display the results of a Scalar Output at
locations determined by a Position Output.
Outputs
are used for graphical output by
some DisplayMethod classes,
for post-processing on the Analysis and Boundary Analysis pages,
and as data for
scheduled
outputs.
The three categories of outputs are
-
ScalarOutputs
: These are Outputs whose result is a single number at each evaluation point. They are used as thewhat
argument in the contour plotting commands, for example. -
PositionOutputs
: These are Outputs whose result is a position. They are used as thewhere
argument in plotting commands. -
AggregateOutputs
: These are Outputs whose result is a (possibly) multidimensional object, such as aField
orFlux
. They are used when interactively queryingMesh
data with the Data Viewer. Many of theScalarOutputs
are alsoAggregateOutputs
.