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20030411: Selecting variables from multiple files
- Subject: 20030411: Selecting variables from multiple files
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:19:10 -0600
John-
In the ability to use multiple files for variables in display a graph, I
tried to
use some arbitrary function = f(TA, QV) and in designing the formula (in
this case, I
just used: (TA + QV) ), the following display came up allowing me to
choose which
variable (from the desired file) that I'd like to use... (that's a good
design)...
TA QV
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2.v5d
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2.v5d
3D grid 3D grid
TA TA
QV QV
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2BB.v5d
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2BB.v5d
3D grid 3D grid
TA TA
QV QV
But when I wanted to utilize the arbitrary function: (TA + TA) and use
the first "TA" from
one file and use the second "TA" from the other file, say, the IDV
choice came up with :
TA
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2.v5d
3D grid
TA
QV
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2BB.v5d
3D grid
TA
QV
Thus, I wasn't able to select a variable (TA in this case) from one file
and also select the second TA (in "(TA + TA)"), from a second file...
I wonder if there shouldn't be something of this nature display:
TA (for 1st occurrence of TA in "TA + TA") TA (for 2nd occurrence
of TA in "TA + TA")
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2.v5d
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2.v5d
3D grid 3D grid
TA TA
QV QV
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2BB.v5d
C\IDV_Stuff\vis5d_stuff\MET_CROSS_2BB.v5d
3D grid 3D grid
TA TA
QV QV
This would allow the user to pick the TA of whichever file they wanted
for each or any of
the TAs in the formula... So, with this type of system, it seems as
though when the variables are not alike (ie.: "TA + QV"), one can
utilize the feature of using various variables from different files but
if the formula had all like variables, (ie.: "TA + TA"), one may not be
able to select the appropriate file for each "TA", in this case, to use
in graphing the results....
The idea was that if a variable is used more than once in a formula,
it was assumed to be the same variable (ie. T-TD/T). So, if you
had the variable in the formula 10 times, you didn't have to
select it 10 times. In the meantime, you could...
(There may be better ways to accomplish this problem, Don, but the main
thing (right now) is just to make you aware of this problem...)....
....create a formula (D1+D2) (or TA1 + TA2 - anything to make
them different) and it should allow you choose arbitrary
values. This way you could create an arbitrary formula
for addition and then select whatever you want to add.
Having the variable names does not give you automatic
selection in the datatree anyway, so using generic names
is just as well.
Don Murray
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