21-04-2012, 04:07 PM
Scientific Data Visualization
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Scientific Data
Any data or data-formats used in science or engineering can be referred as scientific data
In most of applications, hereby, we define scientific data as massive and digital data with a variety of data formats
Data can be floating-point data, integer data, image data, and clip data
Format are various.
Data dimensions (1-D, 2-D, 3-D or more)
Data Visualization
Data visualization: technique tool used to help researchers understand and/or interpret data
It is a specific area in visualization, although it utilizes the same or similar techniques as used in other visualization.
The data visualization deal with rare data, which is difficult to understand.
Closed with data analysis methods and techniques
Data Visualization Tools
There are many data-visualization tools. Some of them are built inside data analysis package , Matlab, , while others are available in either commercial or individual visualization packages
Most of cases, data visualization tools should be developed based on specific need.
Converting data sometimes becomes very important step in deploying specific data to existing software or programming environment.
Basic TecPlot guide
Creating a Contour Plot with Structured Data
On the sidebar, select the Selector Tool (top right) in the Tools buttons. Click on the axis and the entire plot will be selected. While cursor appears as a crosshair, click and drag the plot until it is centered in the frame.
Go to Field/Contour/Contour Legend and toggle on Show Contour Legend. Select Align Horizontal. Close the dialog.