8.9.1. Defining a Default Plot Monitor

Rather than creating plot monitors manually, one of the existing ones, Turbulent.mst or workspace-basic.mst, can be duplicated and modified.

You can then select your modified file from Workspace > Load Layout in CFX-Solver Manager.

For example, you could modify a copy of the provided monitor file, Turbulent.mst, to include the new variables as follows:

Change these lines in Turbulent.mst

Variable Rule = CATEGORY = RESIDUAL ; SUBCATEGORY = RMS ; \
                EQN_TYPE = list:U-Mom/V-Mom/W-Mom/P-Mass

to

Variable Rule = CATEGORY = RESIDUAL ; SUBCATEGORY = RMS ; \
                EQN_TYPE = list:U-Mom/V-Mom/W-Mom/P-Mass/K-TurbKE/E-Diss.K

Note:  The monitor file Turbulent.mst can be found in the <CFXROOT>/etc/ directory.


The string for which a search is made can be found from the variable lists in the Plot Lines tab of the Monitors dialog box. For details, see Plot Lines Tab.