Unlike our Windows only competitors, Tecplot Focus is a multi platform engineering tool that gives you total control to get all the types of plots you want for effective analysis, presentation, and publication. One of the key differentiators between Tecplot Focus and Tecplot 360 is that Tecplot Focus does not support CFD data formats, CFD analysis, and polyhedral grids.

Expanded Analysis with the Power of Python
Python is a powerful open source, object oriented extensible programming language. Python scripting was added to Tecplot Focus specifically for engineers who require additional analysis (FFTs, splines, statistical functions, etc.) or more scripting flexibility than macro writing/recording. Additionally, you can run your scripts on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms. Python offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools and comes with extensive standard libraries. Tecplot Focus 2008 users can now leverage the extensive set of open source libraries that are now available. The SciPy and NumPy scientific computing libraries are included, along with the Tk library for simple GUI development.

Some key features are:
Unique, multi frame layout
Macros and automation
XY, 2D, and 3D plotting (vector, scatter, contour, polar)
High quality vector and raster output

New User Interface
Streamlined layout with improved access to important features.
Double clicking buttons acts as a shortcut to the functions details menu.
Bounce and loop features were added to the animation options.
Improved animation options for slices and iso surfaces.

Easily Understand Complex Engineering Systems
Gain full understanding with multi dimensional parametric plots
XY, Polar, 2D and 3D plotting in one unified environment
Control over 2,500 attributes of your plot
Work with a unique multi frame workspace allowing up to 2048 drawing windows
Assign arbitrary independent axes for specialty plots
Apply multiple constraints to define and create performance envelopes
Create complex performance plots
Plot irregularly spaced data

Communicate Clearly and Effectively
Copy and paste your images/animations directly into PowerPoint, Word and other Microsoft Office applications
Publish and share results directly to the web
Export presentation quality vector and raster formats (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, WMF, PostScript, EPS)
Share your 3D results in the X3D open source standard

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