With a plot, it is possible to not display specific data in certain elements. The area to be hidden is defined in a separate ASCII “hide” file by specifying the corresponding element numbers. The format of this file corresponds to the input format of the model file (16x, 9 (I6, A1), A1) starting from the first row without a data identifier or comment line. The data values are arbitrary or can be missing. If the node or element numbers have more than 6 digits (INUM6), the corresponding format (e.g. INUM7) must be specified in the first line of the "hide" file.

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