Tecplot 360 includes access to the following manuals, HTML Help, and an online forum to help you explore all of Tecplot 360’s features. Your installation includes these manuals in the doc folder within your installation folder.

• Installation Guide - These instructions give a detailed description of how to install Tecplot 360 on your machine.
• Getting Started Manual - New Tecplot 360 users are encouraged to work through the tutorials provided in the Getting Started Manual. These tutorials highlight how to work with key features in Tecplot 360.
• User’s Manual - This manual provides a complete description of working with Tecplot 360 features.

• Scripting Guide - This guide provides Macro and Python command syntax and information on working with Macro and Python files and commands.
• Quick Reference Guide - This guide provides syntax for zone header files, macro variables, keyboard shortcuts, and more.
• Data Format Guide - This guide provides information on outputting simulator data to Tecplot 360 file format.
• Add-on Developer’s Kit - User’s Manual - This manual provides instructions and examples for creating add-ons for Tecplot 360.
• Add-on Developer’s Kit - Reference Manual - This manual provides syntax for the functions included in the add-on kit.
• Release Notes - These notes provide information about new and/or updated Tecplot 360 features.

By Tecplot Support on July 20, 2012 · in Display - Look&Feel, Linux, Tecplot 360, Tecplot Focus

Your Tecplot Linux Ubuntu Unity user interface workspace (e.g., Ubuntu version 12.04) may exhibit translucency, that is, all the open application screens remain visible underneath Tecplot. To disable this translucency you may instruct Linux xlib to manage the colors natively as RGB.

Do this by setting the environment variable in a command line, or in any .bashrc or .profile file:

export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1