--- title: "The Long Section Plot - Urban Results | Technical Reference" slug: "the-long-section-plot-urban-results" description: "Learn about the long section plot on the results tab when running your 1D urban simulation. " tags: ["viewing results", "1D urban modelling"] updated: 2022-09-21T12:58:47Z published: 2022-09-21T12:58:48Z canonical: "help.floodmodeller.com/the-long-section-plot-urban-results" stale: true --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.floodmodeller.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Long Section Plot - Urban Results The **Long Section (Urban Results)** window is accessed via the **Long Section** button on the **Results** tab (when in **1D Urban** selection mode). Alternatively, this is accessed via the right-click menu (from the map or network table) of a selected node/link. The window not only contains options related to visualising the plot, but also displays the plot itself. The top **Toolbar** includes a button to access the **Quick-Edit Tool**, and additional functionality is also available via the **right-click menu**. ![UrbanSimulationsimagesurbanlongsection.PNG](https://cdn.document360.io/5074bc26-a9ef-4bf4-b1de-a5c6ce628aca/Images/Documentation/UrbanSimulationsimagesurbanlongsection.PNG) #### Result file selection The **Results** field displays results being plotted in the chart. If results for the simulation associated to the urban network are available, these will automatically populate this field. If no results are available, this field will be blank (and the chart will plot the underlying elevation data only). The button to the right of the **Results** field opens a standard Windows file explorer window to browse to results (.out) files. When a new results file is selected, the **Results** field will be automatically updated. --- #### Node selection **Start Node** This dropdown field contains the first node of the **Long Section** plot. By default, it will be automatically filled based on selected nodes (in the **map** view or in the **1D Urban Network** panel), or the first of your network if no nodes were selected when the plot was opened. **End Node** This dropdown field contains the last node of the **Long Section** plot. By default, it will be automatically filled based on selected nodes (in the **map** view or in the **1D Urban Network** panel), or the last node of your network if no nodes were selected when the plot was opened. **Plot** This button refreshes the plot displayed after start and/or end nodes have been adjusted. Note:The **Links in Profile** list (please see below) shows the links included in the route of the plot. This updates automatically when the **Plot** button is clicked. --- #### Time range selection **Date** This dropdown field displays the date of the **Long Section** plot currently displayed. A horizontal scrollbar beneath this field indicates where in the simulation this value occurs. By default this value will be 0 (the start of the simulation). **Time of Day** This dropdown field displays the time of the **Long Section** plot currently displayed. A horizontal scrollbar beneath this field indicates where in the simulation this value occurs. By default this value will be 0 (the start of the simulation). **Elapsed Time** This field contains the time after the start of the simulation at which the **Long Section** plot is currently displayed. By default this value will be 0 (the start of the simulation). --- #### Animation controls From the left-hand-side, the plot animation controls are: **Rewind to Start**, **Play backwards**, **Pause** and **Play**. The bar provided below the buttons controls the animation speed. --- #### Profile links This list displays all links included in the route of the plot. This updates automatically when the **Node Selection - Plot** button (please see above) is clicked. --- #### Quick-Edit functionality The button in the top left of the plot window opens the **Quick Edit** tool for the current plot. This tool provides access to the most common chart editing functions, categorised into different tabs, as follows. **Series** This tab provides options to turn off/on series included in the plot. When a series is turned off from here, the reference to it will also be removed from the legend. Series can also be turned off on the plot by unticking the relevant checkbox in the legend. **Axes** This tab provides options to set custom ranges and increment step sizes for all axes. You can also edit the axis titles **Legend** This tab provides options to show/hide the chart legend, and change legend location. **Styles** This tab provides options to change colours, line and point styles and edit series titles. **General** This tab provides options to customise chart title and sub-title (including option to hide sub-title). The automatic main title describes the type of chart, the simulation period the data are taken from and the node range selected. The automatic sub-titles define the results file locations for each dataset. This is to prevent long series titles in the legend – instead each series has a reference number, e.g. “(1)”, that relates to a results file listed in the sub-title. --- #### Toolbar functionality In addition to the **Quick Edit Tool** (see above), the chart toolbar also provides the following tools and functions: **Print** Sends chart display to a nominated printer **Copy Image to Clipboard** This copies the image to enable chart insertion into reports **Copy Data to Clipboard** This copies the chart data to enable post-processing in other software, e.g. MS Excel **Export Image** Saves chart as image file (multiple format options available, e.g. png, jpg, etc.). Save function also allows some customisation, e.g. resolution and extent of image file created. **Line Width** Option to quickly thicken all series lines on chart to aid viewing. **Show Max HGL** Checkbox to display maximum hydraulic grade line on the plot. --- #### Right-click menu functionality All 1D urban chart types include a right-click menu with the following options: **Quick Edit** This opens the **Quick-Edit** chart formatting tool. Please see above for futher details. **Edit Chart/Series** This provides access to the full suite of chart formatting tools to create a custom chart (note these settings will not all be retained in subsequent charts). **Print** Options are provided to **Print**, and to access the **Print Setup** and **Print Preview** windows. **Copy Image to Clipboard** This copies the image to enable chart insertion into reports **Copy Data to Clipboard** This copies the chart data to enable post-processing in other software, e.g. MS Excel **Export Image** Saves chart as image file (multiple format options available, e.g. png, jpg, etc.). Save function also allows some customisation, e.g. resolution and extent of image file created.