# Unable to Plot or See the displacement and load plots **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [September 23, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713 "2024-09-23T19:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Adams](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Adams)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713/1 "2024-09-23T19:48:51Z")
Dear [@itascan](https://forum.itascainternational.com/groups/itascan) I have tried all possible ways that I know to query my output so I can view the displacement plot. I noted that the number of steps is 11, I set the horizontal axis to a range of 1-11 and noticed my displacement ranges from 0 to 1e-3 but I still cannot view the displacement. Please help! ![Model_Displacement](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/itasca/original/2X/b/bb8abd6b6f0853537ec6059fddf70331fb0685e4.png) ---
**Author:** ![jwang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@jwang](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/jwang)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713/2 "2024-09-23T20:08:54Z")
By default, the sampling interval for history is every 10 steps, you may decrease the interval via history interval [i] command, so more history data can be sampled ---
**Author:** ![Adams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Adams](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Adams)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713/3 "2024-09-23T20:18:49Z")
Oh, great! It is good to know that. However, I just did and still having the same issue. ![Model-Displace](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/itasca/original/2X/3/3d113e9f5da35adc72debc89645ba861179dc6fa.png) ---
**Author:** ![dblanksma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dblanksma](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/dblanksma)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713/4 "2024-09-23T20:28:52Z")
@Adams, Try: 1. refreshing the plot 2. remove the sqaure brackets on the **history interval** command 3. Check that the plot series has solid color line 4. If all else fails, try and make a new plot with zone history. ---
**Author:** ![Adams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Adams](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Adams)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713/5 "2024-09-23T20:37:49Z")
Thank you! I created a new plot and it worked. However, I have two more concerns 1. The plots are negative, How do I make it to be plotted positively? 2. I am interested in plotting displacement vs depths, how can I do this? I would ![M-Displace](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/itasca/original/2X/5/5d6e1b62d725187be262ad074d9d2ff680e50b58.png) appreciate your help! ---
**Author:** ![dblanksma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dblanksma](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/dblanksma)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713/6 "2024-09-24T14:54:27Z")
1. You can select the reverse checkboxes for the X or Y axes from the Series dropdown: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/itasca/original/2X/e/e6da79cf854b650411bad064bab3a5dd47f0ea92.png) 2. If you want to create a plot of displacement (or any zone attribute) at locations in space you will need to use Zone Field Data. The instructions to use this logic are given [here](https://docs.itascacg.com/itasca910/flac3d/docproject/source/elements/zones/zones.html?node3621#zone-field-data-names). ---
**Author:** ![Adams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Adams](https://forum.itascainternational.com/u/Adams)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.itascainternational.com/t/unable-to-plot-or-see-the-displacement-and-load-plots/1713/7 "2024-09-24T15:25:29Z")
I appreciate your help!