High quality FEM-postprocessing and visualization using a gnuplot based toolchain

In the paper a toolchain for postprocessing and visualization of simulation datas, arising in fnite element computations is described. This toolchain is based on gnuplot and free software. It is developed on the simulation problem of thermoelasticity, but it is not restricted on this problem class and adaptable on all other simulation problems, dealing with scalar- and vector fields. The most involved programs are gnuplot, perl, make and ffmpeg.