Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_manager.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_manager.m	(revision 6133)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_manager.m	(revision 6134)
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 		case 'transient_results',
 			plot_transient_results(md,options,subplotwidth,i);
-		case {'transient_thickness','transient_bed','transient_surface','transient_temperature','transient_melting','transient_vel','transient_vx','transient_vy','transient_vz','transient_pressure'}
-			plot_transient_field(md,options,subplotwidth,i,data);
+
+		case 'transient_field',
+			plot_transient_field(md,options,subplotwidth,i);
 			return;
 
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_transient_field.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_transient_field.m	(revision 6133)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_transient_field.m	(revision 6134)
@@ -8,11 +8,18 @@
 
 %Check that they are transient results
-if ~isfield(md.results,'transient'),
+if (~isfield(md.results,'Transient2DSolution') && ~isfield(md.results,'Transient3DSolution')),
 	error('plot_transient_field error message: no transient results in the model');
 end
 
+if md.dim==2,
+	transient=md.results.Transient2DSolution;
+else
+	transient=md.results.Transient3DSolution;
+end
+
 %Figure out the iterations to plot and check if it is possible
-steps=getfieldvalue(options,'steps');
-maxiteration=size(md.results.transient,2);
+maxiteration=size(transient,2);
+steps=getfieldvalue(options,'steps',1:1:maxiteration);
+
 if max(steps)>maxiteration | min(steps)<1,
 	error(['plot_transient_field error message: problem with the steps requested, must be an interger between 0 and ' num2str(maxiteration)]);
@@ -21,25 +28,6 @@
 
 %Figure out the field to plot
-if strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('vx'),2),
-	field='vx';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('vy'),2),
-	field='vy';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('vz'),2),
-	field='vz';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('vel'),3),
-	field='vel';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('pressure'),8),
-	field='pressure';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('melting'),6),
-	field='melting';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('temperature'),11),
-	field='temperature';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('bed'),3),
-	field='bed';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('thickness'),9),
-	field='thickness';
-elseif strncmpi(fliplr(data),fliplr('surface'),7),
-	field='surface';
-end
+
+field=getfieldvalue(options,'field','Vel');
 
 %process mes only once
@@ -50,6 +38,6 @@
 
 	%process data and change title if needed
-	[data datatype]=processdata(md,md.results.transient(steps(i)).(field),options);
-	options=changefieldvalue(options,'title',[field ' at time ' num2str(md.results.transient(steps(i)).time) ' a']);
+	[data datatype]=processdata(md,transient(steps(i)).(field),options);
+	options=changefieldvalue(options,'title',[field ' at time ' num2str(transient(steps(i)).time/md.yts) ' a']);
 
 	%create plot of step i
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plotdoc.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plotdoc.m	(revision 6133)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plotdoc.m	(revision 6134)
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@
 disp('                  - ''transient_vel'': this will display the velocity for the time steps requested in ''steps'' of a transient run');
 disp('                  - ''transient_vel'': vel can be by any field of the transient results (vx, vy, vz, vel, temperature, melting, pressure, bed, thickness, surface)');
+disp('                  - ''transient_field'': dynamic plot of results. specify ''steps'' option, as fell as ''field'' (defaults are all steps, for ''Vel'' field)');
 disp('                  - ''transient_movie'': this will display the time steps of a given field of a transient run');
 disp('                  - ''transient_movie_field'': field to be displayed when doing  transient_movie data display');