Curve Attributes
Curve attributes, such as line style, color, and weight as well as symbol style and color and data attributes, are located on the Curve Attributes panel.
Curve List
The Curve List displays the names of the curves in the current window.
From the drop-down menu, you can select the curve type: Line, Surface, Waterfall, Query Lines, or Bar Chart. This displays only curves of that type in the Curves list.
- All
- Selects every curve in the list.
- None
- Deselects all highlighted curves in the list.
- Flip
- Exchanges the currently selected curves for the unselected curves in the list.
- Displayed
- Selects the curves in the list that are currently displayed in the active window.
Curve and Label Display
Curves and legends can be displayed or hidden in the graphics window.
- On/Off
- The On/Off buttons allow you to turn the selected curves on or off in the display.
- Label On/Label Off
- The Label On/Off buttons allow you to turn curve legends on or off in the display.
Surface Attributes
Surface attributes can be assigned to curves to help differentiate curves on a plot, specifically for surface and waterfall plots.
- Display Mode
- Displays the surface shaded without lines.
- Displays the surface as a wireframe.
- Displays the surface shaded with lines.
- Display Mode
- Displays shaded waterfall slices.
- Displays slice lines only.
- Displays a waterfall as a shaded surface.
- Opacity
- Solid
- Transparent
- Contour
- Click Contour and define the contour values using
one of the following:
- Expression
- Enter a math expression to define contour values. You can use the default X, Y, Z selections or use your own math expression.
- Discrete contour
- Produces discrete color bands on contour plots with distinct boundaries between contour levels.
- Edit legend
- Click Edit legend: to edit the contour legend.
Line Attributes
Line thickness can be assigned to a curve. The line weight for each curve is displayed in the legend. Click on a line weight to change the thickness of the currently selected curves.
Any of the 64 colors can be assigned to a curve. Select a color from the color palette to change the color of the selected curves.
- Shade area under line
- Fills in the area under the curve line with a solid color.
- Shade intensity
- If you select Shade area under line, you can determine the shade intensity by either entering a value directly or using the slider bar.
- Contour
- Click Contour and define the contour values by entering a math expression to define contour values. You can use the default X, Y, Z selections or use your own math expression.
Line Symbol
Symbols can be placed on a curve to indicate data points. There are nine different symbols available. To mark the data points on the currently selected curves, select a symbol from the symbol palette. Click None to remove a symbol from a line.
The frequency of the symbol placement is determined by the Every field. By default, Every is set to 1 so symbols are placed at each data point. To change the symbol frequency, enter a number in the Every field. For example, if Every is set to 5, a symbol is placed at every fifth data point on the curve.
You can also change the size of the symbol by using the up and down arrows, or entering a value in the Size field.
Any of the 64 colors can be assigned to a symbol. Select a color from the color palette to change the color of the symbols on the selected curves.
Bar Chart
Allows you to change the color of the bars.