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Curve Attributes Panel - 3-D Plot

Curve Attributes Panel - 3-D Plot

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Curve Attributes Panel - 3-D Plot

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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, palette-24.

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Curve Attributes panel – Surface tab

hmtoggle_plus1greyCurves 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.

To change the attributes of a curve, it must first be selected from the curve list or picked from the window.  Attributes can be assigned to more than one curve at a time by selecting multiple curves from the list or pressing the ctrl key while picking curves from the window.  Attributes are applied only to selected curves. Selected curves are highlighted in the 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.

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Option

Description

On/Off

The On/Off buttons allow you to turn the selected curves on or off in the display.

Click On to display the selected curves.

Click Off to turn off the selected curves.  When a curve is turned off, the line and symbols are no longer displayed and the legend does not include the curve information.

Label On/Label Off

The Label On/Off buttons allow you to turn curve legends on or off in the display.

Click Label On to display the legend for the current plot.

Click Label Off to turn off the legend for the current plot.

Curve attributes can be manipulated using the options on the following tabs.

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Surface attributes can be assigned to curves to help differentiate curves on a plot, specifically for surface and waterfall plots.

Display mode

Surface plots can be displayed as:

3Dsurface_no_lines Displays the surface shaded without lines.

feature_lines_3D_plot Displays the surface as a wireframe.

mesh_lines_3D_plott Displays the surface shaded with lines.

 

Waterfall plots can be displayed as:

3d-shaded-24 Displays shaded waterfall slices.

3d-wireframe-24 Displays slice lines only.

3d-surface-24 Displays a waterfall as a shaded surface.

Opacity - The Opacity buttons set the surface attributes to:

Solid, solid_opacity3d

or

Transparent, transparent_opacity_3d.

Set the surface attributes color by selecting a color from the color palette.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Allows you to change the color of the bars.

How do I...

hmtoggle_plus1Apply a contour based on curve values:
1.From the HyperGraph 3D toolbar, click the Curve Attributes button, palette-24.
2.Select the Surface tab.
3.Activate the Contour checkbox.
4.Under Expression:, enter a math expression in terms of X, Y, and/or Z.
hmtoggle_plus1Change the color of a curve:
1.From the HyperGraph 3D toolbar, click the Curve Attributes button, palette-24.
2.Select the Surface tab.
3.Deactivate the Contour checkbox, if necessary.
4.Select a curve or curves from the Curves list.
5.From the color palette, select the new color for the curve.
hmtoggle_plus1Select a single curve:
1.From the HyperGraph 3D toolbar, click the Curve Attributes button, palette-24.
2.Select a curve from the Curves list.

Or

3.Pick a curve from the window.
4.The selected curve is highlighted in the list.
hmtoggle_plus1Select a range of curves:
1.From the HyperGraph 3D toolbar, click the Curve Attributes button, palette-24.
2.Select a curve from the Curves list.
3.Drag the pointer to include the curves above or below the selected curve.

Or

4.Select a curve from the list.
5.Hold down the SHIFT key and select another curve from the Curves list.
6.The range of curve names between the first and second selections is highlighted.
hmtoggle_plus1Select a non-contiguous range of curves:
1.From the HyperGraph 3D toolbar, click the Curve Attributes button, palette-24.
2.Hold down the CTRL key.
3.Select curve names from the curve list in any order.

Or

4.Hold down the CTRL key.
5.Pick the required curves from the window.
hmtoggle_plus1Select curves using the curve list buttons:
1.From the HyperGraph 3D toolbar, click the Curve Attributes button, palette-24.
2.Click All to select every curve in the list.

Or

Click None to deselect all highlighted curves in the list.

Or

Click Flip to exchange the currently selected curves for the unselected curves in the list.

Or

Click Displayed to select the curves in the list that are currently displayed in the active window.
hmtoggle_plus1View waterfall plots from a top view:
1.From the HyperGraph 3D toolbar, click the Curve Attributes button, palette-24.
2.Click Top on the view controls, located in the lower right corner of the application.
3.Select the Surface tab.
4.Activate the Contour check box.
5.Under Expression:, set the contour expression to Z to see the Z values represented as the contour.

See Also:

Edit Legend