XY and triangular graphs use curve segments to display data values. Each curve segment contains one or more data values and the attributes that determine how these data values are displayed. The Curve Segments Dialog is used to edit these curve segments.
The Curve Segments Dialog manages the list of curve segments displayed in the current graph.
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Curve Segments Table Control: displays the curve segments displayed in the current graph. |
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Edit Button: activates the Curve Segment Edit Dialog which enables you to change a curve segment's attributes. See below for documentation. |
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Commands Button: displays the commands menu enabling you copy, paste, clear, insert and delete rows of the curve segments table. See the documentation for Common Menu Commands for details. |
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Sort Button: selecting two or more rows and pressing the Sort button activates the Sort Attribute dialog . The dialog will sort the selected rows according to the selected data attribute. |
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Add Rows Button: adds rows to the end of the data table control. |
Pressing the Curve Segments Dialog's Edit button or double-clicking the left mouse button on a row in the dialog's table control activates the Curve Segment Edit dialog. This dialog enables you to enter attributes for the curves error bars, symbols, and lines.
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Segment Name Control: enables you to select one of the curve segments specified in the data values section. |
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Error Bar Type Control: enables you to specify tye type of error bar. The type can be X Only, Y Only, X and Y, or No Bar. Error bars are drawn using the accuracies entered with each data value. |
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Error Bar Size Control: enables you to specify length of the error bar top. |
A symbol is drawn at each data value. The dialog enables you to edit five symbol attributes:
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Symbol Type Control: enables you to specify the symbol's shape, e.g., circle, square, diamond. You can also specify 'No Symbol' in which case no symbol will be drawn. |
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Symbol Size Control: enables you to specify the symbol's diameter. |
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Symbol Thickness Control: every symbol is drawn with a border. The Thickness control enables you to specify the size of that border. |
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Border Color Control: every symbol is drawn with a border. The Border Color control enables you to specify the color of that border. |
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Inside Color Control: every symbol is drawn as an area surrounded by a border. The Inside Color control enables you to specify the color of the symbol's inside area. |
A line is drawn between two consecutive data values. (Use the Sort capability of the Triangular Data Values Edit Dialog to arrange data values in consecutive order.)
The dialog enables you to edit five line attributes:
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Line Type Control: enables you to specify the line's style, e.g., solid, arrow at the start, arrow at the end, arrow at the start and end. You can also specify 'No Line' in which case no lines will be drawn. |
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Line Thickness Control: enables you to specify the thickness of the drawn line. |
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Line Color Control: enables you to specify the color of the drawn line and arrows. |
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Arrow Length Control: enables you to specify the length of the displayed arrows. |
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Arrow Angle Control: enables you to specify the angle or sharpness of the displayed arrows. |
Error bar, symbol, and line attributes are combined into a curve segment.
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Example Display Control: displays the results of your error bar, symbol, and line attribute choices. |
| Topic | Description |
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| Triangular Graph Chapter | document chapter that displays and manages triangular data and graph entities. |
| Creating Graphs | discusses the procedure and several detailed examples of creating graphs of physical property values. |