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- ** File: TPPlot5.hlp
- ** Index: 35
-
- ** Plot View's Format Menu commands
-
-
- █ Format menu
-
- This menu contains commands that change
- plot attributes of 2D and 3D plot objects.
- Most of the formats of 2D plot objects can
- be accessed by double clicking on the
- object itself.
-
-
- █ Object Format
-
- The Format | Object Format command lets
- you change the format of the selected plot
- object. When an object is selected and
- this menu command is invoked, the format
- dialog box for the selected object will be
- displayed. There are many types of objects
- in Plot View. Each of them has its own
- format dialog box as described below:
-
- Line
-
- Area Symbol
-
- Arrow
-
- 2D Text
-
- Frame
-
- Axis
-
- Normal Curve
-
- 2D Bar
-
- Base Line
-
- Polar Axes
-
- Smith Axes
-
- Step Curve
-
- Box Plot
-
- Hi-lo Plot
-
-
- █ 3D Curve
-
- The Format | 3D Curve command lets you
- change the attributes of a 3D curve
- (scatter) plot.
-
-
- █ 3D Bar
-
- The Format | 3D Bar command lets you
- change the attributes of a 3D bar chart.
-
-
- █ 3D Surface
-
- The Format | 3D Surface command lets
- you change the attributes of a 3D surface
- plot.
-
-
- █ 3D Axes
-
- This menu contains three sub-menu
- commands. These are all related to the
- change of 3D axes format. When any one
- of these command is invoked, the 3D Axis
- Format dialog box is displayed.
-
-
- █ X Axis
-
- This command lets you changes the 3D
- X-Axis format.
-
-
- █ Y Axis
-
- This command lets you changes the 3D
- Y-Axis format.
-
-
- █ Z Axis
-
- This command lets you changes the 3D
- Z-Axis format.
-
-
- █ Contours
-
- The Format | Contours command lets you
- add contour level lines to a selected 3D
- surface plot. It displays the Add Contour
- dialog box as follows.
-
- Contour List: List of current contour
- level values.
-
- Clean All: This command button cleans
- all contour level values currently
- listed in the Contour List.
-
- New Contour: Set the new contour value
- and color. Use the Add button to add
- it to the Contour List.
-
- Add: This command button adds a contour
- specified in the New Contour area to
- the Contour List.
-
- Z Min: Show the minimum value of z-axis.
-
- Z Max: Show the maximum value of z-axis.
-
- Draw Contour Only: Turn the Draw Contour
- Only option on / off. If this is
- checked, only the contour level lines
- are drawn in a 2D rectangular graph.
- You can also turn on this option from
- the 3D Surface Format dialog box.
-
-
- █ Axis Mode
-
- The following is a list of axis mode
- supported by TechPlot.
-
- Linear Normal: This is the most common
- axis number format. It uses the
- general decimal number notation.
-
- Linear Exp: This mode uses scientific
- notation for numbers.
-
- Log: This mode is the based 10
- logarithm axis.
-
- Ln: This mode is the natural
- logarithm axis.
-
- Logit: This mode is the logit
- transformation axis. It is given by
- the formula below:
- logit(y)=ln(y/(100-y))
-
- Probit: This mode is the probit
- transformation axis. It is given by
- the following formula:
- probit(y)=NormalDev(y)
- where NormalDev(y) is the normal
- derivative of y.
-
- Day: This uses days of a week as axis
- notation. The conversion internally
- is as follows: For any number, find
- its integer part, then do a module 7
- operation. That is, convert any
- number to an integer ranging from 0
- to 6. 0=Sunday, 1=Monday, 2=Tuesday,
- 3=Wednesday, 4=Thursday, 5=Friday,
- 6=Saturday.
-
- Month: This uses month of a year as
- axis notation. The conversion
- internally is as follows: For any
- number, find its integer part, then
- do a module 12 operation (plus one).
- That is, convert any number to
- integer ranging from 1 to 12.
- 1->January, 2->February, etc.
-
-