Plot

Figure D-12: Visualization Browser with Plot Properties Displayed

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These properties control plot object visualizations. For each property, the type of control and the values that can be assigned are listed, along with the property identifier and allowed values for use by the iTools Procedural Interface. For a description of how a particular control is used, refer to Property Controls.

Table D-42: Plot Properties 

Interface:
Property Name
Control Type: Values
API:
Property Identifier
API:
Allowed Values

Vertex Colors Color Table

User Defined: By selecting Edit Color → Table Edit access the color table to manipulate plot color values

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None

None

Plot transparency

Number: Percent transparency of plot. Move slider to change value.

Default = 0

TRANSPARENCY

Integer from 0 to 100.

Color

Color: Color for the plot line. Click to choose from the default color palette, or specify RGB values. Default = [0,0,0] (black)

COLOR

3D integer array of the form:

[R, G, B]

Each color value may range from 0 to 255.

Line style

Line Style: Style for the plot line. Select a style from the list. Default = Plot-03.jpg(solid line)

LINESTYLE

An integer value specifying a predefined line style, or a two-element vector specifying a stippling pattern.

The predefined line styles are:

0 (Solid line--the default)

1 (Dotted)

2 (Dashed)

3 (Dash dot)

4 (Dash dot dot dot)

5 (Long dash)

6 (No line drawn)

To define your own stippling pattern, specify a two-element vector [repeat, bitmask], where repeat indicates the number of times consecutive runs of 1's or 0's in the bitmask should be repeated. (That is, if three consecutive 0's appear in the bitmask and the value of repeat is 2, the line will have six consecutive bits turned off.) The value of repeat must be in the range 1 <= repeat <= 255.

The bitmask indicates which pixels are drawn and which are not along the length of the line. Bitmask is most conveniently specified as a 16-bit hexadecimal value.

For example, LINESTYLE = [2, 'F0F0'X] describes a dashed line (8 bits on, 8 bits off, 8 bits on, 8 bits off).

Thickness

Line Thickness: Thickness for the plot line. Select a thickness from the list. Default = 1

THICK

A floating-point value between 1.0 (the default) and 10.0.

Minimum value

Number: Minimum value to include in the plot. Edit the number to change the value.

MIN_VALUE

Floating point value

Maximum value

Number: Maximum value to display in the plot. Edit the number to change the value.

MAX_VALUE

Floating point value

Histogram plot

Boolean: Display plot as a histogram? Choose True or False. Default = False

HISTOGRAM

0 (Do not display)

1 (Display)

Points to average

Number: Number of points to average when drawing the plot. Edit to change the value. Default = 1

NSUM

Integer

Polar plot

Boolean: Display plot as a polar plot? Choose True or False. Default = False

POLAR

0 (Do not display)

1 (Display)

Fill plot

Boolean: Fill between plot lines? Choose True or False. Default = False

FILL_BACKGROUND

0 (Do not fill)

1 (Fill)

Fill level

Number: Level at which to begin the plot fill. Edit the number to change the value. Default = 0

FILL_LEVEL

Floating point value

Fill color

Color: Color for the plot fill. Fill transparency must be less than 100%. Click to choose from the default color palette, or specify RGB values. Default = [128, 128, 128]

FILL_COLOR

3D integer array of the form:

[R, G, B]

Each color value may range from 0 to 255.

Fill transparency

Number: Transparency of the plot fill from 0% to 100%. Move the slider to change the value. Default = 0

FILL_TRANSPARENCY

Integer from 0 to 100.

ZVALUE

Number: Z value of plane on which to project the plot. Edit the number to change the value.

Z value

Floating point value

Symbol

Symbol: Symbol to appear at regular intervals on the plot line. Choose a symbol from the list. Default = No symbol

SYM_INDEX

0 (No symbol)

1 (Plus sign)

2 (Asterisk)

3 (Period)

4 (Diamond)

5 (Triangle)

6 (Square)

7 (X)

8 (Right arrowhead)

9 (Left arrowhead)

Symbol size

Number: Factor from 0 - 1 determining the size of the selected symbol. Move slider to change the size. Default = 0.2

SYM_SIZE

Floating point between 0 and 1.

Use default color

Boolean: Activate Symbol color property. Choose True or False. Default = False

USE_DEFAULT_COLOR

0 (Do not activate symbol color property)

1 (Activate symbol color property)

Symbol color

Color: Color for the selected symbol. Click to choose from the default color palette, or specify RGB values. Default = [0,0,0] (black)

SYM_COLOR

3D integer array of the form:

[R, G, B]

Each color value may range from 0 to 255.

Symbol thickness

Number: Line thickness from 1 - 9.9 for the selected symbol. Move slider to change the thickness. Default = 1.

SYM_THICK

A floating-point value between 1.0 (the default) and 9.9.

Symbol increment

Number: Interval at which symbols will be displayed on the plot line. Influenced by Number of points to average (listed previously). Edit to change the value. Default = 1

SYM_INCREMENT

Integer