Contents of The Frame, the View, and the Plot Properties Tabbed Dialog

The Frame, the View, and the Plot Properties Tabbed Dialog

Whenever you choose any of the options from either the Plot 2D or Plot 3D submenu to create a plot, a rectangular frame appears on the screen. The region of Euclidean space shown inside the frame is referred to as the view.

To make changes to the size of the plot and to its placement in your document with the mouse, you must select the frame.
To make changes to a plot with the mouse, including changes to the x interval, or y interval, or any other attributes, you must select the view.

To make these changes using the Plot Properties dialog, you may select either the frame or the view.

$\blacktriangleright$ To select the frame

Click the frame.

You can click anywhere within the rectangle, including in any part of the plot that is showing in the frame.
Eight black handles (solid boxes) appear around the edges of the frame and one tool appears in the lower-right corner, indicating that the frame is selected. You select the frame to make changes to the size, shape, and placement of the plot.dtbpF2.2796in1.7677in0ptframe1.wmf

$\blacktriangleright$ To select the view

Double-click the frame.
You can double-click anywhere within the rectangle, including in any part of the plot that is showing in the frame.dtbpF158.8125pt110.375pt0ptFigure

Eight gray handles appear around the edges of the frame, and four tools appear along the right edge of the frame. When the mouse pointer is over the frame, it has the shape of a hand. In this state, the view is selected. You select the view to make changes to the functions that are being plotted, to the view intervals, and to many other attributes of the actual picture that appears in the frame.

$\blacktriangleright$ To bring up the Plot Properties tabbed dialog

1.

Click to select the frame, or double click to select the view.

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Click the dialog tool in the lower-right corner of the frame or view

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From the Edit menu, choose Properties

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This brings up the Plot Properties dialog with tabbed pages Frame, Labeling, Plot Components, Axes, and View.dtbpF301.875pt124.5625pt0ptFigure

The defaults for the frame settings can be changed on the Plot Frame page of the Maple Settings dialog.

$\blacktriangleright$ To bring up the Plot Properties tabbed dialog in advance of creating the plot

Place the insertion point to the right of an expression
Press CTRL while choosing the plot menu item.