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- ** File: TPSheet7.hlp
- ** Index: 27
-
- ** Sheet View's Plot Menu Commands
-
-
- █ Plot menu
-
- This menu contains commands that
- creates new graphs. There are several
- 2D and 3D plot types. Although it is
- easy to create and modify plots with
- TechPlot, thought and planning are
- still required in order to produce a
- high quality graph. The first step
- is to decide on the most suitable plot
- type. Many different plot types can be
- used to display the same data set, but
- some are more effective than others
- under certain circumstances.
-
-
- █ 2D Curve
-
- This menu contains three 2D curve
- related commands: scatter/line, polar,
- and error bar. These plot types (2D
- rectangular curve, polar curve, error
- bar) are the most common methods of
- graphical representation. These commands
- produce 2D data plots with or without
- line connection. If the data set
- represents observed data points, then the
- plot will be just the data points listed
- on the data sheet. If there is a model or
- function in connection to the data you
- selected, a smooth curve will be produced.
-
- █ XY Lines
-
- This command sets up 2D line and
- scatter plot types in a Cartesian
- coordinate system.
-
- █ Polar
-
- This command sets up 2D line and
- scatter plot type in a Polar
- coordinate system.
-
- █ Error Bar
-
- This command sets up 2D error bar
- plot type in a Cartesian coordinate
- system.
-
-
- █ 2D Bar chart
-
- This menu contains commands to create
- a 2D bar chart. A bar chart plot draws
- perpendicular bars from either the x-axis
- (vertical bar) or the y-axis (horizontal
- bar) to the data point. Group bar charts
- are created by adding more than one column
- to the plot.
-
- █ Vertical bars
-
- This command displays the Bar Chart
- dialog box which lets you set up 2D
- vertical bar plot type in a Cartesian
- coordinate system.
-
- █ Horizontal bars
-
- This command sets up 2D horizontal
- bar plot type in a Cartesian coordinate
- system.
-
-
- █ 2D Special
- See TpSht_04.hlp (Index 43).
-
-
-
- █ 3D Curve
-
- This menu contains commands that
- creates a 3D curve graph. There are
- three coordinate system available in
- TechPlot: Cartesian (x, y, z),
- Spherical (r, Θ, Φ) and Cylindrical
- (r, Θ, z).
-
- █ Scatter/XYZ-Line
-
- This command creates a 3D XYZ
- scatter/curve graph.
-
- █ Sphere
-
- This command creates a 3D Spherical
- scatter/curve graph.
-
- Note, in the spherical coordinate
- system, X is the Θ angle, Y is the Φ
- angle, and Z is the radius (r). The
- graph is drawn in the XYZ Cartesian
- coordinate system. The relationship
- between the Cartesian system and the
- Spherical system is:
- X = r cosΘ sinΦ,
- Y = r cosΘ cosΦ,
- Z = r sinΘ.
-
- █ Cylinder
-
- This command creates a 3D Cylindrical
- scatter/curve graph.
-
- Note, in the spherical coordinate
- system, X is the radius (r), Y is the
- angle (Θ), and Z is the z-axis. The
- graph is drawn in the XYZ Cartesian
- coordinate system. The relationship
- between the Cartesian system and the
- Cylindrical system is:
- X = r cosΘ,
- Y = r sinΘ,
- Z = z.
-
- █ Error Bar
-
- This command creates an Error Bar
- curve graph in Cartesian coordinate
- system.
-
-
- █ 3D Bar chart
-
- This command creates a 3D bar graph.
-
- █ 3D Surface
-
- This menu contains four commands that
- create 3D surfaces.
-
- █ XYZ
-
- This command creates a 3D Cartesian
- surface graph.
-
- █ Sphere
-
- This command creates a 3D Spherical
- surface graph.
-
- █ Cylinder
-
- This command creates a 3D Cylindrical
- surface graph.
-
- █ Block
-
- This command creates a 3D Cartesian
- surface graph.
-