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COMPASS
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12.4.2 PLOT PROPERTIES
The plot toolbar plot properties icon, , activates the plot properties window. There are
three tabs on the display window that can be used to customize the current plot.
The elections made are saved and applied to all subsequent plots until a new selection
is
made. Many combinations of plot properties are possible to offer a high level
of customization. These properties are also available on report template plot selections (see
Section 16). Check an option to turn it ON and uncheck it to turn it OFF.
12.4.2.1 GENERAL
The features on the [General] tab of the plot properties window are described in
Table 52.
Best fit and tolerance options do not apply to custom plots.
Figure 79. [Plot Properties], [General] Tab
Table 52. [Plot Properties], [General] Tab Fields
FEATURES DESCRIPTION
Point Type
(drop down list
box)
Determines the type of point plotting method to apply to the plot data.
•
Points and Line: Applies a symbol to all data points and
connects a straight line between them.
•
Line: A straight line is used to connect all data points, but no
specific indication is used to mark each data point.
•
Points: A symbol is used to mark each data point in the plot
and no line is used to connect them.
Include
tolerance bars
(check box)
Causes tolerance bars to be displayed on the graph. The tolerance
bars are calculated using the tolerance from the DUT Definition
[Tolerance] tab (see Section 8.5).
Limit Y axis to
1.5X tolerance
(check box)
This option is active only when tolerance bars are included in the
plot and an error plot type is selected. If the error exceeds the
tolerance by 50 %, the actual DUT error plot will not be visible.
When this function is not active, all plots are auto-scaled. This
option is often use for plots included in reports so that all plots are
scaled in the same manner regardless of actual error magnitude.