USB-5100 Series Software Help
Modifying a Plot
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Hiding/Showing or Removing a Series from a Plot
You can hide or show a series in the plot and in the Points table. This is helpful if the datafile contains multiple
series and you cannot easily view them all together. You can then show or hide each series as you wish.
To hide a series on the a plot, complete one the following actions:
Right-click on the series in the Details pane and selecting
Hide Series
.
Selecting the series and then selecting
Edit»Hide Series
.
Selecting the series, right-clicking on the plot, and then selecting
Hide Series
.
Press and hold the <Shift >key while hiding the series to prevent the plot from rescaling.
Once a series is hidden, it is grayed out in the Details pane.
To show a series on the a plot, complete one the following actions:
Right-clicking the series in the Details pane and selecting
Show Series
.
Selecting the series in the Details pane and then selecting
Edit»Show Series
.
Selecting the series in the Details pane, right-clicking the plot, and then selecting
Show Series
.
To show all previously hidden series, right-click a series in the Details pane, right-click the Plot, or select
Edit»Show All Hidden Serie
s.
You can also remove sensor, state, and event data series from the plot. This is helpful if the data file contains
multiple series and you cannot easily view them all together.
To remove a series from a plot, complete the following steps:
1.
Select the arrow tool from the toolbar.
2.
Click the series you wish to remove and press <Delete>, or right-click the series and select
Remove
.
3.
A warning appears, indicating that the only way to add the series back to the plot is to reopen the plot.
Click
Yes
.
The series is removed from the graph, the Details pane, and the Points table.
Copying a Series to Another Plot
To copy a series from one plot to another, complete the following steps:
1.
.Open the source plot (the plot that includes the series you want to copy) and the destination plot (the plot
where you want to paste the series).
2.
In the source plot, choose the arrow tool and select the series you want to copy. Select
Edit»Copy Series
or right-click the series and select
Copy Series
. from the context menu. Or, press <Ctrl-C> on Windows or
<Command-C> on Macintosh.
3.
Switch to the destination plot. From Select
Edit»Paste Series
or right-click the plot with the arrow tool
and select
Paste Series
. from the context menu. Or, press <Ctrl-V> on Windows or <Command-V> on
Macintosh.
The new series is added to the graph, the Details pane, and the Points pane.
Overlaying Series
If the series you want to copy to the plot was logged at a different time, you need to make some adjustments to
the plot in order to view the series together.
1.
Display the source plot(s) and the destination plot.
2.
On the destination plot, choose the arrow tool
3.
Double-click the time axis to open the
4.
In the
Axis Properties
dialog box, time a unique name in the
Name
field and click
Done
.