Facsimile: Plots Help Topic

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Data can be opened for display in facsimile from three discrete sources

  1. Teaching files: those files which the user or administrator has set up with as important examples of a particular file type using the index.dat structure to control the "database" of files.
  2. Local files: those files available on a local or linked drive.
  3. List files: Local files which the user wishes to step through in a NEXT / PREVIOUS manner.
A recommended procedure is "File" menu, "Open" then select a file either from the Teaching files or directly from disk.
choosing files
A file loading progress bar will initially appear, followed by a dotplot display of the first two parameters in the choosen file.

To change the parameters in the display, simply click and hold the right mouse button (Macintosh : COMMAND CLICK) down on the axis parameter label, a popup window will appear, and select another parameter to display.

choosing file parameter

To create additional plots from the currently active data source, select the "Plots" menu and the type of plot to display, at this time limited to dotplots or histograms. If the option "verbose plot creation" is checked (see "Edit -Options" menu item), you will be prompted with a selection window of available parameter from the currently loaded file.

NOTE: If you load and display multiple files all the data is held in memory. To draw additional plots from a particular file, you can select the file again via the "File","Open", "File" menu navigation. Alternatively, if one has the Tree View menu displayed and you are working with a Teaching file (set from the index.dat file) a select a file in the Tree View and then the plot type will change back to a particular file.

Last updated 12th August, 2003 G.W.Osborne