Popup Menu

A click on the right mouse button brings up a menu that allows for various manipulations of the active object or the object over which the cursor is posi­tioned. Depending on the context, one or more of the following options will appear. Some options are general some options are specific to plot controls.

Properties

A plot control specific property page appears, in which the properties of the plot can be manipulated.

Add/Remove Layers

In the Image manager you can select between several file types to be included as additional layers on you plot.

In the Overlay manager you have the option to choose the order by which the drawing of the layers in your plot occur. This way you choose if the layer should be in the background or foreground on your plot.

Toolbar

You can display a toolbar that enables you to move forwards and backwards in time to display results from a simulation and maybe use it for Video Gener­ation.

The video icon creates the file.

File Name Legend

Places a file legend in the plot container depicting the names of the data files from which the plotted data have been taken.

Scale Legend

Places a scale legend in the plot container depicting the scale of the plot.

Aspect ratio

Allows you to change the aspect ratio between the x-axis and y-axis. Per default this is fixed from file.

Zoom facilities

Zoom In allows you to zoom in on the plotted data and change the focus of the plot.

Zoom Out zooms out to default coverage.

Previous Zoom and Next Zoom zooms to the previous or following focus of the plot, respectively.

Draw Grid

Adds a grid to the plot.

Copy to Clipboard

Copies the selected data to the clipboard. The general idea is that the graph­ics from an object at any time can be copied to a standard Windows applica­tion which supports GDI-operations. An example could be to export the graphics to MS Word. Activate the "Copy to Clipboard" function, then switch to MS Word and activate the "Paste"-function or press "Ctrl" V in and active Word document, and then a copy of the plot appears in MS Word.

Save to Metafile

Saves the current plot to an enhanced meta file.
Note: This option does not support transparency.

Save to Bitmap

Saves the current snapshot plot to a bitmap file (bmp, png, jpg or tif).

Mutate Plot

This dialog allows you to mutate the active plot object, e.g. change a time series plot into a grid plot.

Size and position plot

You may change the size of the active plot object and position it on the page.

UnLock Plot

The active plot object may be locked in order to prevent accidental and unin­tentional changes to the object. If you want to modify the plot objects, you may click on the object with the right mouse button and UNLOCK the plot again.