Editing 2D Display Parameters

This task shows you how to edit the 2D Display parameters.
You can edit:

The following diagram gives you the main parts of a 2D Display document.

To perform this task, you have to:

In this task, you will work with the following graph:

Editing X Axis Parameters

You will see here how to edit the x axis system parameters.

  1. Right-click the X axis system.

    The following contextual menus are available:

    • Limits: lets you choose between the following options:
      • Free
      • Optimized
      • Fixed...: lets you fix the limit of the X axis by entering Lower and Upper values.
      • Application Defined
    • Format:
      • Linear: lets you select a linear scale
      • Octaves: lets you choose a scale with logarithm in base 2
      • Decades: lets you choose a scale with logarithm in base 10
      • Power2: lets you choose a scale with logarithm in base 2 and the annotation in real powers of 2
    • Options...: lets you access the X Axis dialog box.
      You can also double-click the X Axis to access the X Axis dialog box.

    • Limits: for more details, click here.
    • Format: for more details, click here.
    • Annotation:
      • Include limit annotation: lets you hide or show the limit values of the axis.
      • Include tick annotation: lets you hide or show the tick values.
      • Include units: lets you hide or show the unit values.
      • Include format: lets you hide or show the selected scale format.
      • Include title: lets you hide or show the axis title.
      • Setting for Linear Formats
        • Number of divisions: Automatic, One, Two, Four, Five, Ten
        • Resolution: Automatic, One, Two, Four, Five, Ten
    • Title: lets you modify the name of the axis.
      • Default: lets you preserve the default axis name (X axis).
      • Custom: lets you enter a new axis name.
        This will modify the name of the dialog box.
    • Grid: lets you modify the Color, the Dash Style and the Weight of the grid.
      • Show on major ticks
      • Show on minor ticks
    • Text Style: lets you change the style of the x axis text.
      • Inherit
      • Customized: lets you customize the text style of the X axis. You can choose the Size and the Font of the X axis text.
      • Make children inherit

  2. Select the Options... contextual menu.

  3. Select the desired parameters in the X Axis dialog box.

    In this particular example,

    • select Fixed limits in the Limits tab,
    • enter 600 as Upper value,
    • select the Customized option in the Text Style tab,
    • enter 2.00 as Size value.

  4. Click OK in the X Axis dialog box.

    The x axis appears as shown here:

Editing Y Axis Parameters

You will see here how to edit the y axis system.

  1. Right-click the y axis.

    The following contextual menus are available.

    • Limits: for more details, click here.
    • Format:
      • Real
      • Imaginary
      • Phase degrees
      • Phase radians
      • Amplitude
      • Logarithmic
      • dB(RMS)
      • dB(Peak)
    • Options...: lets you access the Y Axis dialog box.
      You can also double-click the Y Axis to access the Y Axis dialog box.

    • Limits: for more details, click here.
    • Format: for more details, click here.
    • Title: for more details, click here.
    • Annotation: for more details, click here.
    • Grid: for more details, click here.
    • Text Style: for more details, click here.

  2. Select the Options... contextual menu.

  3. Select the desired parameters.

  4. Click OK in the Y Axis dialog box.

Editing Plot Parameters

You will see here how to edit the plot.

  1. Right-click the plot.

    The following contextual menus are available.

    • Delete: lets you delete the plot.
    • Delete all Plots: lets you delete all the displayed plots.
    • Export Data...: lets you export the 2D Display results in a Text (.txt) file or in a Excel (.xls) file.
      If you select this contextual menu, the Export Data dialog box appears to let you:
      • select the directory in which you will export the 2D Display data,
      • name the file containing the 2D Display data,
      • choose between the .txt or .xls file type.
    • Options...: lets you access the Edit Plot dialog box.
      You can also double-click the plot to access the Edit Plot dialog box.

    • Data tab:
      • Variables
        • Select Result
      • Attributes
    • Visualization tab: lets you define the Line Style
      • Line color: lets you choose the color of the plot
      • Use line: lets you draw the plot with a line. You can define the Dash and the Weight of the line.
      • Use symbol: lets you draw the plot with symbols.

  2. Select the Export Data... contextual menu.

  3. Select the desired directory and enter a name in the Export Data dialog box.

  4. Select Excel as Save as type option in the Export Data dialog box.

  5. Click OK in the Export Data dialog box.

    To visualize an example of Excel export data file, click here.
    To visualize an example of Text export data file, click here.

Editing Legend Parameters

You will see here how to edit the legend.

  1. Double-click the graph legend.

    • Plots tab: lets you visualize details of attributes
      • Show entries with no data attached
    • Attributes tab:
      • Hide Attributes: lets you hide an attribute in the legend
      • Show Attributes: lets you show an attribute in the legend
      • Up and Down: let you change the position of attributes in the legend
    • Text Style tab: for more details, click here.

  2. Select the desired parameters.

  3. Click OK in the Edit Legend dialog box.

  4. Right-click the graphic legend.

    The following contextual menus are available.

    • Hide Legend: lets you hide the legend.

      To show again the legend, use the Legend contextual menu.
      For more details about the Legend contextual menu, click here.
    • Options: lets you access the Edit Legend dialog box.
      For more details, click here.

Editing Display Parameters

You will see here how to edit the background.

  1. Right-click the display area.

    The following contextual menus are available.

    • Select Data: lets you access to the Select Data dialog box.
      For more details, refer to Generating a 2D Display for Dynamic Response Solution.
    • Options...: lets you access the Edit Display dialog box.
      You can also double-click the plot to access the Edit Display dialog box.

      • Background Colors tab:
        • Display Area: lets you choose the display area color. You can choose to have no background color (No background) or have a background color (Include background and Choose color).
        • Graph Area: lets you choose the graph area color. You can choose to have no background color (No background) or have a background color (Include background and Choose color).
        • Cursor: lets you choose the background color for values displayed using the Cursor contextual menu. You can choose to have no background color (No background) or have a background color (Use background and Choose background color).
          You can also choose the color of the cursor line (Choose line color).
        • Restore Defaults: lets you restore the default parameters.
      • myraph1 tab:
        • Properties:
          • Units: MKS, Data Defined, Options Defined
          • Interpretation: Default
          • Orientation: Default (XY), YX
        • Title: for more details, click here.
        • Data Group Map tab: Application, Image.
      • Text Style tab: for more details, click here.
    • Image options...: lets you access the Edit Image dialog box.

      • Image Properties tab:
        • UI Layout: lets you display the graph in a window.
        • Paper Layout: lets you display the graph in a page mode.
        • Paper Size: lets you set the size of the page mode (Width, Height, Portrait or Landscape layout).
          These options are only available if you selected the Paper Layout option.
      • Text Style tab: for more details, click here.
      • Data Group Map tab:
        • Application
        • Image

  2. Select the desired parameters.

  3. Click OK in the Edit Display dialog box.

Editing Graph Parameters

You will see here how to edit the graph.

  1. Right-click the graph area.

    The following contextual menus are available.

    • Select Data: lets you access to the Select Data dialog box.
      For more details, refer to Generating a 2D Display for Dynamic Response Solution.
    • Cursor: lets you visualize a value corresponding to a particular abscissa or a particular ordinate.
      • Single X:
      • Double X:
      • Single Y:
    • Legends: lets you hide or show the graph legend.
    • Options...: lets you access the Edit Graph dialog box.
      You can also double-click the plot to access the Edit Graph dialog box.

  2. Select the desired parameters.

  3. Click OK in the Edit Display dialog box.