Polar Plot
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Polar Plot
Owning Palette: Machine Vibration Controls
Requires: Sound and Vibration Measurement Suite
Displays order magnitude and phase on a customized picture control. A polar plot enables you to see phase changes in the range of zero to 360 degrees.
You can use the following VIs to prepare and display a polar plot:
Properties
You can set Polar Plot properties in the Graph Properties: Polar Plot dialog box. You also can use the following Polar Plot graph properties with the Property Node.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Plot:Plot Color | Color of the plot. |
| Plot:Line Style | Line style (0–4) as shown on the Plot page of the Properties dialog box ordered from top-left to bottom-right. |
| Plot:Line Width | Width of the plot (0-5). |
| Plot:Point Style | Point Style (0–16) as shown on the Plot page of the Properties dialog box ordered from top-left to bottom-right. |
| Plot:Fill/Point Color | Color of the point and fills. |
| Cursor:Visible | Shows the cursor. |
| Cursor:CursorInfo:Visible | If TRUE, displays the cursor information in the plot area. |
| Cursor:Color | The color of the cursor, including its point, arrow, and name. |
| Cursor:Cursor Index | Array index of point to which the cursor is snapped. This property can have a value between 0 and the number of data points minus 1. |
| Cursor:Line Style | Specifies the line style of the active cursor. Valid values are 0–4, as shown on the Cursors page of the Properties dialog box ordered from top to bottom. |
| Cursor:Line Width | Specifies the width of the line used to display the active cursor. Valid values are 0-4, as shown on Cursors page of the Properties dialog box ordered from top to bottom. |
| Cursor:Point Style | The symbol that, in combination with Style, is drawn at the focal point of the cursor. Valid values are 0-16. |
| Cursor:Style | The symbol that, in combination with Point Style, is drawn at the focal point of the cursor. Valid values are 0–8, from top-left to bottom-right, as shown on the Cursors page of the Properties dialog box. |
| Cursor:Cursor Name | Text displayed in the plot area that is associated with the cursor. It shows the magnitude and phase information. |
| Cursor:Cursor Position | Position of the cursor in terms of magnitude – phase coordinates. |
| Cursor:CursorInfo:LockPosition | Specifies whether the cursor information is movable with the cursor or fixed at the bottom-left corner. |
| Magnitude Scale:Visible | Displays the magnitude scale. |
| Magnitude Scale:Marker Text Color | Color of the marker text of the magnitude scale. |
| Magnitude Scale:Name Label:Text | Text name of the magnitude scale label. |
| Magnitude Scale:Format String | Sets the format string of the magnitude scale. |
| Magnitude Scale:Range:Maximum | Maximum value of the magnitude scale. |
| Magnitude Scale:Grid Colors:Major Color | Color of the major grid on the magnitude scale. |
| Magnitude Scale:Grid Colors:Minor Color | Color of the minor grid on the magnitude scale. |
| Magnitude Scale:Name Label:Visible | Indicates whether the decoration is visible. |
| Phase Scale:Visible | Displays the phase scale. |
| Phase Scale:Grid Color | Color of the grid on the phase scale. |
| Phase Scale:Marker Text Color | Color of the marker text of the phase scale. |
| Marker:Visible | Indicates if the marker is visible |
| Marker:Color | Color of the marker, including the point, arrow, and name. |
| Marker:Point Style | The symbol that, in combination with Style, is drawn at the focal point of the marker. Valid values are 0–16. |
| Marker:Style | The symbol that, in combination with Point Style, is drawn at the focal point of the marker. Valid values are 0–8. |
| Event:Cursor Release | Generates when you releases the cursor after dragging it. This event is useful if you want to register when you finish interacting with a graph cursor. The event data is a cluster of two elements. The first element of the cluster is the index of the cursor. The second element is the cursor position in terms of magnitude – phase coordinates and reference. |
| Event:Scale Range Change | Generates when you change the scale of the Polar Plot. The maximum value changes when the you enter a new value in a scale marker. This event is useful if you want to register user changes and then adjust the functionality of the graph. The event data is a cluster of two elements. The first element of the cluster is the maximum and minimum value of the scale. The second element of the cluster is the increment of the scale. |
| Legend:Visible | Shows the plot legend. |
| Legend:Strings[] | Specifies the array of the items from which you can select in the selectors. |
| Legend:Index | Specifies the array of the items to show on the plot. |
| Legend:BG Color | Specifies the background color of the plot legend. |
| Legend:Font Color | Specifies the font color of the plot legend. |
| Plot Area:Colors:Direction Color | Color of the direction arrow. |
| Plot Area:Position | Position of the plot area of the graph in front panel coordinates. |
| Plot Area:Size | Size of the active plotting area in terms of width and height in pixels. |
| Plot Area:Colors:BG Color | Background color of the plot. |
| Autoscale | Scales the radius axis automatically. |
| Anntlist | Array of information about all annotations. Each array element is a cluster of annotation elements. |
| Acceptance Region | Acceptance arcs or regions. |