Graph Properties: Shaft Centerline Dialog Box

Graph Properties: Shaft Centerline Dialog Box

Right-click the Shaft Centerline Plot on the front panel and select Properties from the shortcut menu to display this dialog box.

Use this dialog box to customize the Shaft Centerline Plot. As you select options in this dialog box, the front panel object updates accordingly.

This dialog box contains the following components:

• Appearance—Use this page to specify appearance properties of the plot.
  • Label—Specifies label properties.
    • Visible—Specifies whether to display the label of the plot.
    • Text—Determines the text to use for the label.
  • Caption—Specifies caption properties.
    • Visible—Specifies whether to display the caption of the plot.
    • Text—Determines the text to use for the caption.
  • Enabled State—Specifies whether the user can operate the plot.
    • Enabled—Enables the user to operate the plot.
    • Disabled—Displays the plot in the front panel window, but the user cannot operate the plot.
    • Disabled & grayed—Displays and dims the plot in the front panel window, and the user cannot operate the plot.
  • Color Scheme—Specifies the color scheme of the plot.
    • Background—Determines the color of the background.
    • Direction—Determines the color of the direction.
    • Legend background—Determines the color of the legend background.
    • Legend font—Determines the color of the legend font.
• Format and Precision—Use this page to specify format and precision properties for each axis of the plot.
  • Format selection—Specifies the axis property you want to configure.
    • Type—Specifies the format of the axis. You can select one of the following formats:
      
      
      • Floating point
      • Scientific
      • Automatic formatting
      • SI notation
    • Digits—If Precision Type is Digits of precision, this field contains the number of digits to display after the decimal point. If Precision Type is Significant digits, this field contains the number of significant digits to display.
    • Precision Type—Sets whether to display digits of precision or significant digits. Select Digits of precision if you want the Digits field to indicate the number of digits to display after the decimal point. Select Significant digits if you want the Digits field to indicate the number of significant digits to display.
    • Hide trailing zeros—Hides trailing zeros on the axis.
• Plot—Use this page to specify plot properties.
  • Shaft Centerline—Specifies the appearance of the Shaft Centerline Plot.
    • Line style—Specifies the line style of the plot.
    • Line width—Specifies the line width of the plot.
    • Point style—Specifies the point style of the plot.
    • Colors—Specifies the color properties of the plot.
      • Point/Fill—Specifies the color of the point and fills.
      • Line color—Specifies the color of the plot line.
  • Marker—Specifies the appearance of the marker.
    • Point style—Specifies the point style of the marker.
    • Marker—Specifies the color of the marker.
    • Show marker—Display the marker on the plot.
• Scales—Use this page to specify appearance properties of the scales.
  • Scale selection—Specifies the axis property you want to configure.
    • Name—Specifies the name of the scale.
    • Show scale—Displays the scale on the plot.
    • Show scale label—Displays the scale label on the plot.
    • Autoscale—Automatically adjusts the scale to reflect the data you wire to the plot.
      • Minimum—Specifies the minimum value of the time scale range. This option appears dimmed if you place a checkmark in the Autoscale checkbox. This option is available only when you set Scale selection to Time (X-Axis).
      • Maximum—Specifies the maximum value of the scale range. This option appears dimmed if you place a checkmark in the Autoscale checkbox. This option is available only when you set Scale selection to Time (X-Axis).
      • Minimum (Probe X)—Specifies the minimum value of the amplitude scale range for probe X.
      • Maximum (Probe X)—Specifies the maximum value of the amplitude scale range for probe X.
      • Minimum (Probe Y)—Specifies the minimum value of the amplitude scale range for probe Y.
      • Maximum (Probe Y)—Specifies the maximum value of the amplitude scale range for probe Y.
    • Grid Style and Colors—Specifies the style and colors of the grid.
      • Major grid—Specifies the color of the major grid on the scale.
      • Minor grid—Specifies the color of the minor grid on the scale.
• Cursor—Specifies cursor properties.
  • Line style—Specifies the line style of the cursor.
  • Line width—Specifies the line width of the cursor.
  • Point style—Specifies the point style of the cursor.
  • Cursor style—Specifies the style of the cursor.
  • Cursor color—Specifies the color of the cursor.
  • Show cursor—Displays the cursor on the plot.
  • Show cursor info—Displays the cursor name. This option is available only when you set Show cursor to TRUE.
  • Lock cursor info position—Specifies whether to lock the position of the cursor name. This option is available only when you set Show cursor to TRUE.
• Clearance Boundary—Use this tab to specify the clearance boundary of the plot.
  • Pair selection—Specifies the pair for which you want to configure the clearance boundary.
    • Start point—Specifies the start point of the clearance boundary.
    • Boundary—Sets the boundary of each axis of the plot.
      • X axis—Specifies the boundary of the x-axis.
      • Y axis—Specifies the boundary of the y-axis.
  • Clearance boundary—Sets the color of the clearance boundary.
• Documentation—Creates descriptions and tip strips for the plot.
  • Description—Contains a description of the object to display in the Context Help window when you move the cursor over the object. You can format the text in the description to appear bold in the Context Help window. If you want to display a carriage return in the Context Help window, you must separate paragraphs with two carriage returns.
  • Tip strip—Contains a brief description of the object to display when you move the cursor over an object while a VI runs. The Tip text box is available only for controls, indicators, and constants.