The graph display properties |
The 'X-Axis properties' compartment | |
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Click the green '+' to expand this compartment. The X-axis properties will then be revealed. |
The 'X-Axis title' field | |
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In
this field you can set the title for the x-axis. The font of the
title can be changed using the button to the right of this field. Note
that you need to press enter after you have typed the new title for the
changes to be reflected in the graph display. |
The 'X-Axis plot range' button | |
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This
button lets you specify the x-axis (energy) range to be displayed in
the graph display. This button enables the range fields to its right
that can be used to specify the minimum and maximum energy value (in
MeV) to be displayed. Hint: pressing this button when it is selected
will redraw the graph display with the values of the range fields, this
can useful when using the zoom or pan tools. |
The 'X-Axis plot auto' button | |
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This button selects automatical determination of plot range. When this button is selected and a new graph is introduced into the graph display, the display range on x-axis will be set to be the minimum and maximum of the graphs in the graph display. Effectively ensuring that all data contained in the graphs is shown. Hint: pressing this button when it is selected will determine the range and redraw the graph display, this can useful when using the zoom or pan tools. |
The 'Linear X-Axis' button | |
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This button selects linear scale to be used in the graph display for the x-axis. |
The 'Logarithmic X-Axis' button | |
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This button selects logarithmic scale to be used in the graph display for the x-axis. |
The 'Y-Axis properties' compartment | |
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Click the green '+' to expand this compartment. The Y-axis properties will then be revealed. |
The 'Y-Axis title' field | |
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In
this field you can set the title for the x-axis. The font of the title
can be changed using the button to the right of this field. Note that
you need to press enter after you have typed the new title for the
changes to be reflected in the graph display. |
The 'Y-Axis plot range' button | |
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This
button lets you specify the x-axis (energy) range to be displayed in
the graph display. This button enables the range fields to its right
that can be used to specify the minimum and maximum energy value (in
MeV) to be displayed. Hint: pressing this button when it is selected
will redraw the graph display with the values of the range fields, this
can useful when using the zoom or pan tools. |
The 'Y-Axis plot auto' button | |
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This button selects automatical determination of plot range. When this button is selected and a new graph is introduced into the graph display, the display range on x-axis will be set to be the minimum and maximum of the graphs in the graph display. Effectively ensuring that all data contained in the graphs is shown. Hint: pressing this button when it is selected will determine the range and redraw the graph display, this can useful when using the zoom or pan tools. |
The 'Linear Y-Axis' button | |
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This button selects linear scale to be used in the graph display for the x-axis. |
The 'Logarithmic Y-Axis' button | |
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This button selects logarithmic scale to be used in the graph display for the x-axis. |
The 'Graph properties' compartment | |
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Click the green '+' to expand this compartment. The graph properties will then be revealed. |
The graph selection list | |
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This
list is used to select a graph to be set as currently selected. Once a
graph is selected, its properties will then be displayed below for
editing. It is noteworthy that the graph displayed at this list is also
used in some other places, most notably when saving graphs. See.... |
The graph title field | |
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This field is used to give edit the name of the graph. The name is used only as the displayname in the graph selection list, but most users would rather give the graphs a more descriptive name. |
The graph color field | |
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This field is used to edit the color of the graph in the graph display. Clicking on this field will popup a color selector from which the desired color can be picked. |
The graph width field | |
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This field is used to edit the width of the graph in the graph display. Not that widths smaller than 1 are allowed. |
The fill graph checkbox | |
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Checking
this box will make the space between the graph and the X-Axis (energy)
appear filled by the graph color. This can be useful when comparing
many graphs to a specific graph. |
Navigating the graph display |
The 'zoom tool' toggle button | |
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This
button toggles the zoom tool on. Left-clicking on the graph display
will then increase zoom in the view, displaying more detail near the
clicked point. Right-clicking decreases zoom, displaying less detail
but larger range. Dragging the mouse zooms to a specific region,
specified by the drag rectangle. Dragging the mouse outside the axis
will constrain the zoom to the nearest axis. |
The 'pan tool' toggle button | |
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This
button toggles the pan tool on. Dragging on the graph display will move
the display to the direction of the drag. Dragging the mouse outside
the axis will contrain movement to the nearest axis. |
The 'reset view' button | |
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This button resets the view so that the whole spectrum range will be visible. |
Annotating a figure |
The selection tool | |
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This
button toggles the selection tool on. When this tool is selected,
the anchors of the annotations are displayed and you can select
annotations using them. Click on the anchor to select the annotations,
subsequent click lets you edit text, drag will move the
annotation. |
The 'Annotations → Add text' menu item | |
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This item toggles the text annotation tool on. When this item is selected, left-clicking on the graph display will add a text annotation to the position of the click. You may then type in the text and use the button to the left of the textfield to change the font. To edit a previous text annotation use the select tool, select the lower left corner of the text annotation and left-click twice. |
The 'Annotations → Add line' menu item | |
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This
button toggles the line annotation tool on. When this tool is selected,
dragging the mouse in the graph display will result in a line
annotation being added between the starting and ending point of the
drag. To edit a previous line annotation use the select tool, select
the beginning or ending point of the line and drag it to a new location. |
The 'Annotations → Add text tag' menu item | |
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This button item the text tag tool on. When this tool is selected, left-clicking on the graph display will add a text tag to the position of the click. Note that you must add the tag into the visible space between the axii.. |
The 'Annotations → Add line tag' menu item | |
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This item toggles the line tag tool on. When this tool is selected, dragging the mouse in the graph display will result in a line annotation being added between the starting and ending point of the drag. Note that you must add the line tag into the visible space between the axii. |