About Plot Properties

You can customize the properties of a plot and its elements like chart, series, and legends.

This page discusses:

See Also
About Plots
About Charts
Plotting Simulation Results

The following properties of a plot can be customized:

Plot Properties

By default, the plot properties are displayed in the properties area when the plot is generated.

Option Description
Title Title of the plot.
Attach/Detach Links or unlinks the plot to the assessment template.
Duplicate Creates a copy of the plot.
Make Generic Saves the plot as a generic plot.
Comment Description or remark to be associated with the plot.
Download all charts Downloads the charts in the plot window as a .png or .svg file.

Chart Properties

The chart properties appear in the properties area when you click the chart area.

The properties are grouped under different collapsible categories. The General category displays the properties of the chart while the Axis category displays the properties of the axis. An Axis category with similar options is displayed for every axis of the chart, for example, X-Axis, Y-Axis Left, and Y-Axis Right.

Category Option Description
General Title Title of the chart.
Display legend Shows or hides the legends in the chart.
Display title Shows or hides the title of the chart.
Display time cursor Shows a line on the chart that displays the time and the series values at that moment of time.
Tip: The line follows the animation but can also be moved manually to control the replay of the simulation.
Permute Flips the display of primary and secondary Y-axes. That means, the Y-axis on the left side moves to the right side and vice versa.
Axis Magnitude Physical quantity used for measuring the variable associated with the axis, for example, time, length, temperature, or voltage.
Unit Unit of the variable.
Min Lower limit of the range of the axis values.
Max Upper limit of the range of the axis values.

Series Properties

The series properties appear in the properties area when you click a series in the chart or a series in the legends. Each series can be individually customized.

Category Option Description
General Variable Name Name of the variable associated with the series.
Assessment Name of the assessment template.
Color Color of the series.

You can select a color from the color picker.

Properties Min The minimum value in the series.
Display Min Shows the minimum value of the series in the chart.
Max The maximum value in the series.
Display Max Shows the maximum value of the series in the chart.
Mean The mean value of the series.
Display Mean Shows the mean value of the series in the chart.
delete Removes the series from the chart.