Vectors

Description

User defined vector data.

Attributes

Color By Scale Draw As By-Magnitude Color-List Point to Base Transparency Legend

Color By

Set the property to use for coloring the vectors.

Color By: Set coloring by either “Uniform”, “Group”, or “Extra”.

Scale

Scale the item. See the standard scale control description for details.

Draw As

Set the method of representing the vectors.

Draw As: Set rendering of the vectors as “Arrows”, “Lines”, or “Disks”. If “Arrows” is selected, controls for “Arrow Shape” and “Quality” are also supplied; if “Lines” is selected, a “Line” control is also supplied; if “Disks” is selected, an “Outline” control is also supplied.

By Magnitude

Set vectors to be colored by magnitude.

By Magnitude: color vectors by magnitude (checked). If checked, a standard Contour control is supplied as well.

Color-List

Configure the list used to color the plot item.

Color-List: Set which items on the list are displayed. The field contains “Select None”, “Select All”, and “Invert Selection” buttons, respectively. These are followed by the “Global” checkbox, which, if checked, causes the current pairing of colors and labels to be used globally across all plots. For example, if a specific, consistent color is desired for group names that appear in all plots, this setting will be useful.

This field is also a container for the items on the list.

[Item]: When the list contains one or more items, they are listed beneath the main field. The item’s name is used as a label for the field. If checked, the item is displayed. Next a color control appears to set/indicate the item color. The current label for the item appears next; initially this defaults to the item name. The settings button (…) may be used to set an “alias” that can be used instead of the item name when displayed in the legend.

Point To Base

Def to come…

Transparency

Set the transparency of the plot item. This setting is not available on 2D model objects.

Transparency: Apply transparency (checked) to the item. When on, transparency is set to a default value of 70 and is “locked.” When locked, the available range of transparency is constrained to 70 (lowest, somewhat transparent) to 100 (highest, completely invisible). To access the full range of transparency values (0-100), press the lock icon to “unlock” the transparency range; the icon changes accordingly ( ).

Use the help button to get help with this specific attribute.

Note

Users should be cautioned that values lower than 70 tend to be imperceptibly “less” transparent and they may result in depth perspectives that can seem strange or incorrect.

Legend

Set display of the item in the plot legend. All plot items, at minimum, have a Title attribute.

Legend: Show (checked) all information about the plot item in the legend.

Title: Show (checked) the title of the plot item in the legend. The “Alias:” field may be used to specify a custom title for the item.

Size: Set the size of text in the legend.

Font: Set the font face used for the text.

Style: Set the text style (the options are normal, bold, italic, bold-italic).

Color: Set the text color.