View Controls

The view controls are displayed in the upper-right corner of plot windows. Different controls will display depending on the plot selected.

Control Name Icon Use
Download plot as a png

Save the plot area as a .png. A Windows Save As dialog will open.
Zoom

Turns the cursor into a crosshairs; click and drag to highlight the section to zoom in to.
Double-click anywhere in the plot area to zoom back to 100%.
Pan

Turns the cursor into a crosshairs with arrows (like the icon); click, hold, and drag to move the plot area around.
Double-click anywhere in the plot area to reset the display.
Zoom In

Zoom in on the center of the current plot. Axes labels and annotations automatically resize.
Zoom Out

Zoom out on the center of the current plot. Axes labels and annotations automatically resize.
Autoscale

Rescales the plot data to fit the current window.
Orbital rotation

Allows the plot to be spun freely around its middle point.
Turntable rotation

Allows the plot to be spun around its middle point, but with the Z-axis constrained to not flip.
Reset camera to default

Resets the plot area to default (45° from all axes).
Hide Infeasible Designs

Hides/shows infeasible design points in the plot area and legend.
Pareto Front Settings
(2D Scatter Plot,
3D Scatter Plot)

See here for more information on the Pareto front.

  • Hide -- do not show the Pareto front points.
  • Highlight -- mark the Pareto front points on the plot. The points will be shown with a different marker than the regular points. (The pareto data series' options can be changed by selecting the appropriate design variable's "pareto" option in the Series tab Series dropdown.)
  • Show Only -- show only the Pareto front points.
Plot Settings

  • Pearson/Spearman -- select between the two methods. See here for more information on these.
  • Full Names/Short Names -- Full Names shows the entire variable path name on the chart (e.g., Model.pad.width). Short Names shows only the variable name (e.g., width).
Show closest data on hover

Pops up a tooltip on the graph that shows the coordinates for the nearest data point.
Compare data on hover

Requires at least 2 series in a plot. Displays separate tooltips for each data point with the same x axis value.
Show version info

Displays a small window with the version information of the plotting widget.

See Also Data Explorer