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Contour

The Contour page allows you to customize contour details within selected element(s). This page applies to the following chart elements: Plot.

• Contour Style allows you to specify how contours are displayed. Select one of the following options:

• • Bands if selected, displays contours as bands of color.

  • Lines if selected, displays contours as colored lines.

• Contour List

• • Add adds a new contour to the list. Enter the value and label in the Contour Value and Label text boxes before clicking the Add button; otherwise it will duplicate the selected value in the list.

  • Delete deletes the selected contour value from the list.

  • Set sets the contour.

  • Contour Value List displays the values representing each contour. Select a value from the list to modify, label or delete a contour.

  • Value allows you to enter a new contour value.

  • Label allows you to enter a new label for the selected contour value. The Contour label appears in the legend.

  • Automatic Values refers to the values used to display chart contours. Check this checkbox if you wish to have each major axis division represent a separate contour. Clear this checkbox if you want to design your own custom contours.

  • Colors controls how color is displayed on the chart. This option is only available when Automatic Values is cleared. Choose from the following color types:

  • • Automatic if selected, displays the contour colors as the default series colors.

    • Gradient if selected, displays the contours in an even transition of color.

    • Manual if selected, allows the user to modify and specify custom contour colors.

• Smoothing allows you to enter a valid smoothing factor from 0 - 32 on which to base the B Spline formula.  

• • 0 indicates that the raw grid data is used with no smoothing.

  • 1 indicates that the spline data only will be sampled at the original data grid locations.

  • 2-32 indicates that the row and column locations will be broken into the specified number of subdivisions.

• Bands

• • Style allows you to select a contour band style.

  • Color allows you to select a contour band color from the palette or select Custom to display the custom color palette.

• Lines

• • Width allows you to select a contour line width.

  • Color allows you to select a contour line color from the palette. Select Custom to display the custom color palette.