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	Surface Plot Setup

Surface Plot Setup: Canvas Page

The Canvas page allows you to customize the color, style and thickness of the plot borders and title lines, along with the appearance of the rest of the plot sheet.

• Plot Canvas and Area

• • Canvas Back Color allows you to choose the color for the area outside the plot (i.e., the area with the main and lower titles).

  • Plot Area Back Color allows you to choose the color for the area behind the plot (i.e., the area containing the axes, bands, etc.).

• Plot Area Border Lines allows you to hide or show each of the specified lines, as well as to choose a color, a thickness and a style for each. The borders referred to in this area are the borders that relate to the plot area itself (i.e., the border around the entire area, the bottom border for the x-axis, etc.).

• • To show or hide a line, select or clear the associated check box.

  • To change the color of any of the lines, click the Color box. The drop-down list that appears allows you to choose from custom colors, web-safe colors or the colors used in the current Windows system settings. You can add colors to the Custom page by right-clicking one of the color boxes in the bottom two rows.

  • You can adjust the thickness of a line by entering a positive integer in the input box. A value of 1 will draw the thinnest possible line and other values such as 2, 3, etc. will draw thicker lines. Note that the size of the thinnest possible line is dependent upon your screen resolution.

  • In addition, you can change the style of each line by clicking the Line Style box to the right of the input field. A list providing line style options (e.g., solid, dashed, etc.) will appear. Choose the line style you want and it will appear in the box.