HG3D-1010: Edit Waterfall Plots

1. From the menu bar, select File > Open > Session.
2. Select the file trimmer.mvw, located in the 3dplotting folder, and click Open.
3. Click Close on the message log that appears.
4. Click on the Add Page icon, , to add a page.
5. From the Select application menu, select HyperGraph 3D.

1. Click on the Waterfall icon, , on the toolbar to enter the panel.
2. Verify that Frequency and Time are the options set under Plot type:.
3. Click the curve selection button in the Response field for Data curves:.
4. Choose the Force vs Time – Raw curve.
5. Click Select.
6. Verify that the curve referenced under Response is p1w2c1.
7. Enter 100 for Number under Waterfall Slices.
8. Check the Contour waterfall option.
9. Click Apply.

   Figure 1.

1. Click on the Axes panel icon, .
2. Pick a color from the color palette for the X axis.
3. Change the number of Tics per axis. Note what happens to the values on the X axis of the screen.
4. Click on the tabs for Y and Z axes, respectively, and change the colors of the respective axis.

   Figure 2.

5. Click the Shading tab.

   Figure 3.

6. Verify that the Grid style: is Box and change the Grid line color.
7. Verify that the Axes lengths is set to Automatic.
8. Check the Lines option for Grid Style.

   Figure 4.

9. Change the Background color by selecting a color from the palette.
10. Go back to the Box option for Grid Style.

1. Click the Coordinate Info icon, .
   Note: A bubble with the XYZ values is seen in the graphics area.
2. Click on the surface to see the XYZ values at that point.
   Note: The panel area displays the XYZ values of the point chosen.
3. Click Add Row to add an additional row.
4. Click on another point on the surface.
   The value in the newly added row is updated to that of the new point.
5. Repeat the operation to build a table.

   Figure 5.

6. Click on any one of the rows in the table and then click Remove Row.

1. Click on the Curve Attributes icon, .
2. From the Curves: drop-down menu, select Waterfall.
3. Verify that the Surface tab is active.
4. Change the Display mode of the surface to slices only by clicking from the Display mode options in the panel.
5. Change Opacity for the surface to Transparent by clicking on .
6. Change the Display mode back to waterfall as a shaded surface.
7. Verify that the Contour option is active.
8. From the Expression = drop-down menu, select the X axis.

   Figure 6.

9. Repeat the previous step for the Z Axis.

1. Click Edit legend.
2. Experiment with the following:
   1. Change the numeric format.
      The format automatically changes in the legend box.
   2. Change the numeric precision.
   3. Change the number of levels.
      The number of color bands in the legend box automatically changes.
3. Click on a number in the legend box and enter a new value.
4. Press Enter.
5. The edited value is displayed in bold font. The remaining values linearly interpolate.
6. Add a header and footer to the legend.
   1. Activate the Header check box and enter text in the text box.
   2. Click the font button and change the font type and size.
   3. Click OK.
   4. Activate the Footer check box and enter text in the text box.
   5. Click the font button and change the font type and size.
   6. Click OK.
7. Click Apply.
8. Change the color of a legend band.
   1. Click on a color band.
   2. Select a new color.
   3. Click OK.
9. Change another color.
10. Interpolate colors between two color bands.
    1. Click Interpolate.
    2. Click on the first changed color.
    3. Click on a second changed color.
    4. The colors between the two selected colors are interpolated.
11. Click Apply.

Once you have completed your legend settings, you can save them for future use. Items that can be saved are listed in the Save options section.

1. Activate the check boxes for the attributes you want to save.
2. Designate a file name in the Legend file field.
   Files are saved in Tcl format.
3. Click Save....
4. Click Default to return to the default settings.
5. Click Open... to open the saved file and load the previously determined legend settings.
   The contour colors and legend are retrieved just as you saved them.