A 3D scatter point set is displayed by drawing a symbol for each of the scatter points. The display options control the appearance of the symbol. The display options can be set via the Scatter Point Set Display Options dialog accessed by selecting the Display Options command in the Display menu. Most of the items in the dialog represent features of the scatter point set that can be displayed. The toggle next to the feature can be toggled on or off to control whether or not the feature is to be displayed. In addition, the widget to the left of the check box can be used to set the graphical attributes (symbol, color, font, etc.) of the feature. The scatter point display options are as follows:
The name of the active scatter point set is listed at the top of the dialog. The symbol selected using the Scatter point symbols option (described below) applies to the active scatter point set. This makes it possible to use a different symbol for the points in each set so that the sets are easily distinguishable.
The Scatter point symbols item is used to display a symbol at the location of each scatter point. The window to the left of the item is used to bring up a dialog listing the available symbols.
The specified color option draws the scatter points with the color chosen with the scatter point symbol option.
If the Data colors option is selected, the color ramp is used to assign a color to each of the symbols according to the value of the active scalar data set.
If the Material colors option is selected, the color of the material assigned to the scatter point will be used when the scatter points are drawn in wire frame mode.
Each scatter points can either be active or inactive. The Inactive scatter points option can be used to control the display of the inactive points (if they exist).
The Scatter point scalar values option is used to display the value of the active data set next to each of the scatter points.
The Scatter point labels item is used to display the scatter point label next to each scatter point.
The Scatter point numbers item is used to display the scatter point number next to each scatter point.
The Symbol legend item is used to display a symbol legend in the Graphics Window listing each of the scatter points sets by name and showing the symbol associated with each scatter point.
Related Links:
3D Scatter Point Module