Plots are useful for many purposes, such as extracting data from two or three dimensional objects, model verification and defining one-dimensional river models.
Plots are created through the Plot Wizard.
The list of currently defined plots is shown in the Plots section. A new plot is created by selecting the New button. An existing plot is deleted by selecting the plot and selecting the Delete button. The name of the plot is only for user reference. It can be edited by selecting the plot and using the Name edit field. The following plot types are available:
By default, a plot is displayed after being created. However, selected plots can be hidden without deleting the plot by turning off the Display Plot option.
When a new plot is created, the user selects a plot type from the combo box to the right of the list of plots. The available plot types include comparison plots, error summaries, time series at a point, observation profiles, and one-dimensional river profiles and cross. The options specific to each plot type can be edited by selecting the Options button.
The Labels, Scales button in the Plot Options dialog brings up a dialog which can be used to customize the titles, labels, tick marks, etc. for any of the plot types.
Plot types other than the one-dimensional river plots are associated with a single observation coverage. More than one such coverage can be defined at once time. The Coverages button in the Plot Options dialog brings up a dialog that can be used to designate which coverage is associated with a specific plot.
Two types of legends can be turned on or off in the Plot Options dialog: the Object legend and the Curve legend. These options are used with a Profile plot, a Time Series plot or one-dimensional river plots. The object legend lists the color of each of the selected points or arcs. The curve legend lists the name, line type, and symbol type of each of the curves in the plot. Both legends aid in identifying specific data curves.
The Print button in the Plot Options dialog prints a copy of either the selected plot or all current plots.
The Export WKS button in the Plot Options dialog can be used to save the data used to generate either the selected plot or all current plots in a simple text file that can be opened in a spreadsheet.