DPlot Help Contents
Getting Started
Getting Started with XY Plots
Getting Started with XY Plots - Data From a Disk File
Getting Started with XY Plots - Data From Another Program
Getting Started with XY Plots - Data From an Equation
Getting Started with XY Plots - Entering Data Values
Getting Started with XYZ Surface Plots
Getting Started with XYZ Surface Plots - Data From a Disk File
Getting Started with XYZ Surface Plots - Data From Another Program
Getting Started with XYZ Surface Plots - Data From an Equation
Getting Started with XYZ Surface Plots - Entering Data Values
Getting Started with XYZ Scatter Plots
Getting Started with XYZ Scatter Plots - Data From a Disk File
Getting Started with XYZ Scatter Plots - Data From Another Program
Getting Started with XYZ Scatter Plots - Data From an Equation
Getting Started with XYZ Scatter Plots - Entering Data Values
Getting Started with 1D Plots
Getting Started with 1D Plots - Data From a Disk File
Getting Started with 1D Plots - Data From Another Program
Getting Started with 1D Plots - Entering Data Values
How do I ...?
Example plots
EX01.GRF - The basics
EX02.GRF - Multiple dependent scales
EX03.GRF - Polar plots and number formatting
EX04.GRF - Multiple independent Y scales
EX05.GRF - Tripartite plots
EX09.GRF - Surface plot from an equation
EX10.GRF - Point labels
EX14.GRF - Triangle plot
EX16.GRF - Surface plot with concave boundary
Data Entry
How do I create a plot from scratch?
How do I import data from another Windows application?
How do I import data from a DOS application?
Data Files
How do I open a CSV (comma-separated values) file?
How do I save a plot to an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) file?
How do I save a plot to a PDF (Portable Document Format) file?
How do I save a collection of files to a different file format?
How do I open and/or print a file from Explorer?
How do I get rid of the prompt to save changed plots?
Algebra
How do I graph an equation?
How do I make a graph of a circle?
How do I graph an inequality?
How do I graph the solution to a system of inequalities?
How do I find the area under a curve?
Printing
How do I print colors and/or gray shades on a B/W printer?
How do I print several documents unattended?
How do I print multiple documents on the same page?
How do I print blank graph paper?
Appearance
How do I change the direction of the coordinate axes?
How do I change the orientation of the numbers along each axis?
How do I draw a smooth curve through sparse data?
How do I create a series of plots with the same settings (scaling, labels, colors, etc.)?
How do I change the line widths used for the coordinate axes and/or the grid?
How do I change the format of the numbers appearing on the X and Y axes?
How do I force DPlot to create a triangular mesh of my 3D points that is not convex?
How do I create a scatter plot?
How do I replace the numbers along the axes with custom text?
How do I set error bars with unique error values?
Scaling
How do I create a polar plot?
How do I create a bar chart?
How do I create a grain size distribution plot?
How do I specify a tick mark interval?
How do I force scaling on the X axis to be equal to the scaling the Y axis?
Startup Options
How do I specify options on the DPlot command line?
Miscellaneous
How do I pan from side-to-side (or up-down) on a plot?
How do I temporarily hide one or more curves on a crowded document?
How do I distribute my DPlot files to others?
How do I get help within DPlot?
License and Ordering Info
Evaluation License
Copyright, License, & Warranty
DPlot Ordering Information
DPlot Order Form
Register DPlot
Menu Commands
File Menu
New command
Open command
DPlot File
Bendix Format Files
Pacific Data Recorder Old Format
Pacific Data Recorder New Format
Nicolet Waveform File Specification Format
HDAS File Format
File Import Plugin Modules
Append command
Save command
Save As command
Image Properties
Close command
Get Preferences command
Save Preferences command
Print command
Macro command
Creating and/or running a macro
Resize Arrays command
1, 2, 3, 4 command
Exit command
Edit Menu
Copy Picture command
Copy Data Values command
Copy Dimensions command
Paste command
Paste Special command
Insert Link command
Edit Data command
Decimate command
Filter data command
Low Pass Filters
Baseline Shift command
List Editions command
Smooth command
Equal Intervals command
Operate on X command
Operate on Y command
Operate on Z command
Edit Mode command
Remove Random Spikes command
Swap X, Y command
Text Menu
Title/Axes command
Legend/Labels command
Label Points command
Fonts command
Add/Edit Note command
Text Placeholders
X,Y,Z Labels
Options Menu
Linear/Log Scaling
Triangle Plot Options
Polar Options
Bar Chart Options
Grain Size Options
Tripartite Options
Grid lines or box command
Symbol/Line Styles command
Extents/Intervals /Size command
Square log cycles command
Log scale tick labels command
Multiple Axes command
Fill Between Curves command
Number Format command
Colors command
Amplitude Limits command
Data Processing command
Bubble Plot command
Vector Plot command
Error Bars command
Reference Lines command
Generate Mesh command
Contour Options command
Scatter Plot Options
Box and Whisker Plot Format
Box and Whisker Plot Attributes
Dot Graph Format
Define Boundary command
General command
Generate Menu
Average All Curves command
Median of All Curves command
Polynomial Curve Fit command
Integrate a Curve
Differentiate a Curve
FFT command
Y=f(X) command
X=f(T), Y=g(T) command
Z=f(X,Y) command
Y=Poly(Y) command
Y=f(X,Y1,Y2,...) command
Histogram command
XY Plot from 3D Surface command
Find Volume Under Surface command
Find Best-Fit Plane command
Subtract a Plane command
Z3=f(Z1,Z2) command
Average Surfaces command
Switch Independent Variable command
Info Menu
Interpolate command
Scan X, Y command
List Peaks command
View Menu
Playback command
Toolbar description
Window Menu
Programmer's Reference
Using WinExec to plot an existing file
Executing DPlot commands from another application
About command
Activate command
AddCurves command
AppHide command
AppMaximize command
AppMinimize command
AppRestore command
AppShow command
AutoScale command
AutoSize command
AverageAll command
AverageAndReplace command
Axes_At_Zero command
AxisColor command
AxisType command
BarChartStyle command
BarWidth command
BaselineShift command
BkColor command
BkPlotColor command
Bubbles command
Call command
Caption command
ClipY command
ClearEditFlag command
Color command
ColorBasis command
ColorCycle command
ColumnsAre command
CombineCurves command
Compare command
Contour3D command
ContourAxes command
ContourBarWidth command
ContourColorScheme command
ContourCustomColors command
ContourCustomLevels command
ContourDrawSides command
ContourGrid command
ContourLabelLines command
ContourLegend command
ContourLegendFrequency command
ContourLevels command
ContourLighting command
ContourMethod command
ContourScales command
ContourView command
ContourViewChange macro command
CopyPicture command
CopyText command
CurveFit command
CurveLabel command
DataProcess command
DataProcessLabels command
DateFormat command
DecimalDigits command
DeleteLabel command
DeferMinMaxCheck command
DeleteRefLine command
DeleteThinTriangles command
DenseGridLines command
Differentiate command
Directory command
DivideCurves command
DocHide command
DocMaximize command
DocMinimize command
DocRestore command
DocShow command
EditAddToX command
EditAddToY command
EditDecimate command
EditEqualInts command
EditErase command
EditEraseData command
EditFilter command
EditMultiplyX command
EditMultiplyY command
EditOperateX command
EditOperateY command
EditOperateZ command
EditRemoveTrend command
EditSmooth command
EditSort command
EditSubtractMean command
EditSwapXY command
EditTruncate command
Enable command
ErrorBar command
ErrorBarPenWidth command
ErrorBarWidth command
ErrorMessages command
FFT command
FFTMethod command
FFTPhase command
FileAppend command
FileArrays command
FileClose command
FileExit command
FileMacro command
FileNew command
FileNewEx command
FileOpen command
FilePageSetup command
FilePrint command
FilePrintMultiple command
FileSaveAs command
FileType command
FillBetween command
FillStyle command
FindIntersections command
FontPoints command
ForAllDocuments command
ForFilesIn command
FunctionOfXY1Y2 command
GeneralOptions command
GenerateMesh command
GetPreferences command
GrainSizeFlags command
GrainSizeFlagsEx command
GrainSizeOther command
GridLines command
GridLinesOnTop command
GridLineType command
HelpContents command
HelpSearch command
HideCurve command
Histogram command
IndependentTicks command
InfoInterpolate command
InfoScan command
InsertLink command
InsertXY command
Integrate command
InvertAxis command
LabelDirection command
Legend command
LegendParams command
LegendShow command
LineType command
LineWidth command
LogTicks command
Lump command
ManualScale command
Medians command
MenuHide command
MenuShow command
MenuUpdates command
MoveCurves command
MultipleXAxes command
MultipleYAxes command
MultiplyCurves command
NextDocument command
NextFile command
NoteButtonText command
NoteOptions command
NotePosition command
NoteTabstops command
NoteText command
NumberFormat command
NumTicks command
OverlayDocument command
Paste command
PasteLink command
Pause command
PolarPlotStyle command
PostponeRedraw command
Preserve3DScaleFactor command
ProbabilityFlags command
RefLine command
RemoveLink command
ReorderCurves command
Repaint command
Request function
RunPlugin command
SavePreferences command
SaveUndo command
Scale command
ScatterPlotLines command
SelectCurve command
SetBitmapDims command
SetClientRect command
SetDecimalSymbol command
SetFilename macro command
SetImageCrop command
SetMetafileDims command
SetOutputWindow command
SetPanFraction command
SetPluginImageDims command
SetWindowPos command
Shell command
ShowCaption command
ShowCurve command
ShowDate command
Size command
SplitDateTime command
SquareLogCycles command
StartStop command
Stat_AddData command
Stat_AddGroup command
Stat_Box command
Stat_BWOptions command
Stat_DotOptions command
Stat_DrawLegend command
Stat_GrandMean command
Stat_GroupInfo command
Stat_LimitsAsCL command
Stat_MeanFormat command
Stat_Outliers command
Stat_PlotType command
Stat_RefLine command
Stat_Rotated command
Stat_Scaling command
Stat_Whiskers command
SubtractCurves command
SwitchX command
SymbolClip command
SymbolCycleColors command
SymbolFillBackground command
SymbolFrequency command
SymbolOpacity command
SymbolOutline command
SymbolOutlineColor command
SymbolSize command
SymbolSizeUnits command
SymbolType command
TextFont command
TextNote command
TextNote3D command
TextNoteEx command
TextNoteLeader command
TextPointLabel command
TextPointLabel3D command
TextPointLabelLeader command
TickInterval command
TickMarks command
TimeFormat command
Title1 command
Title2 command
Title3 command
Title4 command
TriangleFlags command
TripartiteFlags command
UseNameAsLegend command
VectorPlot macro command
VectorPlotOptions macro command
ViewRedraw command
ViewStatusBar command
ViewToolBar command
WindowCascade command
WindowTile command
XAxisLabel command
X2AxisLabel command
XLabel command
XY command
XYLabel command
XYXY command
XYZ command
XYZ_To_XY command
XYZEx command
XYZRegen command
Y2AxisLabel command
Y2TopDown command
YAxisHorizontal command
YAxisLabel command
YCutoff command
ZAxisLabel command
Using DDEML to send binary data directly to DPlot
Plugins for File Import, Export and Data Manipulation
Reference
Keyboard Shortcuts
Right-Click Mouse Operations
Functions
ABS function
ACOS function
ACOSH function
ASIN function
ASINH function
ATAN function
ATAN2 function
ATANH function
BESSELJ function
BESSELY function
CDF function
CEIL function
COS function
COSH function
DATE function
DAY function
ERF function
EXP function
FACT function
FLOOR function
FPOWER function
GCD function
LCM function
LOG function
LOG10 function
MAX function
MIN function
MOD function
MONTH function
MROUND function
NORMDIST function
NORMDISTCDF function
NORMINV function
NORMRAND function
PMT function
RANDBETWEEN function
RND function
ROUND function
SIGN function
SIN function
SINH function
SQRT function
SUM function
TAN function
TANH function
WEEKDAY function
WEEKNUM function
YEAR function
Error Messages
Known Problems
Technical Support
Contact information
Notes for DPlot Jr and DPlot Viewer users
Transferring data
Using the DPlot Interface Add-In for Microsoft Excel
XYXY Add-In command
XYYY Add-In command
X,Y,Label command
Bar chart command
Bar chart, data in rows command
OneCurvePerRow Add-In command
XYZSurface Add-In command
XYZScatter Add-In command
ZGrid Add-In command
OneD Add-In command
Transferring DPlot plots to other applications
Transferring DPlot data to other applications

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