I can't get line type selection to work

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@DJ_12646177 wrote:

Trying to make a plot where the line type is just a dot for every point. 

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Its not clear to me what that exactly means because there is no "line type 'dot'".
You can set a dotted line or you can set a dot as "symbol" and 'none' for the line type. The results of doing so are different:

Reason for Prime not letting you set the formatting as desired possibly could be that your plot consists of too many points (in the opinion of the PTC developers).

There are some limitations concerning number of points to be plotted (per trace):

Up to 4999 points you are on the save side and can set whatever Symbol, Line style and Line thickness you like.

Starting with 5000 points you can only select Symbol fulldot or none and Linestyle full or none but still any Line thickness.

This is valid up to 49999 points.

For traces with 50000 points or more you are not allowed to set anything but the color and the plot consists of tiny points only.

And if you demand for 2 000 001 or more points to plotted, Prime will refuse to plot and throw an error. This limit concerns xy-plots. For polar plot the limit is 50001 and for 3D-plots its 40001 according to the help information.
Unfortunately, the other limits given are not so clearly specified in the help; it is only briefly noted that the full formatting options are only available up to 4999 points.

You may try to reduce the number of points plotted. As an alternative you may try the Chart component ans see if it fits your needs - it offers more features than the naive plots but has its own severe drawbacks (slow, awkward, no units, not scaling according Windows zoom, badly integrated).

Unfortunately you don't show your worksheet so its not clear what the actual problem is.

Maybe you simply try to chose Line type "none" before you chose a Symbol? Prime won't let you do so and will keep the Line type chosen. You must define a Symbol different from 'none' first, then Prime will allow you to set Linestyle to 'none'

Hi @DJ_12646177,

I wanted to see if you got the help you needed.

If so, please mark the appropriate reply as the Accepted Solution. It will help other members who may have the same question.
Of course, if you have more to share on your issue, please pursue the conversation. 

Thanks,
Anurag