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plot grid

plot grid

Status: New Idea Submitted by 3-Visitor on ‎Jun 04, 2020 08:55 AM
3 Comments (3 New)

Prime 6 does not appear to have a way to produce a grid on a 2D plot.  Without a grid, plot values are difficult to read.  Hopefully this glaring omission will be corrected in Prime 7.  It would be good to have major and minor grid lines, of different colors and weights, but as a minimum the plotting features of MathCAD15 should be included.  A related helpful feature would be to be able to control the orientation of polar plots.  A current need is for a polar plot with zero degrees pointing to the left rather than to the right, with positive angles opening counterclockwise.  One could imagine zero degrees straight up, with positive angles opening clockwise, or other orientations and directions.

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RantEng
12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
‎Jun 09, 2020 08:58 AM
‎Jun 09, 2020 08:58 AM

Grids are possible when using a Chart Component.  It is a powerful tool if a bit quirky.  It is not the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) feature it was supposed to be.  In best practice, have two monitors.  Your Mathcad document open on one and the Chart Component editor on the other.  As you make changes watch what it does in your document.  Don't pay attention to how it appears in the editor.

 

Bob

prebstock
3-Visitor
3-Visitor
‎Jun 09, 2020 11:39 AM
‎Jun 09, 2020 11:39 AM
What is a "Chart Component editor?" I have looked all over Prime6, and can find nothing but the ribbon for modifying a chart. Presumably the response is trying to say to use the "Chart Component editor" to alter the chart, but that the changes will appear only in the document and not in the editor - if I'm reading it correctly. Also, I only have one monitor. But the main problem is, what is this editor and how do I access it?

"Grids are possible when using a Chart Component. It is a powerful tool if a bit quirky. It is not the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) feature it was supposed to be. In best practice, have two monitors. Your Mathcad document open on one and the Chart Component editor on the other. As you make changes watch what it does in your document. Don't pay attention to how it appears in the editor."

JeffH1
13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
‎Jul 29, 2020 12:53 PM
‎Jul 29, 2020 12:53 PM

It's the third button on your Math ribbon menu: