Plot Windows


Plot Windows display 1-D data in the form of a 2-D graph, or "plot". The different aspects of plotting in Mira are described in Working with Plots and topics referenced therein. The pictures below show a typical Plot Window with the Plot Toolbar at the top border and the Plot Animation Toolbar at bottom border. The Plot Toolbar can be shown or hidden using theToolbar command in the Plot menu or the checkbox in the Image Plot Properties dialog. In the second picture, the window is changed to Overplot mode using the command in the Plot Context Menu. You can control whether Mira prompts you to confirm closing a Plot Window using the check list item in the General Properties dialog. After the Plot Window opens, you can changes its properties using the Plot Properties dialog.

This is a typical Plot Window showing a single row plotted for an image :

Displaying Multiple Plot Series

A Plot Window can contain more than 1 series of data, such as multiple images, multiple rows, or a scatter plot of table data. You can also create multiple series using copy + paste to add data from other Plot Windows. In such cases, you can choose from 2 modes to view the multiple series:

Animate Mode

This window has 5 plot series. In this mode, only 1 series is displayed at a time.

Overplot Mode

This picture shows all 5 plot series at the same time. The color assigned to each series is configured in the Image Plot Properties dialog. The properties of the plot series can be altered afterward using the Plot Series Properties dialog.

There are many ways to create Row Profile Plots and Column Profile Plots like those shown above.

Plot Window Toolbars

The Plot Window provides a number of toolbars for working with the plotted data.

Plot Coordinates

All of the profile plots show image luminance versus position or distance. For these types, Mira also provides the following coordinate system options:

Intensity (Luminance) Profile Plots

Luminance is displayed on the vertical axis of a profile plot. The Luminance Axis label includes the units of luminance if the image header contains such information.

Changing the Properties of the Plot

The properties of the plot can be set before the plot is created and changed after the plot is created.

Plot Context Menu

Right clicking inside a Plot Window opens a Context Menu containing some useful commands. This shows the Plot Series Mode submenu used to create the different plots shown above.

The commands in the Context Menu are a subset of those in the Plot window's menu.

Accelerator Keys

Accelerators in the table below execute commands when a Plot Window has focus.

Plot Accelerators

indow.

Ctrl+A

Opens the Plot Properties dialog for setting the properties of the window and the plotted data.

Ctrl+Shift+A

Open the Plot Series Properties dialog.

Ctrl+N

Executes the New command, which displays the New Document dialog.

Ctrl+O

Executes the File > Open command, which displays the Open dialog.

Ctrl+P

 Print the Plot W

Ctrl+R

Opens the General Properties dialog.

Ctrl+C

Copy plot series data to the Windows clipboard.

Ctrl+V

Paste plot series data from the Clipboard into the current plot window.

Saving Plot Data

The plotted data can be viewed in a grid window using the Series Data command in the right-click context menu.

Plot data can be saved to a text file using the Save as Text command. This command is available from the File menu when a Plot Window is the top-most view.

Related Topics

Plotting Commands, Plot Properties, Image Plot Properties, Working with Plots, Printing Properties, Plot Toolbar, Plot Animation Toolbar, Image Windows, Scatter Plot, Save Plot as Text File, Series Data