Creating a chart stage

Plot materials data using the Chart/Index Stage, and edit the axis settings of your new chart.

Prerequisites: Chart Stages are added to a Selection project. For more information, see Creating a selection project.

To create a new chart stage:

Under Selection Stages, click Chart/Index.
For the X-Axis, click Single or Advanced Property.
Specify the attribute or attribute expression to be used for the axis:
1. select a Category to filter the number of attributes displayed.
2. Select the Attribute.
  If you want to use an attribute that is not available in the list, click Advanced to create an Adding an Attribute expression.

Set the Axis Settings:

Option	Description
Axis Title	By default, the Axis Title is the name of the selected attribute. You can edit this, if required.
Absolute values / Relative values	If a reference record has been set, you can select Absolute values to display values on the chart as absolute numerical values: Alternatively, select Relative values to display values relative to the reference record, so that the chart is plotted with the reference record at (1,1). This allows easy comparison of other material records to the reference record.
Axis scale	If the attribute to be plotted is numeric, you can set the axis scale type and range. Set the scale type to Logarithmic or Linear. To let the range for the scale be calculated automatically, click Autoscale. To set the range for the scale manually, click Set and type in the minimum and maximum values. Note: A warning will appear on a chart axis if a selected attribute contains negative values that cannot be plotted on a log scale.

Option

Description

Axis Title

By default, the Axis Title is the name of the selected attribute. You can edit this, if required.

Absolute values / Relative values

If a reference record has been set, you can select Absolute values to display values on the chart as absolute numerical values:

Alternatively, select Relative values to display values relative to the reference record, so that the chart is plotted with the reference record at (1,1).

This allows easy comparison of other material records to the reference record.

Axis scale

If the attribute to be plotted is numeric, you can set the axis scale type and range. Set the scale type to Logarithmic or Linear.

To let the range for the scale be calculated automatically, click Autoscale.
To set the range for the scale manually, click Set and type in the minimum and maximum values.

Note: A warning will appear on a chart axis if a selected attribute contains negative values that cannot be plotted on a log scale.

For functional data attributes or expressions, set the parameter values:
- Select Project Defaults to use project default or individual stage parameter values.
- Click Edit to set the parameter values manually.
Note: The values for all the parameters upon which the attribute value depends must fixed in order to make a selection.
Click OK.