Modifying the Background Properties of a 2D or Circuit Report

The standard View menu Zoom and Fit commands operate on reports. When zooming on a report, axis labels and ticks adjust automatically during the zoom operation and rescale to their final value after the zoom operation is complete.

To modify the appearance of a report, or the display properties an object in a report:

1. Open the report you want to modify.
2. You must select an editable object in the report to be able to edit its properties. Click an object to select it and view its Properties in the docked properties window. To open a floating Properties window, either double-click the selected object, or click Edit > Properties on the toolbar.

The selectable objects in reports are as follows:

• Header – this lets you edit the Properties for the text displayed at the top of the report, including the Title font, Company Name, Show Design Name, Subtitle Font. The plot title is tied to the report's name and is not a Header property. If you change the report name in the Project Manager window, plot title synchronizes. The Company Name and the Show Design Name check box are grouped in the Properties window as Subtitle. Edits to the Subtitle Font Property affects both of them.
• General — this window (or General tab for other Report properties windows) lets you edit the background color (the perimeter around the trace display) for the plot, the contrast color (the trace display background), the Field width, the Precision, and whether to use scientific notation for marker and delta marker displays. (X and Y notation display is set separately, in the Axis property tabs.)
• Legend — this lets you edit the Properties for whether to Show Trace Name, Solution Name, and Variation Key. At least one of these three must be selected. You can also edit the Font, the background color of the Legend box, the Border Color, the Border Width, Grid Color (for the lines between Trace descriptions), and the Grid line width. Also see Modifying the Legend in a Report
• Traces – select traces either in the Legend or on the plot. The properties for traces include: Color, Line Style, Line Width, Trace Type, whether to Show a symbol, Symbol Frequency, Symbol style, whether to Fill symbol, symbol color, and whether to Show arrows. See Editing the Display Properties of Traces.
• X or Y Axis Tab — the defaults for most of these values are set in the Report 2D Options Axis tab.
• Specify name — check box for specifying the Axis name.
• Name — this describes the axis to which the following properties/options refer. These are selected in the Report window.
• Axis Color — set the color by double-clicking to open the Set color window. Select a default or custom color and click OK.
• Text Font — click the cell to open the Edit Text Font window. The window lets you select from a list of available fonts, styles, sizes, effects, colors, and script. The window also contains a preview field. OK the selections to apply the font edits and close the window.
• Manual Format (group box)
• Number format — choose a format (i.e., Auto, Decimal, or Scientific notation).
• Field Width — enter a real value.
• Field Precision — enter a real value.
• X or Y Scaling Tab — These properties provide control over scaling.
• Axis Scaling — choose scaling as Linear or Log. For the Y axis, all zero or negative values are discarded before log scaling is applied.
• Specify Min — check box
• Min — text entry in same units as axis units. Saved as SI internally.
• Specify Max — check box
• Max — text entry in same units as axis units. Saved as SI internally.
• Specify Spacing — check box
• Spacing — text entry in same units as axis units. Saved as SI internally
• Manual Units (group box)
• Auto Units — click the check box compute the correct units for the axis.
• Units — click the cell to select from a menu of available units if you have not checked Auto Units.
• Infinity Visualization (group box)
• Map Infinity Mode — check box.

Each axis now can be set to treat infinity values in a user-defined way. When you check the Map Infinity Mode, any infinity values in the input data get the infinityMap value (negative infinity get the value*-1 and positive infinity the positive value specified). This can be useful if there are zeros, or very small values that Electronics Desktop treats as zero, in the data, for example, dB Gain.

• Map Infinity To — enter a real value for the Map Infinity Mode.

3. Edit the properties, and OK the window to apply the changes.