Modifying the Background Properties of a Report

To modify the appearance of a report, or to modify the display properties any object in a report, including traces, axis labels, grids, colors, fonts, legends, color maps, contour color, and so forth:

Open the report you want to modify.
Select an editable object in the report to be able to edit its properties. Click on an object to select it and to view its properties in the docked Properties window. To open a floating Properties window, either double-click the selected object, or select Edit > Properties from the menu bar.
The Properties tabs and options displayed for editable plot objects varies depending on the report type (for example, whether 2D rectangular, 2D polar, Smith, Stacked, or 3D), but can include the following:
- Cartesian – controls the scroll bar and thumb properties for 2D rectangular plots.
- Header – controls 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 tree, plot title synchronizes. The Company Name and the Show Design Name check box are grouped in the Properties dialog box as Subtitle. Edits to the Subtitle Font Property affects both of them.
- General – controls 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.) An Auto Scale Fonts property is on by default and scales text in plots and colorkey (contour plot, field plots in 3D modeler) for high resolution screens.
- Legend – controls the properties for whether to include a Legend Name, Show Trace Name, Solution Name, and Variation Key. At least one of these must be selected. Legend Name is blank by default. When non-empty, a header row for the Legend in plot shows up with that string. You can also specify the File Name Display as Full Path, File Name without Path, or as an Array Index. 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. See: Modifying the Legend in a Report.
- Color Key – for 3D plots, controls the appearance of the color key (colors, transparency, border appearance, fonts, number format, field width and precision.
- Contour – for 3D plots, controls the appearance of the color map, including map type, ramp color, spectrum, IsoValType, levels, number of contours, and values shown.
- Radiation Pattern – for 2D polar plots, controls whether to show the circular grid and angle lines.
- Stacked – for stacked plots, controls properties for X scrollbar, thumb properties, and stack layout, auto fit, and stack height.
- Smith – for Smith charts, controls whether to show grids for Imp., Adm., Cir, and angle lines.
- Traces – controls the properties for traces, including: 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. You can select traces either in the Legend or on the plot. See: Editing the Display Properties of Traces.
- Axis for X, Y or Z, or for Phi, Theta or Rho, and circular – the defaults for most of these values (applying to 2D and 3D both) are set in the Report 2D OptionsAxis tab.
  - Display name – check box for whether to display the axis name.
  - 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 dialog box.
  - Axis Color – set the color by double-clicking to display the Set color dialog box. Select a default or custom color and click OK.
  - Axis Font – click the cell to display the Edit Text Font dialog box. The dialog box lets you select from a list of available fonts, styles, sizes, effects, colors, and script. The dialog box also contains a preview field. OK the selections to apply the font edits and to close the dialog box.
  - Display Units – this specifies whether to display the axis units.
  - Window (section):
    - Window Mode – can be Axis range, Continuous moving window, or Step moving window.
    - Window Width (in) – provide an integer value for the previous selection.
  - Manual Format (section):
    - Number format – select from the drop down menu, Auto, Decimal, or Scientific notation.
    - Field Width – enter a real value.
    - Field Precision – enter a real value.
- X or Y or Z Scaling Tab – These properties provide control over scaling:
  - Axis Scaling – use the drop-down menu to select scaling as Linear or Log. For the Y axis, all zero or negative values are discarded before log scaling is applied. For 3D plots, scaling is on the Axis tabs
  - 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 (section):
    - Auto Units – use the check box compute the correct units for the axis.
    - Units – click on the cell to select from a menu of available units if you have not checked Auto Units.
  - Infinity Visualization (section):
    - Map Infinity Mode – check box.
      Each axis 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 HFSStreats as zero, in the data, for example, dB Gain.
    - Map Infinity To – enter a real value for the Map Infinity Mode.
- Grid – properties for grid labels and grid style, appearance, line styles, color, major and minor lines, major and minor circles on polar grids, and scaling. For the 3D rectangular plots, there are separate tabs for the XY, YZ and ZX axes, and for 3D Polar plots, tabs for phi-rho, or theta-rho grids.
Edit the properties, and OK the dialog box to apply the changes.