Exercise 5: Create a bar chart

Plot materials data on a bar chart using the Chart/Index Stage.

  1. Select MaterialUniverse: All materials on the Chart/Select tab
    1. Click Chart/Select, and then select MaterialUniverse: All materials.
  2. Create a bar chart of Young’s modulus (E)
    1. Under Selection Stages, click Chart/Index.
    2. Set the Y-axis attribute to Young's modulus, and click OK.
    3. For a bar chart, you do not set an X-axis: leave its attribute set to <None>.
  3. Explore the chart
    1. Click Zoom in and then drag to zoom in on an area of the chart.
    2. Click Zoom out to zoom out.
    3. Click Autoscale to zoom back to view the whole chart again.
  4. Label records on the chart
    1. Click a record on the chart and then drag to add and position a new data label.
    2. To delete a data label, select it and press DELETE. To delete all labels in the chart, press CTRL+A and then press DELETE.