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Plots are input and displayed using the "Input File" pane of the "Plot" 
subform.
The first plot to be created and displayed causes the graphics workspace
to be created. The plot is drawn in the Black workspace area.
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More than one plot may be displayed in the same window;  each time the
user fills in the "filename" parameter and clicks on "Plot File",
the new plot will be added to the graphics workspace.  
Plots may be hidden using the "HIDE" action button on the guide pane of the 
main Xprism3 form, or deleted using the "DELETE" action button.  Until the 
graphics workspace is destroyed using the "CLEAR" action button, each new plot 
will continue to be added to the existing graphics workspace.
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Twenty (20) plots may be displayed in a workspace; however, for readability,
five (5) is the recommended limit.  If one has access to a color workstation,
it is much easier to distinguish plots from each other than if one is
working on a monochrome workstation. 
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The following list describes the options available on the "Input File"
pane.
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Filename
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The file to be plotted must be specified in the Filename boxed area.
To use the file browser to find/select a file, click the
mouse in the word "Filename" on the pane.
The following file types may be used as input:
.IP "VIFF Image Files" 20
image files created by KHOROS
.IP "Ascii Files"
3D data points entered into an Ascii File.
.IP "Raw Data Files"
raw data files created from a program or application.
.IP "Functions"
function definitions stored in an Ascii File.
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Points to Be Displayed
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The option, "points to be displayed", allows the user to window on 
a specified portion of the data. Along with windowing the user can 
subsample the data to be displayed. Note, All data is read in when
the "Plot File" button is clicked with the mouse. The "points to be displayed"
works on the data read in. The window and subsampling parameter may be changed 
for each plot on the "Attributes" subform. The "points to be displayed"
option has three item that can be changed. The following explains these
options:
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.IP "Step Size"
This "Step Size" option specifies how the data should be subsampled
between the begin point and the end point. The default value is 1, every
point.
.IP "Begin Point"
The "Begin Point" specifies the begin point of the data to plot. That is
what data point number to begin with. If the "Begin Point" is set to
0, then the "end point" is ignored and all data points are used.
.IP "End Point"
The "End Point" specifies the end point of the data to plot. That is
what data point number to end with. If the "End Point" is set to
0, then the last data point in the file is used as the end point.
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Plot Type
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Each plot that is input will be displayed as the plot type that is indicated
by the "plot type" toggle in the "Input File" pane.  Thus, by changing
the plot type before each new plot is displayed, any of the five plot types 
may be displayed simultaneously in the graphics workspace.
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Data Format
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Data format is only used when the input file is an Ascii data file
or a Raw data file. Two formats can be specified, XYZ triplets or
Z Only. In the case of Z Only data, the X and Y values are generated
starting at 0.
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Raw Data Type
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Raw Data Type is only used with raw data files. This specifies
the data type of how the data is stored.
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Raw Data Machine Type
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Raw Data Machine Type specifies the machine type that the data was originally
created on. If the byte ordering of the data is different than the
machine running Xprism3 on, the data will be converted.
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See the associated HELP for each of the file types for more detailed 
information.
