Input variable plots

Input data plots allow you to compare input variable probability distributions in a group of prospects.

Start by loading up a set of prospects in the usual way. Then choose Tools | Input variable plots from the prospect menu. This is what you get:

From the Variables tab, choose the input variable you wish to compare. Click a variable to plot it. Click again to remove it from the plot. All and none plots them all, or none of them.

The Prospect list tab shows the currently loaded prospects. You can switch a prospect on () and off () by double-clicking (or right clicking) its name in the list. If you have models and/or layers, they are also shown and you can also double-click them to turn them on and off. This switching on and off only affects the display.

If you single click a prospect, it is drawn with a thicker line (or otherwise, depending on what who have chosen in the Options tab below).

Options

The Options tab offers a few plotting option, mostly designed to help you discover which distribution is which. but you can also set the x-axis (variable) scale. If you are working in a named project (not the "Default" project) the imposed scales will be saved with the project, when you save the project.

Options
Show
Highlight current	Check to highlight selected prospect with thicker line
Shade current	Check to shade selected prospect
Grey others	Check to grey-scale unselected prospects
Exterior legend	Check to move legend outside the graph

Scales
Scale	Lin or Log
Select	Manual (enter Min and Max below), Auto (uses the data min and max) or Auto-rounded (based on the data min and max but rounded to "nice" limits.
Minimum, Maximum	Scale left and right values
Unit	Impose a particular unit on the data: use the drop-down arrow to choose from a list appropriate to the data type. If you leave this blank it will use the unit it finds on the first distribution to be plotted.
Reverse	Reverse Min and Max
Reset	Reverts to auto-rounded scaling.
Save	Saves scale changes to project default (as long as you you not using the "Default" project)

Labels
Axes	Increase the relative size of the axis labels, which can be hard to see in multi-variable plots.

Layout
One page	Check this box if you want all variable plots shown on one page.
Columns/rows	How many columns or plots, and how many rows do you want?

Icons
	In a multi-page display, go back one page
	n a multi-page display, go forward one page
	Prints to the current windows printer
	Copies plot to the clipboard.
	Sends all the plot data to an Excel spreadsheet, where you can make your own plots.
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