The Plot Menu

Plot->Graph List (Ctrl-g)

Opens the graph list dialog. In the list dialog you can manipulate the graphs of the active plot. This dialog can also be reached by double clicking on a plot.

Plot->Plot List (Ctrl+Shift-.)

Opens the plot list dialog. In the plot list dialog you can manipulate the plots of the active worksheet.

Plot->New Plot from Function

Opens the function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a plot from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->2DFunction (Ctrl-e)

Opens the 2d function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 2 dimensional graph from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->2D Surface Function (Ctrl-u)

Opens the 2d surface function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 2 dimensional surface graph from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->Polar Function (Alt-)

Opens the polar function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 2 dimensional polar graph from a function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->3D Function (Ctrl-f)

Opens the 3d function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 3 dimensional graph from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Data

Opens the data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a plot from data.

Plot->New Plot from Data->2D Data (Ctrl-d)

Opens the 2d data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional graph from a data file. You can specify a lot of options for reading data so you should be able to read any type of ascii data here.

Plot->New Plot from Data->2D Surface Data (Alt--)

Opens the 2d surface data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional surface graph from a data file.

Plot->New Plot from Data->Pie Data (Alt-,)

Opens the pie data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional pie graph from a data file.

Plot->New Plot from Data->Polar Data (Ctrl-,)

Opens the polar data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional polar graph from a data file.

Plot->New Plot from Data->Ternary Data (Ctrl-Shift-Y)

Opens the ternary data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional ternary graph from a data file.

Edit->New Plot from Data->3D Data (Ctrl-i)

Opens the 3d data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 3 dimensional graph from a data file. You can specify a lot of options for reading data so you should be able to read any type of ascii data here.

Plot->New Plot from Data->QWT 3D Data (Ctrl-Shift-B)

Opens the QWT 3D data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 3 dimensional qwt plot from a data file.

Plot->New Plot from Data->GRASS Data (Alt-#)

Opens the GRASS data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a GRASS graph from a GRASS file. You can specify some GRASS specific options here. Remember that GRASS is only supported very limited at the moment.

Plot->Speed Mode

Toggles the speed mode setting This item can be used to switch the speed mode on or off. The speed mode can be used to accelerate the drawing for large datasets by drawing only a limited number of data points. The number of datapoints can be selected in the settings dialog.