Many plots share similar attributes, like the ability to create log plots, as well as similar widgets, like the Apply and Dismiss buttons. Rather than repeat the descriptions for these elements in the description for each window, common elements are described here, beginning with a table which details which windows include which elements, and ending with a description of the elements themselves.
Pressing the Apply button applies changes you made in the window containing the button. If you don't want your changes applied, press the Dismiss button without pressing Apply .
When you wish to close a window, press the Dismiss button. You should press the Apply button before you press the Dismiss button if you want your changes applied. If you don't want to apply your changes, pressing only the Dismiss button (without pressing Apply ) will return you to previously applied values.
These buttons determine the type of fill used when drawing a plot. Filled means solid, filled, and shaded (in three dimensions). Internal means only the boundary between objects is drawn. Wireframe means only the outline is drawn.
This button determines whether a legend is included with the plot. So long as legends for plots are globally turned on (via a control in the Annotation window), a legend is displayed for a given plot when this option is on.
This button allows you to select a new color for your lines using the Palette editor . Clicking the color button will activate the Palette editor so a new line color can be selected. The number displayed on the line color button represents the index of the color that is assigned to the line color.
This menu allows you to select one of four line styles. These are solid, dashed, dotted, and dot-dashed.
This menu allows you to select one of four line widths: hair width, narrow, medium, and wide.
This option determines whether data and the accompanying legend are displayed in a linear or log format. If legends are turned on, the legend and data are displayed with a log scale when this option is on.
If you select this button, changes you have made become the default for future plots of this type. Existing plots are unaffected, and these defaults last only for the duration of the MeshTV session. To permanently save the new defaults, you must select Save settings from the File menu after setting them with the Make default button.
This button allows you to use multiple colors in a plot. If you select this button, the selected plot will use multiple colors instead of a single color.
If you plan to use a window repeatedly, but you don't want it cluttering up your screen, you might want to post it. When a window is posted, it appears in the Notepad area at the bottom of the MeshTV Main window, where it remains until it is unposted. Press this button to post the window. Once the window is posted, this button will change to Unpost .
A posted window will only appear in the Notepad for the duration of the current MeshTV session. To permanently retain a window in the Notepad, select Save settings from the File menu.
To restore a window to default settings, undoing any changes you have made, press the Reset button. To apply these default values to selected plots, press the Apply button. Default values are the ones in effect when you started MeshTV, unless the window has a Make default button , in which case the defaults will be the values in effect when you pressed this button, if you did.
This button allows you to use a single color for the entire plot. If you select this button, the selected plot will use a single color instead of multiple colors. This button is often accompanied by another button that allows you to select the single color with the Palette editor . Clicking the companion button will activate the Palette editor so a new single color can be selected. The number displayed on the companion button represents the index of the single color.