Numeric Hatch Sets

There is no undo facility when you edit colour sets, hatch sets, line sets, or symbol sets. If you want to be able to undo any future changes or deletions, you should first use the Save As button to save your current settings as a form set which can be re-loaded.

To define a numeric hatch set:

  1. On the Home tab, in the Symbology group, open the Numeric Hatch Sets form.

    2. You can also open the Numeric Hatch Sets form by right-clicking (F4) in the Hatch Set response in a form (when the Hatch field you have selected is a numeric field).

  1. Decide on the number of ranges (bins) into which you will divide the data and then enter values that define the limit of each range in the Value column. The ranges you define will appear in the Label column. The contents of the Label column can be used in the legend frame of a plot.

    If the Update labels check box is selected, labels are automatically generated, based upon the entries in the Value column. These labels have the following standard forms: nn.nn to mm.mm, <=nn.nn , =>mm.mm. 

    You can modify the labels if you wish. To keep your modifications when there is a subsequent change to an entry in the Value column, deselect the Update labels check box.

  1. Alternatively, use the Calculate and Assign buttons to divide your data into suitable ranges.
  2. Select a hatch pattern for each range by double-clicking (F3).
  3. If the Update labels check box is selected, you can modify the labels that are generated automatically based upon the values entered. Use the buttons on the grid list toolbar to Manage the rows in the list.
  1. Click Save As to save your changes as a new form set. Click Save and Close to save the current form as the default form set and close the Edit Hatch Sets form.

Numeric Hatch Grid

Value

Decide on the number of ranges (bins) into which you will divide the data and then enter values that define the limit of each range in the Value column.

Hatch

Double-click (F3) to select the hatch that will be used to represent the lower and upper bounds of each range.

On the right-click menu, you can:

  • Select Change Selected Hatches to modify the hatch pattern and the colours of SELECTED hatches.
  • Select Change All Hatches to modify the fill pattern and the colour of ALL hatches.
  • Select Change Properties of Selected Hatches to change individual properties of SELECTED hatches:

    •   Property Description
      Pattern Change the hatch pattern only
      Foreground Colour Set the foreground colour of the hatch and use the foreground colour for borders (Yes/No)
      Background Colour Set the background colour of the hatch
      Border Colour Set the border colour of the hatch
      Border Line Type Set a (THIN, MEDIUM, THICK, DOT, DASH) line type

Label

If the Update labels check box is selected, labels are automatically generated, based upon the entries in the Value column. These labels have the following standard forms: nn.nn to mm.mm, <=nn.nn , =>mm.mm. 

You can modify the labels if you wish. To keep your modifications when there is a subsequent change to an entry in the Value column, deselect the Update labels check box.

Default

Double-click (F3) to select a default hatch pattern. If a hatch has not been specified for a range, the default hatch will be used.

Decimals

Enter the number of decimals to be used when labelling values.

Palette

Select a palette for the Foreground, Background or Border of the hatches.

The colours you assign to the ranges in a colour set or a hatch set can be saved as a palette, which is simply a list of RGB colour values. When you click the Select button in an Edit Colour Set or Edit Hatch Set form, an extensive range of system palettes are available for selection. See: Colour Palettes

To save the colours in the current set as a palette, click the Save button.

Forms

Click the Forms button to select and open a saved form set, or if a form set has been loaded, save the current form set.

New

Click the New button to clear all of the response boxes in the form.

Assign

Click this button to automatically calculate ranges. Enter the number of ranges and choose a calculation method. Assign will use the Min and Max values in the file as the limits.

Calculate

Click this button to automatically Calculate ranges based on first and last values (you enter) and either a set number of intervals or a set interval size.

Asc/Desc

Click this button to reverse the order of the ranges as Ascending or Descending. This is useful when you have a preference for the order in which the values will appear in a plot legend. Values occurring on a range border will take the colour, hatch, or line defined for the first range.

Save As

Click Save As to save your changes as a new form set. See: Save As

Save and Close

Click Save and Close to save your changes as the default form set and close the form.

Cancel

Click the Cancel button to close the form without saving your changes. Note that the Edit form will always show the last changes that were made. To revert back to where you were before changes were made, you will need to re-load a saved form set. If your original settings were not saved as a form set, they cannot be recovered.