Numeric Symbol 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 symbol set:
You can also open the Numeric Symbol Sets form by right-clicking (F4) in the Symbol Set response in a form (when the Symbol field you have selected is a numeric field).
- Enter values and labels in the Value and Label columns.
If the Auto update labels check box is selected, labels are automatically generated, based upon the entries in the Value column.
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.
- Alternatively, use the Calculate and Assign tools to divide your data into suitable ranges. The ranges you define will appear in the Label column. You can either use the automatically generated labels or edit them further. The contents of the Label column can be used in the legend frame of a plot.
- Select a symbol for each value (or range) by double-clicking (F3). When you double-click on the symbol icon, you can Select a symbol and define its characteristics.
Use the buttons on the local toolbar to Manage the rows in the list.
- 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 Symbol Sets form.
Numeric Symbol 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.
Symbol
Double-click (F3) to select the symbol that will be used to represent each value or the lower and upper bounds of each range. For more information, see: Symbol Palette
On the right-click menu, you can:
- Select Change Selected Symbols or Change All Symbols to modify the symbols for ALL rows or for SELECTED rows only.
Label
If the Auto update labels check box is selected, labels are automatically generated, based upon the entries in the Value column.
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 to select a default symbol that will be used when you insert or add new rows. To add a new row, click on the last row in the set and press the Enter key. The default symbol is applied.
Decimals
Enter the number of decimals to be used when labelling values.
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.