Using View Window Commands

View Windows display graphic images of your data. Figure 130 shows a graph view and a surface view. The View Window’s title is the text that appears in the Dataset Window.

Figure 130: Graph and Surface Visualizer Windows

The View Window menu commands are:

File > Close

Closes the View Window.

File > Dataset

Raises the Dataset Window to the front of the desktop. If you minimized the Dataset Window, the Visualizer restores it.

File > Delete

Deletes the View Window dataset from the list. This also destroys other View Windows that view the dataset.

File > Options

Pops up a window of viewing options.

Window > Duplicate Base Window

Creates a new View Window with the same visualization method and dataset as the current View Window.

Ways to view data

The drawing area displays the image of your data. You can interact with the drawing area to alter the view of your data. For example:

If the Visualizer is displaying a surface, you can rotate the surface to view it from different angles.

You can get the value and indices of the dataset element nearest the cursor by clicking on it and typing “P”. A pop-up window displays the information.

These operations are discussed in “Using the Graph Window” and “Using the Surface Window”.