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To further differentiate the regions:
- Select Data Sets... from the graph window Edit menu.
NExS displays the Data Set Options dialog box.
- In the Shading area for Data Set 1,
select Z Height.
- Click Apply to redraw the graph and keep the dialog
box open. The different contour levels are now shown
in color with the higher regions being reddish and
the lower ones being bluish.
To display a legend:
- In your surface graph select General... from the
Options menu. NExS displays the Graph Options
dialog box.
- Click on the selection button labeled Legend.
- Click OK redraw the graph as shown in Figure 2-16 and
dismiss the dialog box. NExS displays the contour
colors and levels along the right side of the graph.
Figure 13.17: Contour Graph 2
Just as you set the number of histogram bins, you can set
the number of contour levels. You can also select the
range over which the contours extend. You can even have
logarithmically-spaced contours. However, the Grid Lines
options produce no effect on contour graphs.
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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999