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| khyings66 |
Posted - 12/19/2006 : 06:03:43 AM
Origin Version (Select Help-->About Origin): 7,5
Operating System: Win XP
Hallo,
after looking for some days for a solution, I may ask for help here:
What I need to do, is a graph like this, showing percentages of sherd types per level in an archaeological excavation:
This graph has been made completely 'by hand'
- Is there any way to do it with origin? I didn't find it by my own...
It's only about the making of the graph itself, the seriation is already done.
Maybe somebody knows??? thanks for help!!
Silke |
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| khyings66 |
Posted - 12/21/2006 : 05:05:52 AM
Hi + THANK YOU!!
This seems to be exactly what I need! Let me try it out during the next days, and I will give you a feedback.
Thanks again for helping a newbie like me!
Silke |
| Deanna |
Posted - 12/21/2006 : 12:25:13 AM
Hi Silke. How able the following graph?
It can be created in the following way:
1. Rearrange your data like this:
Note that values in col(c) is the negative of col(b). And similarly, col(e) is the negative of col(d).
2. Highlight col(c) and col(b).
3. From the Origin menu, choose Plot: Special Bar/Column: Floating bar. This will create a floating bar graph.
4. Double-click on the graph to bring up the Plot Detail dialog. In the Spacing tab, set Gaps between Bars (in%) to be 0. Click OK to close the dialog. The graph will be like:
5. Double-click on the X axis to bring up the Axis dialog. In the Grid Line tab, check before Minor Grids. Select grey for color and Solid for style. Then in the Title and Format tab, choose Top under Selection. Check before Show Axis and Title. Click OK to close the dialog.
6. Highlight col(d) and col(e). Repeat Step 3. Activate the graph we created for col b and C. Right-click to bring up the short-cut menu, and choose Copy Format: All. Activate the graph for col D & E. Right-click to bring up the short-cut menu, and choose Paste Format.
7. Merge two graphs. Delete the unwanted Y Axis and Title.
Deanna
OriginLab Technical Services
Edited by - Deanna on 12/21/2006 12:33:08 AM |
| erica-cn |
Posted - 12/20/2006 : 8:52:26 PM
Hi Silke:
If you want to plot the graph like Larry showed, you can set all the levels of one type as X, and the corresponding percentage as Y. Select all columns, then click Plot:Bar. All the bar will have a common X axis.
Hope it can be helpful. Any more problems,please feel free to contact us.
Erica Shang
OriginLab Technical Service |
| khyings66 |
Posted - 12/20/2006 : 06:05:37 AM
Hallo, and thank you!
Yes that would work, its not exactly the same, but better than doing it all by hand.
What I did is: making a bar graph for each type and then merging them:
But how do you get them all on only one common x-axis???
Silke |
| larry_lan |
Posted - 12/19/2006 : 9:06:37 PM
Hi Silke:
It's difficult to create a plot like yours, how about the following bar plot instead?
Larry
OriginLab Technical Services |
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