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dex1337
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 Posted - 11/16/2013 : 09:46:10 AM
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Origin Ver. and Service Release (Select Help-->About Origin): 9
Operating System: W7
Hi,
I am fairly new to Origin. My problem right now is that I have categorical data, which I want to plot and then assign symbols to and not use the "assign symbol by category". I tried to create new XY colums for each category, but then it is plotted on the same "x-value".
Does anyone know how I can either change the symbol of a category without using the automatic system or how can I plot categorical data which is in several columns?
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dex1337
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Posted - 11/18/2013 : 09:01:05 AM
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply! Sorry, my explanation was maybe a bit misleading, it is quite hard to explain. I created a quick plot:
What I want to do is change the symbols used manually and not get them assigned by the categorical column as it does right now. For example, I want to use squares for category A and C. How do I change this? |
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lkb0221
China
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Posted - 11/18/2013 : 11:38:02 AM
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Hi,
Your quick A-B-C categorical plot uses custom symbol indexed by col(A), right? But col(A) is also the category info column, so symbol under different category will have different shape.
So if you want A and C share the same shape/interior/color, you need a three column for index. See the example below:
There is also another way. You can plot each category separately (by drag&drop) and then group them together in Layer Content dialog.
Then you can customize the shape/color/interior increment list in Group tab of Plot Details dialog, without a third column.
hope this would help.
Zheng
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dex1337
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Posted - 11/18/2013 : 12:57:28 PM
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Thank you very much for your help! The second method did the trick.
Thanks again!
Best regards
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several columns of categorical data