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carsten
Switzerland
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 Posted - 06/29/2004 : 03:33:01 AM
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How and where can I change or set the default values (ini file?) of the layer area values (see tab Size/Speed; layer properties)
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Mike
USA
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Posted - 06/29/2004 : 10:06:10 AM
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Carsten, Layer Area dimensions are a property of the graph template. Edit your default values and resave the graph template.
Mike
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carsten
Switzerland
78 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2004 : 07:56:04 AM
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Mike, thank you for your reply.
But it does'nt work. Perhabs my question was'nt clear at all.
The problem is: whenever I add a new layer (Edit->New Layer(Axis)-> Normal...) the layer area values (within 'Plot Details' tab: Size/Speed) of the new layer differs from that what I want. Saving the graph template (i.e. Line) with new area values and a subsequent adding of a new layer results again in the old layer area values.
Maybe I saved the wrong template. But what is the right one?
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Mike Buess
USA
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Posted - 06/30/2004 : 10:54:18 AM
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Saving a template only saves the properties of existing layers. You can use a script to copy those properties to new layers. The example below copies the Speed Mode settings from layer 1 to a new layer...
lay -n; // create new layer (Edit->New Layer->Normal)
layer$(page.nlayers).maxpts=layer1.maxpts;
Where layerN.maxpts=Maximum # pts shown (0 turns speed mode off). Most other layer properties are also controlled by the layer object.
Mike Buess
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Mike
USA
357 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2004 : 11:46:53 AM
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Hi Carsten,
Sorry, I suspected that there was more to your question. As Mike Buess suggested, you may want to do this via script. I don't know whether this will help or not, but I got one of the Applications programmers to give me a hand with creating this short script that overlays a new, linked layer on layer 1 (gauging from what you had said in your previous post about what you were trying to do):
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//get x and y to and from vals for layer 1
xf=layer1.x.from;
xt=layer1.x.to;
yf=layer1.y.from;
yt=layer1.y.to;
//add a layer, link to layer1, set % of linked layer
layer -x;
layer -n;
layer.link=1;
layer.x.link=1;
layer.y.link=1;
layer v1 v2 v3 v4;
layer -u 7;
//sync new layer axis scale values with layer 1
layer.x.from=$(xf);
layer.x.to=$(xt);
layer.y.from=$(yf);
layer.y.to=$(yt);
You may not want all of this; discard or comment out what isn't useful. As an aside, you could put this script into a button object (create the text object and paste your script to the Label Control dialog box) and save the whole works as a template.
Mike
OriginLab
Edited by - Mike on 06/30/2004 11:56:30 AM |
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carsten
Switzerland
78 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2004 : 03:03:14 AM
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Thank's for the replies.
After Mike's (#1) answer it becomes clear that I have to write my own small script. But getting Mike's (#2) comments I only need to insert these few lines.
I really appreciate it.
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Barb Tobias
USA
305 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2004 : 3:29:03 PM
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Hi Carsten,
Also, just wanted to let you know that we have a similar request in our development database, so I have added your information to this record.
QA 3178 - Provide option to add new layers using format of existing or specified template
We're considering implementing this in the next version.
-Barb
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carsten
Switzerland
78 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2004 : 02:45:29 AM
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Hi Barb,
nice to hear from you!
Regarding the new layer issues I was looking for a Laptalk access to Plot Details/Legend sub-commands: 'Include Data Plots from All Layers' and 'Auto Update'. But I could not find any hint.
Is it possible to set these parameters using Laptalk?
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Mike
USA
357 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2004 : 08:56:39 AM
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Carsten, I think the Auto Update and Include Data Plots from All Layers settings are best saved with your graph template. If you still need to update the legend after adding data to a layer, use legend -s.
Mike
OriginLab
Edited by - Mike on 07/02/2004 08:59:19 AM |
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Default values of Layer Area