WMS:Plot Windows

WMS uses a standard library for generating 2-Dimensional plot data such as time series data and hydrographs. A plot window is often embedded within a dialog to display time series data such as rainfall distributions or storage capacity curves, but the primary use of Plot Windows are to display the hydrographs that result from hydrologic modeling simulations.

Display Options

The display options for a plot window, whether embedded in a dialog or used as a stand alone window for a hydrograph, are accessed by right-clicking the mouse in the plot window.

This is a standard menu provided by the plot library used in WMS, but not all of the menus will have effect on the plot. For example the Plot Data and Save Settings menus will not perform any action within WMS. The Display Options command will allow control of General, Axis, Font, Color, etc. attributes of the plot. Axis Titles can be set, and Hydrograph Units defined. Most useful though may be the Export/Print command which will allows exporting the plot data to a spreadsheet, or print the plot directly to a printer. Exporting can be to an image or text file and can be placed in a file or sent to the Windows clipboard for pasting.

Related Topics

• Hydrographs