User`s manual

MDL-DataManager™ Reference Guide Architectural Energy Corporation
Section 3.0 MDL-DataManager™ Software Page 21
Clipboard button to complete the operation. The data can now be pasted into another
application such as Microsoft® Word or Excel.
One Plot. When data are plotted on a single plot, up to 25 data streams from any
combination of data files can be viewed. To facilitate viewing data with different units
or vastly different values, data can be assigned to either the left (Y1) or right (Y2) axis.
All of the data that was selected for plotting in the New Graph Definition dialog is
listed in the Y1 and Y2 list boxes. Select data for each Y axis by clicking on it. To
switch data from the Y1 to the Y2 axis, select the data in the Y2 list box. It will
automatically be de-selected from the Y1 list box. Data can be switched to the Y1 list
box using the same process. Data can be removed from the plot by clicking on the
highlighted item in the list box.
Multi Plot. When originally created, graphs appear in the multi plot format. Only four
data streams can be displayed in this mode and they appear stacked one on top of the
other.
Edit Graph
Definition
By selecting Graph-Edit Graph Definition when viewing a new or existing graph, you
may add to or remove from the graph data streams by following the steps listed under
New Graph Definition.
Close Graph
Definition
Select Graph–Close Graph Definition to close the currently displayed graph.
Save Graph
Definition
Graph–Save Graph Definition As and Graph–Save Graph Definition save the
current Graph definition. If the current Graph definition has not previously been saved,
a dialog box opens allowing the current Graph definition to be saved under a new or
existing name.
All graph properties such as titles, colors and scaling are saved in additional graph
properties files that have the same name but different extensions as the graph
definition file.
Print Graph
Graph–Print Graph prints the current graph, first displaying the graph with the Print
Previewer, using the current printer definition specified in the Window’s Print
Manager.
Copy Graph to
Clipboard
The current graph can be copied to the clipboard and pasted into another document,
such as Microsoft Word, using Graph–Copy Graph to Clipboard.
The Mouse
The mouse has several functions when the Graph window is open that can be very
useful.
Left Mouse Button
Zoom Mode: If the Zoom Mode radio button is selected, the mouse is in zoom mode.
When the left mouse button is held down and the mouse pointer is dragged across the
screen, the zoom feature will become activated. In multi-plot mode, a box is displayed
on the screen showing the minimum and maximum time that will be used to draw the
new re-scaled graph. Drag the mouse to include the portion of the time scale to be
expanded. When the left button is released, the graph will be redrawn with the new
time scale. This operation can be undone by clicking the left arrow button (<<) on the
graph view, or redone by clicking the right arrow button (>>). To view the entire data
set, click the Reset button.
When only one plot is shown, the zoom will scale both in the X and Y directions.