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Scale Bar Properties Dialog An explanation of fields and properties |
To access this dialog use one of the following:
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Select Insert | Plot Item |Scale Barusing theManageribbon (Plots window displayed).
The Scale Bar Properties dialog is used to define the various Scale Bar plot item properties.
Field Details:
Bars: tick this checkbox to display bars in the scale bar; clearing this box displays the scale as lines.
Filled: tick this box to display the bars as filled, alternating black-and-white bars (by default it is ticked when the Bars checkbox is ticked).
Ticks: tick this checkbox to display vertical ticks (they lie above the bars when the bars are displayed).
Labelled: tick this box to display tick labels.
Fixed Interval: tick this box to use the defined scale bar Interval value.
Interval: optionally define the scale bar's bar and tick interval width (m or feet)*
Fixed Decimal Places: tick this checkbox to fix the number of decimal places displayed in the scale label using the defined Decimal Places value.
Decimal Places: check the default (3) or define a new value.
Scale Label: tick this checkbox to display the scale bar's scale.
Prefix: optionally enter a short scale label prefix e.g. a scale description.
Decimals: use the default value (0) or select a new value for the scale label's number of decimal places.
Suffix: optionally define a short scale label suffix e.g. scale units.
Height: define the height (mm or inches*) of the scale box.
Width: define the width (mm or inches*) of the scale box.
Reset: click this button to reset the dialog's parameters to the default settings.
Color: select a color from the color palette.
Font: click the button to display the Font dialog.
Opaque: tick this checkbox to make the displayed scale bar opaque; clear the check box make it transparent.
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