Want to display an XY graph on top of an intensity graph

[Stephan Zednik]

I have an intensity graph of a cloud, and several XY graphs of different properties of that same cloud. I want to graph everything together. Is there an easy way to do this?

If I can make the XY Graph translucent I should be able to place it directly over the intensity graph and that would work fine, but I have yet to figure out if that can be done.

Thanks in advance!

[altenbach]

Yes this can be done easily, see attached example (LabVIEW 7.0), but there are a few thing to consider:

-- overlapping FP objects are expensive in terms of computing resources. Make sure you only update if needed.

-- Make sure that the plot areas don't change, e.g. if the axis formatting changes due to changes in range. I would just hide the various axes.

[Stephan Zednik]

How did you make the waveform chart translucent? I have the XY and intensity graphs working, with identical axes, and in the proper units - but I do not know how to make my XY translucent so I can put it over the intensity graph.

I looked at the properties of your waveform plot and did not notice a setting that is different from my XY plot...

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> How did you make the waveform chart translucent? I have the XY and
> intensity graphs working, with identical axes, and in the proper units
> - but I do not know how to make my XY translucent so I can put it over
> the intensity graph.
>
> I looked at the properties of your waveform plot and did not notice a
> setting that is different from my XY plot...

There is a similar example in the examples/general/graphs gengraph.llb
called Scanning Chart or something similar. It is a transparent chart
on top of a waveform graph.

To make something transparent, switch to the coloring tool by clicking
on the palette or shift right clicking. Then right click on the object
and the color popup should have a T in the upper right. If it contai
ns
an X, then you can't select Transparent for that object. As you go over
colors in the palette, it will color the object on the panel, and T will
make it transparent. After selecting a color, you can left click on
other control parts to paste that color again. You want to color the
gray frame and the Black plotting area Transparent. You may also want
to hide the scales and labels.

Greg McKaskle

[altenbach]

Very old thread that somehow got a kudos today.

The correct way to do this today is use the plot images overlay (example1 example2, there are many more!)