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Shape

Shapes can be added to a figure to highlight points or periods in time, thresholds, or areas of interest.

After selecting Annotate > Shapes click the +Shape button.

  • Show / Hide Shows or hides the shape

Only available when the Show button is active

  • Line / Rectangle / Ellipse

Determines the type of shape that is displayed in the trace

Horizontal Boundaries​

Determine left and right end of the shape

Relative To​

The reference of the coordinates for start and end point; can be canvas or earlier defined axis

Start Point​

The left end of the chosen shape (for ellipse: the left side of the bounding box)

End Point​

The right end of the chosen shape (for ellipse: the upper right side of the bounding box)

Vertical Boundaries​

Define the upper and lower end of the shape

Relative To​

The reference of the coordinates for start and end point; can be canvas or earlier defined axis

Start Point​

The lower end of the chosen shape (for ellipse: the lower side of the bounding box)

End Point​

The upper end of the chosen shape (for ellipse: the upper side end of the bounding box)

Lines​

Width​

The width of the line connecting the trace data points can be specified using the up- and down arrows for one-pixel increments, or enter the width directly in the text box, which allows fractional pixel values. Values smaller than 0.1 points are effectively invisible on pixel-based devices.

Color​

The line color can be set using this popup menu.

Type​

Continuous, dashed or dotted line types can be set using this popup menu.

Shape​

Various shapes of the lines connecting the data points can be selected here.

Connect Gaps​

  • Connect connects the two data points on either side of a data gap caused by missing or NaN (not a number) data.
  • Blank Missing values will break the line and appear as a gap.

Width​

The width of the line connecting the trace data points can be specified using the up- and down arrows for one-pixel increments, or enter the width directly in the text box, which allows fractional pixel values. Values smaller than 0.1 points are effectively invisible on pixel-based devices.

Color​

The line color can be set using this popup menu.

Wdith​

Continuous, dashed or dotted line types can be set using this popup menu.

Fill​

Determines the looks of the inside of the shape

Color​

(Has no effect when shape Line, only with oval and rectangle)

Choose the fill color with the standard color picker[link]

Opacity​

Determines the opacity of the entire shape