HEC-DSSVue Graphics

Working with
Plots

Overview

Default Plots
Plot Regions

Plot Enhancements

Viewports, Axes, Curves, Legend

Marker Lines, Callouts, Title, Legend

Plot Properties
Creating & Using Templates
Default Line Styles & Plot Properties

Creating a Plot

Select one or more DSS Records

Press the Plot button

Understanding Your Plot

Title
Viewport (1,1)
Y1 (Left) Axis

Curves
Viewport (2,1)
Y1 (Left) Axis
Y2 (Right) Axis
X1 Axis
Legend

Arranging the plot

Configure Plot Layout

Viewports
Axes
Curves

Viewports

Adding & Removing

Weighting
Moving

Axes

Adding & Removing

Ordering
Reversing

Enhancing Your Plot

Add Callouts

Hide Callouts

Right click on curve

Will change to Show
Callouts once this
has been selected

Clear Callouts

Will remove all

existing callouts

Enhancing Your Plot

Add a Marker Line

Right Click in Viewport

On X Axis Vertical
On Y Axis Horizontal

Edit Marker Properties

available via shortcut menu
after a marker line is placed

With Markers & Callouts

Callout

Marker Lines

Enhancing Your Plot

Adding a Title

Right click above

Viewport, Edit
Properties

Enhancing Your Plot

Customizing the
Legend

Right click on
Legend
Edit
Properties

Customizing Your Legend

Left Block and Right Block allow you to

add text and/or icons

With Title & Legend Edits

Plot Properties Editor

Curve Style
Select
Viewport to
edit other
curves

Plot Properties Editor

Curve Labels

Text
Alignment
Position

Plot Properties Editor

Curves Legend
Item

Font
Border
Background

Plot Properties Editor

Curves Quality
Symbols

Valid
Questionable
Rejected
Missing

Plot Properties Editor

Viewport

Major X Grid
Major Y Grid
Minor X Grid
Minor Y Grid
Border
Background

Plot Properties Editor

Plot Title

Plot Properties Editor

Axis Scale

Minimum and
maximum values
Minimum and
maximum values
viewed
Major and minor
tic intervals
Reverse axis

Plot Properties Editor

Plot Axis Label

Can customize
or remove axis
label

Plot Properties Editor

Axis Tics

Use major
and/or
minor ticks
Show/hide tick
labels

Plot Properties Editor

Plot Legend

Title
Left Block
Right Block

Also accessible
from the
Legends
Shortcut menu

Plot Properties Editor

Plot Marker Lines

Only accessible
after a Marker
Line is created on
the plot

Plot Properties Editor

Plot Layout

Set a specific
window size
Change the
background color
Change the
spacing between
viewports

Templates

A Template is a custom set of plot properties

that describe how a plot should look.

Line Styles
Viewports
Axes and scales
Etc.

Templates are reusable.

After getting your plot just so, you can save a

template with Save Template.
Then, you can re-use or apply your template with
Apply Template.

Default Line Styles

Line Tab

Parameter and Sub-parameter based.

Color, Line Weight, Symbols, Fill,

Default Line Styles

Label Tab

Defaults Line Styles

Defaults Tab

Default Plot Properties

Will apply to all plots before a template is

imposed.
Backgrounds, Borders, Legend, Grids,

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties

Default Plot Properties