Plot Profile Figure

Use the Plot Profile Figure option on the Profile pane popup menu or run PLOTPROFILE GX to create a figure from the profiles displayed in the current database.

Create a Profile Figure dialog options

Plot surrounds?

Select Yes to plot a surround and title.

Select No to omit the surround and title.

Script Parameter: PLOTPROFILE.SURROUND

Title

Enter a title to be placed at the top of the figure if surrounds are plotted.

Script Parameter: PLOTPROFILE.TITLE

Horizontal scale (units/mm or blank)

Specify a horizontal scale in units/mm, or leave it blank to use a default scale. A default scale is chosen to make the plot window 15 cm wide. The vertical scale is set to maintain the same aspect ratio as the profile windows.

  • To achieve a real map scale (e.g., 1:50000), the horizontal scale of the profile window must be set to a distance channel (right-click in the profile window, select X Axis Options, and in the All-Panel Options dialog, select a distance channel). If the distance channel is in metres, the scale would be 50 units/mm for 1:50000.

    • Script Parameter: PLOTPROFILE.SCALE

    Application Notes

    The plot axis will be labelled with one fewer decimal place than displayed in the data channel. You can control the number of decimals displayed by changing the decimals in the channel definition.

    To colour the profiles, before generating the map, open the array channel RMB menu, run Array Profile Colours, and select the desired colour table. The default profile view uses colour.tbl.

    A new map will be created to hold the figure. The map name will be "database_line.map".

    If the map exists, you will be prompted to confirm that you want to overwrite the map. If you do not want to overwrite a map, you must rename the existing map. This can be done by opening the map and using Map > Save As.

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