Setting 3-D Graph Properties

Click the 3D button to switch from a 2-D to a 3-D graph.

To open 3-D properties, right-click the graph, then click Properties.

General

Property

Description

Model

Solid & Wire: Shows and colors the points to indicate their placement on the display.

Solid: Colors the display to indicate the placement of the points without showing the specific points.

Only Wire: Connects the specific points that comprise the diagram without showing the actual points.

Points: Shows only the specific points that comprise the diagram.

Colors

Back Color: Click to display the color palette and select the background color for the display.

Wire Color: Click to display the color palette and select the colors for horizontal and vertical lines in the displays.

Auto Coloring:          When selected, the system colors the wires based on their level, in accordance with the color scheme you selected in the Coloring Tab.

Show Border: When the Show Border checkbox is selected the system places a one-pixel border around the bottom of the 3-D color scale.

Rotation

Enable Box: Click the Enable box to turn on the rotation feature.

Rotation Interval: Allows users to set the speed of the rotation (in milliseconds).

Auto coloring

Active for Only wire and Points model options.

Show border

Clear this check box to hide the graph’s border.

 

Axis & Grid

Property

Description

Axis

Click the Visible checkbox to show or hide the three axes related to the selected tab in the Strategy window.

Click the color bar (green in the above example) to change the color of the three axis lines.

Labels

Click the Visible checkbox to show or hide the label on the display.

Click the Short Labels checkbox to show the label abbreviation, for example P/L, rather than the long label, Theoretical Profit/Loss, on the display.

Click the color bar (purple in the above example) to change the grid label colors.

Grid

Click the Visible checkbox to show or hide the display grids.

Click the drop-down list button to place the grids.

Choices for grid placement include: Front, Back or All Sides.

Click the color bar (green in the above example) to change the grid colors.

Average distance…

Select a value for the distance between gridlines and labels

 

Coloring

Select the number and range of colors for the graph. These colors allow you to see, at a glance, the general level of various graph values.

Property

Description

Number of colors

Enter the number of colors to be used for the displays in the Number of colors box.

The maximum number of colors available depends on the graphics card installed on the computer.

Select palette

Select one of the color swatches to reflect the colors used in the display. The selected swatch is indicated by a white outline on the bottom and right side of a swatch.

The colors in the selected swatch appear in the vertical indicator on the Strategy display, with colors at the top of color bar representing higher graph values and lower colors on the bar representing lower values.

 

Font

Change the font on this standard font window.

Projections

Select these properties for XZ, YZ, and XY planes:

Property

Description

Type

Select None or Visible to show or hide any of the 3 planes.

Shift

Allows you to move the selected plane along the associated axis. The XZ plane would shift along the Y axis, the YZ plane would shift along the X axis and the XY plane would move along the Z axis.

Convexity

Curves the projection plane.

Light

Adjusts the brightness of each of the planes.

 

General Display Properties

Right-click the graph, then select Show to set general display properties.

Property

Description

Full Screen

Removes the color panel and vertical and horizontal scroll bars, leaving only the 3-D graph displayed in the graph area.

All Controls

Displays the color bar and vertical and horizontal scroll bars.

Color Panel

Shows/Hides the color along the left side of the 3-D graph.

Horiz Scroll

Shows/Hides the horizontal scroll bar along the bottom of the 3-D graph.

Vert Scroll

Shows/Hides the vertical scroll bar along the right side of the 3-D graph.