Add an index line

You can add one or more selection lines that can be used for ranking materials, or just for display purposes, in the Chart Stage window.

  1. In the chart stage toolbar, click Index and Display Lines.
  2. Enter a Slope value to specify the gradient of the line.  For a vertical index line, click Vertical.
  3. Specify what you want the line to do:
  4. Click OK.
  5. Click on the chart where you want to place the line.
  6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for additional index and/or display lines.
    The records that fail the selection will be plotted in gray. Record labels of failed records will also turn gray.

Thermal conductivity plotted against thermal expansion coefficient, The index line selects materials that maximize the thermal stability performance.

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