The Plot Menu

Plot->Graph List (Ctrl-g)

Opens the graph list dialog. In the list dialog you can manipulate the graphs of the active plot. This dialog can also be reached by double clicking on a plot.

Plot->New Plot from Function

Opens the function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a plot from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->2DFunction (Ctrl-e)

Opens the 2d function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 2 dimensional graph from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->2D Surface Function (Ctrl-u)

Opens the 2d surface function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 2 dimensional surface graph from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->Polar Function (Alt-)

Opens the polar function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 2 dimensional polar graph from a function.

Plot->New Plot from Function->3D Function (Ctrl-f)

Opens the 3d function dialog. This item opens the function dialog to create a 3 dimensional graph from a user defined function.

Plot->New Plot from Data

Opens the data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a plot from data.

Plot->New Plot from Data->2D Data (Ctrl-d)

Opens the 2d data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional graph from a data file. You can specify a lot of options for reading data so you should be able to read any type of ascii data here.

Plot->New Plot from Data->2D Surface Data (Alt--)

Opens the 2d surface data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional surface graph from a data file.

Plot->New Plot from Data->Pie Data (Alt-,)

Opens the pie data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional pie graph from a data file.

Plot->New Plot from Data->Polar Data (Ctrl-,)

Opens the polar data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional polar graph from a data file.

Plot->New Plot from Data->Ternary Data (Ctrl-Shift-Y)

Opens the ternary data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 2 dimensional ternary graph from a data file.

Edit->New Plot from Data->3D Data (Ctrl-i)

Opens the 3d data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 3 dimensional graph from a data file. You can specify a lot of options for reading data so you should be able to read any type of ascii data here.

Plot->New Plot from Data->QWT 3D Data (Ctrl-Shift-B)

Opens the QWT 3D data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a 3 dimensional qwt plot from a data file.

Edit->New Plot from Data->GRASS Data (Alt-#)

Opens the GRASS data dialog. This item opens the data dialog to create a GRASS graph from a GRASS file. You can specify some GRASS specific options here. Remember that GRASS is only supported very limited at the moment.