Grace/C2/Creating-a-2D-Graphical-Plot/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Creating a 2D graphical plot.
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn to, Open a Grace Project
00:13	Change the line style and width
00:16	Change symbol properties
00:19	Change the color of the line
00:22	Adjust global limits
00:25	Change axis ticks and draw grid and
00:30	Add title to the plot
00:34	To record this tutorial, I am using Ubuntu Linux 16.04 OS
00:43	Grace version 5.1.25 and
00:48	Gedit text editor 3.18.3
00:55	To follow this tutorial, Learners should be familiar with the Grace interface.
01:02	For the pre-requisite tutorials, please visit this website.
01:07	A Grace project file, required for this tutorial is provided in the code files link.
01:15	Let us go to the Desktop.
01:18	I have saved the Grace project file on my Desktop directory as line dot agr.
01:27	Let us open Grace.
01:30	Press the Windows key on keyboard.
01:34	Type grace in the search form and press Enter to open Grace.
01:40	Go to File, Open to open a Grace project.
01:45	In the open project window, change directory to Desktop.
01:51	Notice the file line dot agr in the selection box.
01:57	Select this file and click on OK to open the project.
02:03	You may get an error message on fonts.
02:07	Please close the alert pop-up dialog box.
02:12	We can see a graph representing the data.
02:16	X and Y limits on the graph have changed from 0 to 10.
02:23	Place the cursor on the line and double click to open Grace: Set Appearance window.
02:30	I will close this dialog box by clicking on the Close button.
02:36	This option can be also be opened using the menu bar.
02:41	Next, open the set appearance window.
02:45	Go to Plot menu and select Set Appearance.
02:50	I will drag the set appearance window for better view.
02:56	Since only a single dataset is loaded, it is highlighted in the Select set text box.
03:05	Look at the various settings in the Main tab.
03:09	By default a solid line plot appears in the graph.
03:15	This style can be changed under the Line properties section.
03:21	To change the style of a line, click on the Style drop-down.
03:27	Select dotted line option.
03:31	Click on the Apply button.
03:34	Notice that solid line has changed to dotted line.
03:39	Click on up black triangles to increase or decrease the width.
03:45	Click on the Apply button.
03:48	We can change the colour of the line by selecting Color menu.
03:53	I will choose red color.
03:56	Click on the Apply button.
04:00	And observe the changes in the graph.
04:03	Next, let’s add symbols.
04:06	Under Symbol properties option, go to Type and click on the drop down.
04:12	Select the desired Symbol shape. I will select Circle.
04:18	To adjust the size of the symbol use the Size slider.
04:23	I will drag the symbol size slider to 40.
04:29	Next, click on the Apply button.
04:32	Data points are represented as circles on the line.
04:37	Now click on Symbols tab to change symbol properties.
04:42	Under Symbol fill, click on the Pattern drop-down.
04:47	Select the Solid pattern picture to get filled symbol.
04:52	Click on the Apply button.
04:55	If the data points are closely spaced, we can skip specified symbols for clarity.
05:03	Click on the arrow triangle of Symbol skip as required.
05:09	Click on Close to exit the Grace: Set Appearance window.
05:16	Now we will fine adjust global limits.
05:20	Go to Plot and select Axis properties to open Grace: Axes dialog box.
05:28	In the Edit drop-down, choose X axis.
05:23	Select start and stop of the x-axis limits to be displayed as -1 to 10.
02:42	Click on the Apply button and observe the changes in the limits of the x axis.
05:48	Next, let's add axis labels.
05:52	Under Axis Label, go to Label string text box, and type x-axis.
05:59	Click on the Apply button to see the changes.
06:03	Under Tick properties, type 4 for Major spacing.
06:07	And type 2 for Minor ticks.
06:11	Click on the Apply button.
06:14	Notice the changes in the graph.
06:17	To format y axis properties, select Y axis in Edit drop-down.
06:23	Choose to Start at -1 and End at 11. And click on the Apply button.
06:31	Axis limits of y-axis in the graph change accordingly.
06:37	In Label string textbox, type y axis and click on Apply to add y axis label.
06:46	Next we will change Major spacing and Minor ticks.
06:52	Type 4 for Major spacing and 2 for Minor spacing of axis tick marks.
06:59	Click on Apply.
07:01	Now we will go to Tick marks tab.
07:05	Under Tick marks tab, we can see Pointing and Draw on drop downs.
07:13	In the Draw on drop down choose tick marks on Normal side.
07:19	Click on Apply.
07:21	I will do this for both x and y axes.
07:25	These help to extend tick marks on both sides of the graph or on one side.
07:33	Let's select Draw grid lines for x-axis.
07:38	Click on Draw grid lines check-box for Major ticks and for Minor ticks. Click on Apply.
07:47	Select y axis in Edit Drop down.
07:51	Check box for major ticks and for minor ticks, for y axis.
07:59	Click on Apply. This shows grids like a graph paper.
08:05	I will uncheck the box for Major and minor ticks grid.
08:10	Click on Apply to remove the grid.
08:14	I will do this for both x and y axes.
08:18	In the Edit drop-down choose, X axis.
08:22	Uncheck the box for Major ticks and minor ticks.
08:27	Click on Apply to remove the grid.
08:31	Please try the following. Under Axis Label & bar tab, change the font style and color of the font.
08:44	Click on Close, to exit the Grace:Axes window and observe the changes.
08:51	Let's add a title to the graph.
08:56	Go to Plot and select Graph Appearance.
09:00	The Graph: Appearance window opens.
09:04	In the Main tab, go to the Titles form.
09:08	Type the title of the graph as,Linear Graph.
09:12	Click on Apply.
09:14	Under Titles tab, notice the option to change the font type.
09:20	Character size can be changed using the slider.
09:25	Various colors are available in the color option.
09:30	I will use the default values here.
09:35	Click on Close to exit. Observe the changes in the plotted graph.
09:41	Let us save the file with a different name.
09:45	Click on File, Save as to save the changes in the project.
09:51	Change to Desktop directroy.
09:54	In the selection textbox change the file name.
09:59	I will type, 2dplot dot agr and click on OK to save the project.
10:07	Select File, Exit in menu, to close Grace.
10:13	Now let's summarize. In this tutorial, we, Opened a Grace Project
10:21	Changed graph properties like line style, width and color
10:27	Changed properties of symbols
10:31	Adjusted global limits
10:34	Adjusted axis tick marks and grid and Added title to the plot
10:43	As an assignment, Generate XY data set to draw a parabola.
10:50	Use integer values between -8 to +8 and plot a graph in Grace.
10:57	Change color, add title and symbol.
11:02	The completed assignment should look similar to this.
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