Plot Module > Plot Collections

Plots in Hydro GeoAnalyst are organized into plot collections, which consist of one or more individual plots. The layout of a plot collection can be adjusted using the main toolbar of the Plot Collection view, reordered using the table of contents, and previewed or exported using the export pane.

Toolbar

The Plot Collection toolbar is contains the following controls:

Add a new plot at the end of the Plot Collection

Delete the currently selected plot

Open the plot settings dialog for the currently active plot

Clone the current plot

Save the plot collection configuration

Rename the plot collection

Add a row to the page layout of the plot collection

Remove a row from the page layout of the plot collection

Add a column to the page layout of the plot collection

Remove a column from the page layout of the plot collection

Refresh plots

Open the plot settings dialog

Page Navigation controls

Open/close the plot collection Table of Contents

Open/close the export pane

The table of contents in the plot collection displays a list of the plots that belong to the collection. If the plot layout includes multiple plots per page (using the add rows or columns ), then the table of contents is displayed as a tree with a node for each page and subnodes for each plot on a given page - plots will be drawn in order from left to right and then top to bottom. For example, the radial plot that is selected in the table of contents below and shown in the image above is the third item on the page and is located in first column of the second row.

You can navigate to any plot in the collection by clicking on its title. You can also reorganize/reorder plots using the toolbar.

The tool bar buttons move the selected plot within the plot collection as follows:

top/beginning of the collection

up/backward one position

down/forward one position

bottom/end

Export Pane

The export pane provides a set of options for exporting the plot collection to either a series of images or to a PowerPoint file based on a template.

Export Type

The Export type provides two options:

•Images: the plot(s) in the current plot collection will be exported as one or more images

•Presentation: the plot(s) in the current plot collection will be exported to a PowerPoint report.

Layout Settings

The Layout settings provide the following settings:

•Layout: the layout dropdown allows you to select the size of the export including the following standard page sizes:

oLetter: 8.5 x 11 inches

oLegal: 8.5 x 14 inches

oTabloid: 11 x 17 inches

oA4: 21 x 29.27 cm

oCustom: a custom width and height

oNone: no layout is selected and the plot collection will be stretched to fill the workspace.

Please Note: If an option other than "None" is selected then the dynamic selection/identify of plot data will be disabled. However, all options other than "None" will display the plot collection as it will appear in the exported image or presentation.

•Width: the width of the exported image or of the plot image(s) in the exported presentation

•Height: the height of the exported image or of the plot image(s) in the exported presentation

•Margins: the size of the margins around the image. The width and height of the image will be reduced proportionally to include the margin

•Unit: the measurement unit for the width, height, and margin of the export (select inches, centimeters, or pixels)

•Orientation: the orientation of the export

oPortrait: the width and height will be used as-is

oLandscape: the width and height will be switched

•Export with Margins: if selected, the export will include the margin space. If not selected, the export will not include the margin but the image will be scaled (and placed in the presentation) to include the margin space

•DPI: the dots-per-inch setting sets the scale of the plot components (e.g. the fonts and plot symbols) relative to the size of the export. The following settings are available:

oLow: 72 dpi

oMedium: 150 dpi

oHigh: 300 dpi

oCustom: enter a custom dpi

Low DPI values will result in larger fonts and higher DPI values will result in smaller fonts. Exported raster images (PNGs, BMPs, and JPEGs) with low DPI values will be appear somewhat pixelated. However, exported EMF images and Presentations, which are vector-based formats, and the resolution of the images will not be affected.

Please Note: A plot collection with:

▪a width and height matching the dimensions of the image placeholder in the PowerPoint template

▪margins = 0.00

▪DPI = 96

will result in an exported presentation where the fonts of the plot(s) will match fonts in the presentation of the same size.

Image Settings

The following settings are available if the export type is images:

•Output Path: clicking the browse button allows you to select a folder where the resulting image(s) will be exported

•File Type: the image format (PNG, BMP, JPEG, EMF)

•Plots to Export: the scope of the export

oCurrent page: only the current page will be exported

oWhole plot collection: one image will be exported per page in the plot collection

•Export Button: one or more images will be generated based on the Layout and Image settings

Report Settings

The following settings are available if the export type is images:

•Report Path: clicking the browse button allows you to define the output presentation filename for the exported plot collection

•Select a Template: a dropdown that includes the templates in the Project Tree (under in the Office reports > PPT Plots folder). Select Browse to find alternative templates

•Plots to Export: the scope of the export

oCurrent page: only the current page will be exported

oWhole plot collection: one image will be exported per page in the plot collection

•Export Button: the plot collection will be exported to the selected PowerPoint template based on the Layout and Report settings

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