3D Ribbon Plots and 3D Wall Plots

Click the Home | New Graph | Line/Scatter | 3D Ribbon Plot or Home | New Graph | Line/Scatter | 3D Wall Plot command to display 3D line plots. On a 3D ribbon plot or 3D wall plot, the data are plotted in the order in which it appears in the data file. You can have multiple ribbon and wall plots in a graph. In addition, the plots can contain fit curves, error bars, labels, and color fill.

Click the 3D Ribbon Plot or 3D Wall Plot button to create a ribbon or wall plot.

Ribbon plots are 3D

versions of line/scatter plots

with only two variables.

Creating a New 3D Ribbon Plot or 3D Wall Plot

To create a 3D ribbon or 3D wall plot:

Click the Home | New Graph | Line/Scatter | 3D Ribbon Plot or Home | New Graph | Line/Scatter | 3D Wall Plot command.
Select a data file in the Open Worksheet dialog. You can select a new data file or you can select an open data file in the Open worksheets section.
Click the Open button. A 3D ribbon plot or 3D wall plot is created using the default properties.

Editing 3D Ribbon Plot or 3D Wall Plot Properties

To change the features of a ribbon/wall plot— including the columns used to create the plot— first select the plot in the plot window or Object Manager and then edit its properties in the Property Manager.

Click the following tabs in the Property Manager to change different properties:

3D Ribbon Plots and 3D Wall Plots

Creating a New 3D Ribbon Plot or 3D Wall Plot

Editing 3D Ribbon Plot or 3D Wall Plot Properties

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