Using named chart layouts

You can adjust how charts are displayed and assign a name to the current settings, which can be used to retrieve the chart layout later on. You can save these named chart layouts in the *.layx file. In a chart you can choose a layout from all the named chart layouts to display the chart accordingly.

Define named chart layout

1.  Open the desired chart.

2.  Adjust the chart layout (Adjusting how the chart is displayed).

3.  On the chart toolbar, enter a unique name in the Chart layout selection list box.

4.  Confirm with Enter.

On the chart toolbar the new chart layout is shown in the Chart layout selection box and can be selected.

Assigning a complete chart layout

You can assign the data selection and the graphic parameters saved in a named chart layout to a chart.

1.  Open the desired chart.

2.  On the Chart toolbar, in the Chart layout selection list, click the icon.

3.  Select the desired chart layout.

The chart layout is assigned to the chart.

Assigning only the graphic parameters from a named chart layout

1.  Open the desired chart.

2.  Right-click on the Chart layout selection list box.

3.   Position the mouse pointer on the Apply only graphic parameters entry in the context menu.

The named chart layouts are displayed in the context menu.

4.  Click the desired chart layout in the context menu.

Only the graphic parameters of the named chart layout are assigned to the chart. The data selection from the chart layout is not assigned.

Assigning only the data selection from a named chart layout

1.  Open the desired chart.

2.  Right-click on the Chart layout selection list box.

3.   Position the mouse pointer on the Apply only data selection entry in the context menu.

The named chart layouts are displayed in the context menu.

4.  Click the desired chart layout in the context menu.

Only the data selection from the chart layout is assigned to the chart. The graphic parameters from the chart layout are not assigned.

Saving a named chart layout

1.  In the menu, select File > Save Layout As.

2.  Enter a unique name.

3.  Confirm with Save.

The entire layout of the current Vissim GUI, and thus all named chart layouts, are saved in the *.layx layout file.

If in the User Preferences, the option Auto-save layout when network file (inpx) is saved is selected, the layout file is saved automatically under the name of the currently loaded network file, each time the network file is saved (Specifying automatic saving of the layout file *.layx).

Reading saved named chart layouts additionally

You can import all chart layouts saved in a *.layx layout file into your currently opened file. Then you can apply these chart layouts to a chart in the currently opened file.

1.  From the File menu, choose > Read Additionally > Named Chart Layouts.

2.  Select the desired *.layx file.

3.  Click the Open button.

The chart layouts are imported. When you open a chart, you can select the added chart layouts on the toolbar of the chart window in the Chart layout selection list box.

Deleting a named chart layout

1.  On the chart toolbar, right-click on the Chart layout selection list box.

2.   Position the mouse pointer on the Delete entry in the context menu.

The named chart layouts are displayed in the context menu.

3.  Click the desired chart layout in the context menu.

4.  Confirm with Yes.