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# Symbolic Plot

A Pole Plot or Dip Vector Plot is capable of displaying feature attribute information, in the form of colour coded / symbolic plots, using the Symbolic Plot option.

The Symbolic Plot option is available in the toolbar, the View menu, or by right-clicking on a Pole Plot. To create a Symbolic Plot:

1. First create a Pole Plot.

2. Right-click on the Pole Plot, and select Symbolic Pole Plot.

3. In the Symbolic Pole Plot dialog, change the Plot Style to Symbolic Pole Plot.

4. Select the data column that you wish to plot from the drop-down list.

5. Select the appropriate Data Type -- Qualitative or Quantitative.

6. Select OK to generate the Symbolic Pole Plot.

The above steps will create a default plot of the data.

NOTE:

- If your Data Type is QUALITATIVE, you may use the Allocated and Others list boxes to focus on data of interest. See the Qualitative Symbolic Pole Plot topic for more information.

- If your Data Type is QUANTITATIVE, you may customize the range, number of intervals, or use a normal or log scale for the data. See the Quantitative Symbolic Pole Plot topic for more information.

- To customize the actual symbols used in the plots, use the Edit Symbols option.

- Symbol / Column / Data combinations can be "locked" for all Dips files, with the Lock Symbols option.

- If you are plotting orientations, you may need to plot the Processed orientations rather than the raw data in the Orientation columns. See the Processed Orientation Data topic for details.

Create Corresponding Chart

To create a corresponding chart from a Symbolic Plot, simply right click on the Symbolic Pole Plot and select Create Corresponding Chart from the right-click menu. A new chart view will be automatically generated, using the same data and settings selected for the Symbolic Plot.