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# Major Planes Plot

The Major Planes Plot option in the toolbar or the View menu, allows you to view PLANES ONLY on a clean stereonet, without poles or contours. In addition, the plane orientations are displayed in the Legend for the Major Planes Plot, in the format governed by the current Convention.

The following PLANES are displayed on a Major Planes Plot:

- All ADDED planes created with the Add Plane option

- All MEAN planes for Sets created with the Add Set Window option

Only planes / poles toggled for Visibility in the Edit Planes and Edit Sets dialogs, will be displayed on the Major Planes Plot.

Show Planes

The Show Planes option is automatically ON for the Major Planes Plot, and cannot be toggled off. (Show Planes is normally used to overlay planes on Pole, Scatter, Contour and Rosette plots).

Overlay Contours

A Contour Plot can be overlaid on a Major Planes Plot, using the Overlay Contours option. However, the same effect can be achieved by toggling the Show Planes option on a Contour Plot.

Major Planes Legend

The Legend for the Major Planes Plot displays the orientations of planes in the format governed by the Convention in effect (Trend / Plunge or Plane Vector). The Convention can be conveniently toggled in the Status Bar, and will automatically update the planes Legend.

NOTE:

- The letter "m" beside a plane ID indicates an UNWEIGHTED MEAN PLANE for a Set

- The letter "w" beside a plane ID indicates a WEIGHTED MEAN PLANE for a Set

- A Plane ID with NO letter indicates an ADDED plane created with the Add Plane option.