Transform User's Guide and Reference Manual

436 Pages·1999·2.92 MB·English

Transform
User’s Guide
and
Reference
Manual
Transform Version 3.4
May, 1999 Edition
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Contents
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1:
Welcome ....................................................................................... 21
Transform Lets You... .......................................................................................... 23
Getting Started with Transform ........................................................................... 24
Installing Transform ....................................................................................... 24
Upgrading Transform ..................................................................................... 24
About this Manual ................................................................................................ 26
Chapter 2:
Using Transform........................................................................... 27
Sample Data ......................................................................................................... 28
Understanding Window Organization ................................................................. 31
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Part II: Tours
Chapter 3:
Viewing Your Data ........................................................................ 37
Opening a Dataset ................................................................................................ 38
The Dataset Window ...................................................................................... 38
Generating Images ............................................................................................... 40
Interactive Selection ....................................................................................... 40
Image Tools ................................................................................................... 41
Generating Interpolated Images ..................................................................... 43
Manipulating Color ........................................................................................ 44
Choosing a Data Range ........................................................................................ 46
Create a Histogram (Windows) ..................................................................... 47
Change the Data Min/Max (Power Macintosh) ............................................. 49
Edit Outlier Colors (Windows) ...................................................................... 50
Change the Data Value ........................................................................................ 52
Managing Multiple Windows .............................................................................. 53
Chapter 4:
The Notebook and Calculations.................................................. 55
Text in the Notebook ........................................................................................... 56
Calculations in the Notebook ............................................................................... 57
Example 1 - Difference Calculation .............................................................. 57
Example 2 - Deviation Calculation ................................................................ 58
Example 3 - Wave Function (Windows only) ............................................... 59
Chapter 5:
Line Graphs................................................................................... 61
Generating Line Graphs ....................................................................................... 62
Horizontal and Vertical Line Graphs ............................................................. 62
Synchronizing Windows ................................................................................ 63
Comparing Line Graphs ................................................................................. 63
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Chapter 6:
Contour and Vector Plots ............................................................ 65
Contour Plots ....................................................................................................... 66
How to Make Contour Plots in Transform for Windows .............................. 66
Contour Levels/Contours Dialog ................................................................... 67
Contour Label Tool ........................................................................................ 68
Making an Overlay .............................................................................................. 69
Vector Plots .......................................................................................................... 70
Combining Plots (Windows) ......................................................................... 70
Combining Plots (Power Macintosh) ............................................................. 71
Chapter 7:
Surface Plots and Image Macros................................................ 73
Create a Surface Plot ............................................................................................ 74
Image Angle, Position and Size ..................................................................... 74
Surface Parameters and Types (Windows) .......................................................... 77
Surface Types ................................................................................................. 77
Axis Tool ....................................................................................................... 78
Surface Decorations ....................................................................................... 78
Surface Parameters and Types (Macintosh) ........................................................ 80
Create an Image Macro ........................................................................................ 82
Change Scales ................................................................................................ 83
Change Data Axis Title .................................................................................. 84
Change the Plot Title ..................................................................................... 84
Chapter 8:
Column Data ................................................................................. 85
Importing Column Data ....................................................................................... 86
Specifying the Columns and the Target Matrix ............................................. 87
Modifying the Aspect Ratio ................................................................................. 92
Modifying the Data Minimum and Maximum ..................................................... 94
Filling Missing Data Values ................................................................................ 97
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Part III: Reference Manual
Chapter 9:
Importing Files............................................................................ 103
Opening the Data File ........................................................................................ 104
Automatic Import File Types ....................................................................... 104
Import Files with Multiple Records or Objects ........................................... 108
Importing Slices from 3D Arrays ................................................................ 108
Importing Files that Require Additional Information .................................. 109
Select the Import File Type ................................................................................ 113
Importing Text Matrix Files ......................................................................... 113
Importing Binary Matrix Files ..................................................................... 115
Importing Text Column Files ...................................................................... 116
Importing Binary Column Files ................................................................... 119
Selecting Columns ....................................................................................... 120
View File ............................................................................................................ 123
Chapter 10:
Data Windows ............................................................................. 125
Data in Transform .............................................................................................. 126
Open/Create New Datasets and Attributes ........................................................ 127
Open... Command ........................................................................................ 127
New... Command ......................................................................................... 127
Attributes... Command ................................................................................. 128
Format Specifications .................................................................................. 129
Tools in the Dataset Window (Windows only) .................................................. 131
Select Tool ................................................................................................... 131
MinMax Tool ............................................................................................... 131
The Notebook Window ...................................................................................... 133
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Chapter 11:
Data Manipulation ...................................................................... 135
Data Manipulation Methods .............................................................................. 136
Extract Selection .......................................................................................... 136
Change Data Entry ....................................................................................... 136
Generate Scales ............................................................................................ 137
Smooth Data ................................................................................................. 138
Resample Data ............................................................................................. 138
Fill Missing Data ............................................................................................... 141
Matrix Fill Methods ..................................................................................... 141
Missing Data ................................................................................................ 143
Weighted Fill Parameters ................................................................................... 144
Kriging ............................................................................................................... 146
Kriging Parameters ...................................................................................... 146
Chapter 12:
Image Windows.......................................................................... 151
Create Images and Plots ..................................................................................... 152
The Tool Palette ................................................................................................. 153
The Select Tool .................................................................................................. 154
The MinMax Tool .............................................................................................. 155
Fiddle Tool ......................................................................................................... 157
Resize Tool ........................................................................................................ 159
Overlay Tool ...................................................................................................... 161
Creating Overlays ........................................................................................ 162
Axis Tool ........................................................................................................... 164
Axis Labels Dialog ...................................................................................... 165
Chapter 13:
Color and Color Tables.............................................................. 169
Visual Data Analysis .......................................................................................... 170
Color Scaling Equation ...................................................................................... 171
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Modify the Data-Image Correspondence ........................................................... 172
Change Data MinMax .................................................................................. 172
Transform Data ............................................................................................ 172
Choose Different Color Table ...................................................................... 172
Edit Outlier Colors (Windows) .................................................................... 172
Color Tables Menu ............................................................................................ 174
Custom Color Tables... Command (Windows) .................................................. 176
Import... ........................................................................................................ 177
Export... ........................................................................................................ 177
HDF Color Tables ........................................................................................ 177
Binary Color Tables ..................................................................................... 177
Load Color Table... Command (Macintosh) ...................................................... 178
HDF Color Tables ........................................................................................ 178
KLUTZ Color Tables ................................................................................... 178
Binary Color Tables ..................................................................................... 178
Macintosh System Color Table .................................................................... 178
Color in Images and Plots .................................................................................. 179
Color in Surface Plots .................................................................................. 179
Color in Contour Plots ................................................................................. 179
Color Bar Window (Macintosh Only) ............................................................... 180
Color Information Dialog ............................................................................ 181
View Utility (Power Macintosh only) ................................................................ 186
Chapter 14:
Raster Images ............................................................................. 187
Types of Raster Images ...................................................................................... 188
Simple Image ............................................................................................... 188
Interpolated Image ....................................................................................... 189
Polar Image (Power Macintosh only) .......................................................... 190
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