The Display menu provides all display settings and the functions to activate, modify and arrange different diagram areas.
A diagram area is a rectangular portion of the screen used to display traces. Diagram areas are arranged in windows; they are independent of trace and channel settings.
A diagram area can contain a practically unlimited number of traces, assigned to different channels (overlay mode); see Traces, Channels and Diagram Areas.
The traces displayed in the diagram area are listed in the upper left corner.
The channels for all traces are listed in the lower left corner.
The contents of the diagram areas are explained in section Display Elements. Diagram areas are controlled and configured by means of the functions in the Display menu and the following additional settings:
The settings in the Windowmenu arrange several windows containing one or more diagram areas within the entire screen.
Various settings to assign traces to diagram areas are provided in the Trace – Tracessubmenu.
The Display menu contains the following functions and submenus:
Area Select provides functions to create and delete diagram areas, select an area as the active area, arrange traces to diagram areas and arrange the diagram areas in the active window.
Display Config configures the entire screen and the individual diagram areas.