Plan view plotting

Task: Use Autoplot to plot data

1. Open soil1.str in Graphics.
2. Choose Display > Hide strings > By selection.

Click the strings that you do not want in the final plot. For example, string 1000 represents the soil sample locations and should not be plotted as a line.

3. Press ESC.

The contours are displayed.



4. Choose Display > Point > Markers.
5. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.



6. Choose Display > Point > Attributes.
7. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.



The display is updated with the soil sample locations and grades displayed.



Note: It is easier to see the grades with a black background.

8. Choose Plotting > Autoplot.
9. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.



10. Click and drag to select a small area of the screen to plot.

The scale is calculated to fit the A3 paper size.



11. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.



12. Enter the information as shown, and click Apply.



The plot is processed and the Navigator is updated. The layer name is soil1.str so the plot file will be soil1_str.dwf.

Surpac starts the Plot Preview window with the file displayed as shown.



13. Choose File > Close.