Global Graph Styles Properties Panel

Use the Graph Styles Properties panel to control the appearance of graphs in the model. These setting can be overridden for individual graphs except as noted.

To open the Model Settings, switch to Edit mode and click on an empty space in the model. (If you've closed the Properties panel, you'll need to double-click, or slide it out with the button appearing at the right of the application.) Then click on the tab at the bottom of the panel.

Colors

• Background Color - sets the background color that will be used in graphs.
• Axis Color - sets the color that will be used to draw the x,y axis border.
• Grid Color - sets the color that will be to draw the graph grid. This is used only if grid options have been selected for the individual graph.

Series Styles

Use the series styles to control the color, line style and thickness for graph lines. As you add variables to the graph they will use the next one in the sequence (starting again at the beginning if the sequence is used up). That appearance can be changed for each series, but comparative graphs will always use the sequence defined in this panel.

To change a series style, click on the series style you want to change, then set the Style, Color and Thickness. You can delete a series using the button and add a series using the button.

Replace with Palette, will change the color sequence to match one of the available palettes as discussed below.

• Style - sets the line style that will be used for the series. Choose from Solid, Dash-Dot, Dashed and Dotted.
• Color - sets the color that will be used for the series. Click to select the color.
• Thickness - sets the thickness of the graph line for the series. Enter a value between 0.5 and 10 or use the arrows to dial the thickness up or down.

Text Settings

Use this to set the font size, face and attributes for graph values. Select the face and point size from the dropdowns. Click on B for bold, I for italic and U for underline, click again to toggle off. Click on the color button to select a color.

Title Text Settings

Specifies the text appearing in the title (at the top) of the graph.

Axis Title and Legend Text Settings

Specifies the text appearing in the axis titles (left, below, right) and legend (below or right).

Axis Label Text Settings

Specifies the text that labels the scales along the x and y axes.

Graph Options

Legend Position

Specifies the position of the legend. Select bottom or right.

Reset

Reset to application defaults

Replace all values for the model with those from the

Available Palettes

When you click on the button above you will get a choice of palettes.

For those except the first 2, the number of colors in the palette is shown after the name of the palette.

After selecting a palette, you can continue to customize the colors, but selecting a palette will overwrite any customization that you have done.

Stella Default: 

Your default is set in the Default Settings Graph dialog. Before you make changes it matches Stella Default.

blue-yellow 8: 

blue shades 6:

red shades 6:

green shades 6: 

cyan-magenta 6:

yellow-orange 6: 

red-blue 6: 

pale red-green 6: 

pale blue-yellow 6: 

bold orange-purple 6: