Control grid intensity graph

Hi,
I want to control the grid of an intensity graph to be exactly spaced by "1"... How to do?
See attached example in LV8.5. Start with default values and you get grid lines with spacing of 1.
Now change "size" to 15 and run again. Gridlines are now spaced by 0.5. Size=10 -> spacing of 0.2, size=4 -> spacing=0.1 ...
I want to have a spacing of 1 regardless of size parameter! How to achieve this?
Btw. I need both major and minor grid, as array size can grow to more than can be handled by major grid alone...
Message Edited by GerdW on 02-26-2008 03:09 PM
Best regards,
GerdW
CLAD, using 2009SP1 + LV2011SP1 + LV2014SP1 on WinXP+Win7+cRIO
Kudos are welcome
Attachments:
Test_Grid_LV85.vi ‏16 KB

Hi Simon,
thanks for clarification.
To summarize: major increment has to be bigger than minor and you have to set them both...
Scale labelling is not so important for me, but it would be nice to have each number when space is sufficient (in the example vi for sizes upto 15). It seems I have to change my graph formatting a little bit: make minor grid transparent when not needed (for small sizes) and switch gridlines on, when scale space is not sufficient to show all numbers...
In the attached example pic (today's measurement of pressure sensor wafer ) I use the gridlines to separate single chips. And I always want to separate single chips regardless of array size (=wafer/chip) - which can vary from 10 to ~80...
Message Edited by GerdW on 02-26-2008 05:26 PM
Best regards,
GerdW
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Kudos are welcome
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grid-example.png ‏27 KB

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