Multiple X axes in DIAdem 9.1

Is it possible to have multiple X-axis scales for a 2-D plot in DIAdem 9.1?
I have no problem with multiple y axes but I would also like multiple x axes as well.
Thanks,
Tom

Hi Tom,
Multiple X axes are not supported anywhere in DIAdem 2012, so that's a dead stop. If you want to overlay multiple curves in VIEW that have different X values, you will need to rescale those X values. If you're plotting waveforms, this is as easy as multi-selecting the set of N channels you want to change in the Data Portal and editing the waveform start offset property, which will make the property value change you entered once to all N channels selected. If you have N Y channels that share an X channel, then you just need to rescale the one X channel once with the Linear Scaling function in ANALYSIS.
Brad Turpin
DIAdem Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

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> In Labview 6i, I have set up multiple y-axes on an xy graph. I want to
> change certain properties of each of the 2 y-axes independently. I
> believe I can do this using "property node".
>
> However, after I have created a property node for the xy graph, I
> realised that there is only 1 y-axis selectable from the list of
> properties. How can I set the property of the other y-axis then?
>
> Thanks for the help!

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Message Edited by Thoric on 07-16-2008 04:05 PM
Thoric (CLA, CLED, CTD and LabVIEW Champion)
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BowenM wrote:
I'm working on a program which will allow users to plot up to 5 different channels with indepdnant y axes. I make them visible / invisible depending on how many channels are being plotted. Unfortunately, the axes start to overlap eachother. I decided to programmatically fix this
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