29.18.1 Color Fill Contour

Data Requirements

• Worksheet:

• Select at least one Z column (or a range from at least one Z column). If the Z column has associated XY columns, then the XY columns are used; otherwise, the worksheet's default XY values are used.

or

• A block of worksheet cells(virtual matrix)

or

• Matrix: A matrix sheet. Multi-object sheet is supported.

or

• Image: An Image window. Multi-frame image is supported. Refer to this page below to see how to flip through all frames.

Creating the Graph

Activate the required data.

From the menu, choose Plot > Contour, Heatmap : Contour - Color Fill.

or

Click the Contour - Color Fill button on the 3D and Contour Graphs toolbar.

Please see more details on creating and customizing Color Fill Contour in the 3D and Contour Graphing chapter.

Template

Worksheet

• TRICONTOUR.OTP

Matrix/Image

• CONTOUR.OTP

(All installed to the Origin program folder).

Notes

• Ranges of Z values are denoted on an XY grid using contour lines and fill colors from a color map.
• Contour plots from worksheet supports user-defined boundaries. To set contour plot boundaries, open the Plot Details dialog and go to the Contouring Info tab.
• You can extract contour line data by right-clicking on selected contour lines and choosing Extract Contour Lines. See this topic for details.
• Click twice (do not double-click) on a contour line and popup a Mini Toolbar for single-level customization.

• When the contour plot is created from a matrix, layer size is a function of the ratio between X_max - X_min and Y_max - Y_min and the layer's Link Axis Length to Scale with X:Y Ratio option is set to 1, by default.