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Thu, 08/16/2018 - 09:54 am

Hi I´m new using Igor pro, my version it´s 7.0.8.1. My problem is that I want to plot XY data with the fakewaterfall function. Nevertheless, when I have try the command

ApplyFakewaterfall("graph0",200,10,0) it always gave me the next error message:

comand error

expected wave name, variable name, or operation

I have try to do the same in the example and it works then I don´t know what i´m doing wrong.

 

I have copy the XY data from excell file do create the Table, then I have created the plot with the comand new Graph and then I´ve applied the comand

ApplyFakewaterfall("graph0",200,10,0) in commands line then noting happends. I think that probably this is a sealy mistake 


but could anybody help me with this?

 

 fakewaterfall help

Execute this to see the help for fake waterfall plots:

DisplayHelpTopic "Fake Waterfall Plots"

Click the "Open the Fake Waterfall demo experiment" link.

Notice the statement:

You can find these functions in the procedure window of this experiment. To use them, copy and paste them in your own experiment or your own Igor procedure file.

This means that the procedures that implement the fake waterfall plot are stored in the built-in procedure window of the demo experiment. To use those procedures, they need to be available in your experiment.

One way to do this is to copy the procedures from the demo experiment and paste into the procedure window of your experiment.

If this is something that you will do often, a better approach is to create a "global procedure file":

  1. Determine where your "Igor Pro User Files" folder is by choosing Help->Show Igor Pro User Files.
  2. Open the procedure window of the demo experiment (Windows->Procedure Window).
  3. Choose File->Save Procedure Copy.
  4. Save a copy of the file in the "Igor Procedures" folder of your "Igor Pro User Files" folder. Use a reasonable file name like "Fake Waterfall Plot.ipf".
  5. Restart Igor.

Because the "Fake Waterfall Plot.ipf" is in your Igor Procedures folder, Igor automatically opens it and keeps it open until Igor quits. That is what is meant by "global procedure file".

Now the procedures are available to you in any experiment.

For further explanation, execute:

DisplayHelpTopic "Procedure Windows"

and

DisplayHelpTopic "Special Folders"

 

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