Plots View (Simple)
Plots View draws whatever Plot Controls (Simple) is configured to show. It renders exactly one plot at a time, and the plot type follows from how many axes you filled in. Selecting inside it feeds the map, the Inspector, and the bag tools.
Where to find it
View → Quantitative → Plots View (Simple). It is useless on its own: open Plot Controls (Simple) with it, or apply the Quantitative Analysis or Coding layout preset.
What it shows
| Axes assigned in Plot Controls | Rendered |
|---|---|
| X only | Histogram |
| X and Y | 2D scatter plot |
| X, Y, and Z | 3D scatter plot |
| Nothing, or Y or Z without X | The message “Select a feature to begin.” |
The points come from the most recently selected bag. Bags checked under Bag Selection in Plot Controls are drawn as extra traces in the same plot. There is no grid or list of plots: to see two configurations side by side, overlay the bags as traces, or open a second Plots View tab.
Interactions
2D scatter
The Plotly toolbar in the top-right switches the drag mode. Zoom is the default; the toolbar also offers freeform and rectangular selection.
- Drag a selection to select the points inside it. The selection replaces the previous one unless you hold ⇧, which adds to it.
- Click a point to toggle it in or out of the plot selection.
- Hold Ctrl and click a point to turn the plot selection into a bag immediately, named
Plot Selection N. With nothing selected, the bag holds just the point you clicked. - Hover a point to highlight it on the map.
Histogram
Histograms have no drag modes and no toolbar. Click a bar to select every point in that bin; click it again to deselect. Once at least one bin is selected, a control card appears in the top-right corner of the plot showing N bins selected and N points, with two buttons:
- Create Bag from Bins saves those points as a bag named
Histogram Selection Nand makes them the current selection. - Clear Selection clears the bins.
3D scatter
Clicking, and clicking with Ctrl held, behave as in the 2D scatter, and hovering highlights the point on the map. There are no drag-selection modes in 3D.
Limits
- One plot at a time. There is no plot history and no way to pin an earlier plot.
- Point labels in tooltips are truncated to 25 characters.
- Everything about the plot’s appearance is set in Plot Controls, not here.
- There is no agent button in this panel. Agents and the Composer set the plotted dimensions and read the plot selection through the Mantis SDK.