Spice3f5

The Plot dialog

Build a plot command from the Plot menu.

The Plot dialog sets the options of a plot command graphically. When you press OK, it runs the command, which is echoed in the message window, and opens a plot window. The vectors plotted are those of the current plot; see setplot.

Plot expression(s)
The vectors or expressions to plot, separated by spaces, such as v(in) v(out) or db(v(out)).
vs
If checked, plot against the X expression given (vs) instead of the plot's default scale, such as time or frequency.

Graph Limits

Use Y Axis limits (YLo, YHi)
The range of the Y axis (ylimit).
Use X Axis limits (XLo, XHi)
The range of the X axis (xlimit).

Grid

Use X grid spacing, Use Y grid spacing
The spacing of the grid lines (xdelta, ydelta).
Use a log X axis, Use a log Y axis
Logarithmic axes (xlog, ylog).
Set index range of points to plot (Lo, Hi)
Plot only the points with these indices (xindices).
Decimate plot points (Every N points)
Plot only one point in every N (xcompress).

Title/Labels

X Label, Y Label
The axis labels (xlabel, ylabel).
Plot Title
The title of the plot (title).

Options

Draw separate graphs for each vector expression
One chart for each expression, stacked in the plot window (multiplot).
Override default X axis to linear
Use a linear X axis where it would otherwise be logarithmic, as for an ac analysis by decade (linear).
Override grid to linear
A linear grid (lingrid).
Polar
A polar grid of magnitude circles and angle lines, plotting the imaginary part against the real part without transforming the data (polar).
Smith Chart
A Smith chart grid, transforming the data by (z−1)/(z+1) (smith). Normalise impedances to the reference impedance first.
Smith grid
The same Smith chart grid, but the data is plotted as it is, without the transformation (smithgrid).
Plot data points only
Draw the points without joining them (pointplot).
Plot points in comb fashion
Draw a vertical line from each point to the X axis (combplot).

Example

Plot expression db(v(out)), with a log X axis and the title Gain, runs

plot db(v(out)) xlog title "Gain"