8.5.8 Box Scale

From Origin 2023, it is supported to add a box scale object to the Box graph.

1 Adding a Box Scale to a graph
2 Box Scale Control dialog
- 2.1 Labels for box scale components
- 2.2 Style of Box Scale

Adding a Box Scale to a graph

In the Box plot, box scale could be added in any of the following ways:

Select Insert: Box Scale in the menu.
Click the Add Box Scale button on the Add Object to Graph toolbar.

Box Scale Control dialog

This dialog is used to control and customize the style of the box scale.

To open the Box Scale Control' dialog:

Double-click on the box scale.

Right-click on the box scale to select Properties... from the context menu.

Labels for box scale components

In the box scale, it shows Box Range, Whisker and Median by default. And the displaying of other symbols that depends on they whether selected in the Plot Details dialog.

And label of these components whether to show that can be controlled in this dialog. Except Box Range, Whisker and Median, if the symbol is not selected in the Plot Details dialog, the label option also will not show in this dialog.

Box Range	Show and customize the labels for the box range. Clicking the button, it will pop-up Box Range Label dialog. This dialog lists all box range selection with edit-box. The box range is controlled in the Box tab of Plot Details dialog. For example: If the box range is set to SE, the label will show the text in the SE edit-box. Reset button can help to roll back the label to default setting.
Whisker	Show and customize the labels for the whisker of the box. Clicking the button, it will pop-up Whisker Label dialog. This dialog lists all box whisker selection with edit-box. The whisker is controlled in the Box tab of Plot Details dialog For example: If the whisker is set to Constant, the label will show the text in the Constant edit-box. Reset button can help to roll back the label to default setting.
Median	Show and customize the labels for the median symbol of the box. The median symbol is controlled in the Percentile Tab of Plot Details dialog
Mean	Show and customize the labels for mean symbol of the box. The mean symbol is controlled in the Percentile Tab of Plot Details dialog
Outliners	Show and customize the labels for outliners of the box. The outliners is controlled in the Outliers Tab of Plot Details dialog
Extreme Values	Show and customize the labels for extreme values of the box. The extreme values symbol is controlled in the Outliers Tab of Plot Details dialog
1% / 99% / Max / Min	Show and customize the labels for 1% / 99% / Max / Min of the box. These symbols are controlled in the Percentile Tab of Plot Details dialog

Style of Box Scale

Box Height (% of Layer)	Specify the height of the box scale. The value is the percentage of layer, not including outlier and extreme. Note: the weight of the box scale follows the box weight in the plot. It can be customize in the Box tab of Plot Details dialog.
Label Offset (% of Font)	Specify the gap value between label and symbol. The value is the percentage of font height.
Black Edge and No Fill	Set the edge color to Black and the fill color to None for the box style, regardless of the box style. If not check, the box scale style will follow the first box in the plot.
Labels in Line	All labels in one line and align to left.
Font	Custom the font style of the labels. Font： Select the label font in the drop-down list. Font Size Specify the label font size in drop-down list. Color Specify label font color from this drop-down list.
Label Rotate	Origin supports arbitrary rotation of the label in box scale. <Auto> means 0 for horizontal layout, 270 for vertical layout.
Layout	Set the box scale layout to horizontal or vertical. Auto means following plot. If layer exchange xy, then box show horizontally in the graph, then the object will use horizontal layout