17.2.9 Creating Violin Plot

Create-Violin-Plot

Creating Violin Plots

Origin supports seven violin plot graph template, you can create these violin graph type by the memu directly.

To create a violin plot:

1. Highlight one or more Y worksheet columns (or a range from one or more Y columns).
2. Select Plot: 2D: Violin Plot: Violin Plot/ Violin with Box/ Violin with Point/ Violin with Quartile/ Violin with Stick/ Split Violin/ Half Violin

Each Y column of data is represented as a separate violin plot. The column names or labels supply the X axis tick labels.

Customizing Violin Plots

To customize the violin plot display:

1. Double-click on the violin plot.

or

1. Right-click and select Plot Details.

Both actions open the Plot Details dialog with the violin data plot icon active on the left side of the dialog. The violin plot controls are available on tabs on the right side of the dialog.

For more information on Box Chart customizations, see the following topics:

• The (Plot Details) Distribution Tab

• The (Plot Details) Box Tab

• The (Plot Details) Data Tab

• The (Plot Details) Percentile Tab

• The (Plot Details) Pattern Tab

• The (Plot Details) Spacing Tab

• The (Plot Details) Lines Tab

Violin Plot Examples

Several box chart examples are displayed below. All examples were created from the data in Violin Plots - Horizontal Split Violin file, in the ‘Help: Learning Center: Graph Sample’. The table references datasets (columns) in the US Mean Temperature worksheet and lists customizations made in the graph's Plot Details dialog box.

	Plotted from Col(D) through Col(F) Menu Entry: Plot: 2D> Violin Plot: Violin with Point	Distribution tab: Check Extend Data Points and select 20. Set Color and Fill to By Point: Candy. Set Extend (%bandwidth) to 300.
	Plotted from Col(M) through Col(P) Menu Entry: Plot: 2D> Violin Plot: Split Violin	Box tab: Set Type to Data Distribution tab: Set Color to Single: #8FB5DA
	Plotted from Col(D) through Col(F) Menu Entry: Plot: 2D> Violin Plot: Half Violin	Box tab: Set Type to Half Box [Left] + Data [Right] Data tab: Set Bins Alignment to Left Distribution tab: Set Fill to By Plot : Q6 Moderate 3 Symbol tab: Set Symbol Color to By Plot : Q6 Moderate 3
	Plotted from Col(D) through Col(F) Menu Entry: Plot: 2D> Violin Plot: Violin with Box	Panel tab: Select By Column, and select P(Y): State as Column(s). Distribution tab: Set Fill to By Plot : Q6 Moderate 3