Removing whitespace on open rocket graphs

[Lt72884]

I am trying to make a graph of time vs roll rate. The plotted graph has a lot of empty space to the right of the plotted data. The roll rate is only calculated until roughly the apogee, after that, the graph continues on with whiate space for the entire flight. I have tried to zoom in to fill the window, but it cuts off a lot of the data.

How do i shorten the time the software uses to plot, rather than the entire 163 seconds?

thanks for any help and tips.

 

[neil_w]

Try this?



The zoom and pan controls on the plot are not intuitive IMHO.

 

[rocketgeek101]

You could also export the data and plot it with Python, Excel, etc

 

[Lt72884]

Try this?

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The zoom and pan controls on the plot are not intuitive IMHO.

holly hell! i never even noticed that haha. thanks for pointing that out. On a laptop screen, my eyes never even saw that tiny writing hahaha.
thanks for pointing that out

 

[Lt72884]

You could also export the data and plot it with Python, Excel, etc

thats a good point. i have not tried that method out yet with open rocket. I should test this out anyway.

 

[waltr]

One can even outline any area of the graph, start cursor at upper left, hold Left mouse button, drag down & right to include area you desire. Release mouse button- Now zoomed in one selected area.

 

[neil_w]

One can even outline any area of the graph, start cursor at upper left, hold Left mouse button, drag down & right to include area you desire. Release mouse button- Now zoomed in one selected area.

Do you find that to be useful? If so, how and when do you use it?

 

[waltr]

Do you find that to be useful? If so, how and when do you use it?

Yes, I do this all the time and seems easier than zooming a single axis.
Typical use is looking at the boost phase to pick off Burn-out Velocity (mainly for 2-stage), then Velocity at 2nd stage ignition. Acceleration curve (# G's of accel) and other details when needed.
These are typically in the lower left.

Other times I only do the bottom to look at the Descent rates.

There is an Icon at the bottom of the plot the return to full display.

 

[Dane Ronnow]

Do you find that to be useful? If so, how and when do you use it?

I use that too. Just click and drag from top left; release when you've outlined the area you want enlarged. Also good for zooming in on apogee/deployment junction, intersection of altitude and velocity, etc.