Show/hide
One horizontal and two vertical auxiliary cursors appear as dash-dot lines to assist you in measuring curves.
Hide or show the auxiliary cursors with the View > Vertical Cursor 1/2 and View > Horizontal Cursor commands.
Positioning
In order to shift an auxiliary cursor, drag it to the desired location with the mouse. If you place the pointer at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical auxiliary cursors, you can move them both at once. In order to position an auxiliary cursor pixel-by-pixel, press the arrow keys while holding down the ALT key. For the second vertical auxiliary cursor, press the Ctrl key at the same time.
If you simultaneously hold down the Shift key while moving a vertical auxiliary cursor, both vertical auxiliary cursors move in parallel. You can also use the Shift+Alt+Ctrl+Left/Right arrow keys.
Use the View > Position Auxiliary Cursors command, or double-click with the left mouse button, to place vertical auxiliary cursor 1 and the horizontal auxiliary cursor at the current cursor position. If both auxiliary cursors are hidden, this action will show these two cursors.
Difference values
If vertical auxiliary cursor 1 or the horizontal auxiliary cursor is active, the header shows the difference value from the cursor.
Show values
The View > Show Cursor Values command displays various cursor values in the diagram:
- At the cursor: the current value
- Next to the vertical auxiliary cursors: the measured values of all curves at the intersections
- If both vertical auxiliary cursors are shown, then for auxiliary cursor 2 in addition the difference to the measured value at auxiliary cursor 1 is shown, and the difference in time is shown at the lower edge of the graph.
- Above the horizontal auxiliary cursor at the right margin: the value relative to the active curve
- Below the horizontal auxiliary cursor: a counter that indicates the number of measured-value overshoots of the active curve. This shows how often the entire active curve crosses the horizontal auxiliary cursor from below. If both vertical auxiliary cursors are shown, then at the intersection of the right-hand auxiliary cursor with the horizontal auxiliary cursor the number of measured-value overshoots between the two auxiliary cursors is also shown.