ViewSmith overview
Smith charts are generally used in electronics in impedance measurements and impedance matching applications.
PointLineSeriesSmith
ViewSmith’s PointLineSeriesSmith can be used to draw a line, a group of points or a point-line as in ViewPolar. Lots of line and point styles are available in LineStyle and PointStyle properties. Add the series to chart by adding PointLineSeriesSmith objects to ViewSmith. PointLineSeries list.
LegendBox Smith
Legend box in ViewSmith work exactly like in ViewPolar. Modify the legend box properties via ViewSmith.LegendBox.
AnnotationSmith
AnnotationSmith allow displaying mouse-interactive text labels or graphics anywhere in the chart area. ViewSmith.Annotations are similar to ViewXY’s Annotations (see AnnotationXY) with the exception of Target and Location being defined in smith axis values (real and imaginary). Sizing by axis values is not suitable and therefore Sizing property has only values Automatic and ScreenCoordinates.
Markers ViewSmith
ViewSmith. Markers are similar to ViewXY’s EventMarkers (see EventMarkers XY). Markers can be used to mark a specific data value at a certain position. Same as in ViewPolar (see Polar Markers) Markers can be moved by dragging them with mouse. Set SnapToClosestPoint to Selected or All to enable nearest data point snapping when dragging it. Selected tracks only the series this marker is set to snap to with SetSnapSeries() method. All tracks all series.
DataCursor Smith
Starting from version 10.5, ViewSmith has a built-in data cursor, which automatically tracks the closest series value to the mouse cursor and allows showing it in a result table. The cursor works identically to the cursor in ViewPolar except for showing real and imaginary values instead of amplitude and angle. Refer to chapter 10.9 to see how to configure the data cursor settings.
Zooming and panning
Zooming and panning options and methods in ViewSmith work exactly the same as in ViewPolar.