Curve Tool: Selecting the Active Axis

Only one axis is active at any given time. The name of the active axis is displayed in the toolbar, as in the following example toolbar section:

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The active curve is special in the following ways:

Its name is displayed in the toolbar under Active Axis. See Toolbar for details.
The active curve is plotted in red, whereas all other curves are plotted in black.
The velocity and acceleration plots, if enabled, correspond only to the active axis. See Showing Velocity and Acceleration for details.
The extend and retract limits of the active axis are indicated by displaying the out-of-limits regions with a yellow background. See Curve Limits for details.
The Detail window shows values from the active axis only. See Detail Window for more information.
The active axis is the one used by the Copy, Paste, Cut, Erase Curve, Upload from Motion Controller, Download to Motion Controller, and Convert Plot to Curve commands.
The keyboard methods of selecting and moving points only affect the active axis. See Selecting Points and Moving Points for details.
Only points on the active axis can be selected by dragging a selection box. See Selecting Points for details.
The Valid/Invalid Curve and Hint icons on the status bar reflect the active axis only. See Status Bar for details.
Only the active curve is displayed in the Spreadsheet view. See Spreadsheet View for details.

The following methods can be used to change the active axis:

On the toolbar, in the Active Axis list, select the name of the axis you want to make active. If the axis you want to make active is not listed, then you must either first make it visible—as described in Selecting Which Axes to Display—or use the menu method described below.
On the View menu, click Active Axis, and then click the name of the axis you want to make active. If the axis you select was not being displayed, then it will be made visible.
When in the Graph view, press TAB to make the next visible axis the active axis, or SHIFT+TAB to make the previous visible axis the active axis.
Click on any point on the axis you want to make active.