Thread: Proportional x and y axi

I've been modeling planet and asteroid orbits using excel.

When I graph the x and y coordinates, Excel will resize the x and y axi
to fit the size graph I've dragged. Invariably circular orbits will be
displayed as ellipses and displayed ellipses will be thinner or fatter
than actual.

Is there a way to make graphs use the same units for the x and y axises
(or is plural axi?)?

Thanks in advance.

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Hop David
http://clowder.net/hop/index.html

Jon Peltier has instructions for this:

http://www.peltiertech.com/Excel/Cha...t.html#SqrGrid

Hop David wrote:
> I've been modeling planet and asteroid orbits using excel.
>
> When I graph the x and y coordinates, Excel will resize the x and y axi
> to fit the size graph I've dragged. Invariably circular orbits will be
> displayed as ellipses and displayed ellipses will be thinner or fatter
> than actual.
>
> Is there a way to make graphs use the same units for the x and y axises
> (or is plural axi?)?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>


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Debra Dalgleish
Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List
http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html

FYI, plural of axis is "axes"

Mark