Basic Analysis and Graphing - SAS

498 Creating Ternary Plots Chapter 21
The Ternary Plot
The Ternary Plot
Follow the instructions in “Example of a Ternary Plot” on page 495 to produce the plot shown in
Figure 21.6.
Each of the three sides of a ternary plot represents a proportion of 0%, with the point of the triangle
opposite that base representing a proportion of 100%. As a proportion increases in any one sample, the
point representing that sample moves from the base to the opposite point of the triangle.
Figure 21.6 The Ternary Plot
Mixtures and Constraints
Ternary Plot uses the Mixture column property to shade the portion of the graph that is out of bounds. The
only constraints that the Ternary plot recognizes are the mixture sum and the mixture bounds. The Ternary
plot does not recognize a general linear constraint like the Mixture Profiler does. For information about
setting the Mixture column property in the Column Info window, see the Using JMP book.
Related Information
• “Example Using Mixture Constraints” on page 499
Ternary Plot Platform Options
The red triangle menu next to Ternary Plot contains options to modify the plot and add a 3D graph.
Table 21.2 Descriptions of Ternary Plot Platform Options
Ref Labels
Shows or hides the tick marks and tick labels on the three axes. The default plot shows
the labels.