The Contour Profiler shows response contours for two factors at a time. The interactive contour profiling facility is useful for optimizing response surfaces graphically. Contour Profiler shows an example of the Contour Profiler for the Tiretread sample data.
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The Current X values generate the Current Y values. The Current X location is shown by the crosshair lines on the graph. The Current Y values are shown by the small red lines in the slider control.
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The other lines on the graph are the contours for the responses set by the Y slider controls or by entering values in the Contour column. There is a separately colored contour for each response (4 in this example).
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You can enter low and high limits to the responses, which results in a shaded region. To set the limits, you can click and drag from the side zones of the Y sliders or enter values in the Lo Limit or Hi Limit columns. If a response column’s Spec Limits column property has values for Lower Spec Limit or Upper Spec Limit, those values are used as the initial values for Lo Limit and Hi Limit.
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Right-click the slider control and select Rescale Slider to change the scale of the slider (and the plot for an active X variable).
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