Aspect Highlighting

In the "Aspect Highlighting and Filtering" dialog...

•Click on the Highlighting tab, and select one of the following options...

•No highlighting – the aspect lines are not highlighted. All aspect line thicknesses are set to their standard default line width.

•By relative tightness of orb – the aspect line thickness are scaled according to how tight they are (by taking the ratio of the actual orb to the maximum possible orb i.e. by relative orb ratio). The tightest orbs have the thickest lines, and the widest orbs have the thinnest lines. The maximum line width multiplier can be set to control the factor by which the line width is increased for the tightest orbs. The Linear option thickens the lines in direct proportion to the relative orb ratio e.g. an aspect whose orb is half of its maximum allowed orb has its thickness multiplied by half the maximum line width multiplier. The Sqr option thickens the line in proportion to the square of the relative orb, so an aspect whose orb is half of its maximum allowed orb has its thickness multiplied by one quarter of the maximum line width multiplier. The Sqr*Sqr option thickens the line in proportion to the fourth power of the relative orb, so an aspect whose orb is half of its maximum allowed orb has its thickness multiplied by one eight of the maximum line width multiplier.

•Partile aspect only (same degree) – only those aspects that are partile (i.e. those which are in the same whole degree of their sign at each end of the aspect) are highlighted by the line width multiplier. All other aspects are set to their standard default line width.

•By absolute tightness of orb - the aspect line thicknesses are scaled according to their actual orbs in degrees. When this option is selected, the list box below contains a list of orb limits and the corresponding line width multipliers to apply. This list may be edited by the user. Use the Add button to add a new line, the Del button to remove a line, and use the Max Orb box to set the orb in degrees and minutes.

•App=Solid; Sep=Dotted – When this box is checked, all applying aspects are shown as solid lines, and all separating aspects are shown as dotted lines. This can be used in addition to the line thickness options.

•Display Conjunction Aspect Lines – When this box if checked, an aspect line is drawn between points which are conjunct. Note: If the points are very closely conjunct, then these conjunction lines will not be easily visible.