Creating a Taguchi Main Effects Graph

You can create Taguchi main effects graphs that display the average effect on the selected response of each factor level for each factor selected and for the Taguchi metric selected.

  1. Select the Taguchi Robust Design component for which you want to create a Taguchi main effect graph from the model explorer on the left side of the gateway, and click the Graphs or Graph Templates tab.

    The contents of the tab appear with the selected component’s name displayed at the top of the tab.

  2. Verify that the proper page is selected at the bottom of the tab. By default, Page 1 is used. You can create multiple pages using the <New> tab.

  3. Create the graph by doing any of the following:

    • Click the Graph button below the component title bar.
    • Click the button next to the Graph button, and select Taguchi Main Effects Graph.
    • Double-click the Taguchi Main Effects Graph icon displayed on the toolbar next to the Graph and Table buttons. You can also drag and drop the icon onto the grid.

      Tip: You can control the icons that are displayed on the toolbar by clicking the Visual Palette button and moving graphs from the Available list to the Selected list. You can also drag the icons on the toolbar to arrange the icons more efficiently.

  4. If you created the graph by using the Graph button, do the following:

    1. Select Taguchi Main Effects Graph from the Graph Creation Wizard.
    2. Click Next.

  5. Select the factors, responses, and metrics:

    1. Click a factor, response, and metric to select the parameters individually.
    2. Click Select All to choose a group of parameters.
    3. Click Deselect All to remove your selections.
    4. Click Next.

  6. If you used Orthogonal Arrays as the Taguchi Robust Design component control technique, you can Include effects from unassigned columns. This option displays the calculated main effects for columns in the orthogonal array that did not have factors assigned to them, representing effects due to other sources such as factor interactions.

  7. Click Next.

  8. On the Creation Summary screen that appears, review and verify the information.

  9. Click Finish.

    Isight adds the graphs to the gateway.