To space box plots at irregular intervals along the axis:

1. Click the Home | New Graph | Statistical | Vertical Box Plot () command.
2. Click on the box plot to select it.
3. In the Property Manager, click on the Plot tab.
4. Change the Last variable to be the same as the First variable. Only one box is now plotted.
   • In Grapher 13, change the Last column to be the same as the First column.
5. In the Property Manager, click on the Box Plot Axis 1 to select it.
6. In the Property Manager, click on the Axis tab.
7. Change the Length to twice the desired width of the bar. So, if the box should be 0.5 inches wide, make the Length equal to 1.0 inches.
8. Click the Home | Add to Graph | Plot command.
9. In the Select Plot Type dialog, select Vertical Box Plot and click OK.
10. The Choose Axes dialog will appear automatically set to create new X axis. Click OK.
11. Select the data file and click Open.
12. Repeat steps 2 through 4 above for the new box plot.
13. Click on the new box plot axis and move it left/right to the desired location.
14. Repeat steps 8-13 for each additional box plot. If the labels are incorrect on the box plot axes, you can uncheck the boxes in the Object Manager next to each Box Plot Axis name. Then, add a new axis by clicking the Graph Tools | Add to Graph | Axis command. Label the new axis as desired.
15. If you want the boxes to move with other plot changes, you can link the Box Plot Axis location to the new axis.

Here's an example graph using the steps above:

Create variable spaced box plots using multiple box-plot axes.

If you would like to have an automatic way of placing boxes with variable spacing, submit a support request to add your vote for this feature to our suggestion file.

Updated February 17, 2020