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I am to prepare an essay that explains (attempts to at least) how to generate a time-temperature-transformation diagrams, also known as TTT diagrams. They look like this: ttt diagram

Wikipedia link(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isothermal_transformation_diagram)

I need to choose keywords that describe shortly what the essay is for.

Would rather say "how to draw a TTT diagram" or "how to plot a TTT diagram"?

Perhaps something else entirely?

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    Why not use generate like you did in your question? drawing should focus on the mechanics of putting ink on paper. plotting focuses on placing points on a graph.
    – Jim
    Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 23:55
  • @Jim I am looking to find the most likely word an English speaker would think of when trying to search for this subject. Is the word draw used only when one means made by hand rather than computer generated?
    – aristotle85
    Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 0:06
  • Why was this downvoted?
    – ab2
    Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 1:29
  • You might also construct the diagram.
    – James
    Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 1:38
  • @aristotle85- The real question is what are you planning to cover in your essay. Are you covering how to use some tool (say Matlab) to create something like you show- i.e., how to create a graph, choose the axis ranges, add the labels, add the constant lines, set the line styles, add the annotation boxes, etc. Or are you describing how to test the various materials and collect the data points for plotting?
    – Jim
    Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 1:45

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Draw suggests how to use your hand to create something on paper, and plot specifically refers to a graph rather than a more detailed diagram.

So I would suggest "How to plot a TTT graph" or "How to create a TTT diagram".

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  • "How to plot a TTT graph" it is then.
    – aristotle85
    Commented Aug 20, 2015 at 1:28

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