The measuring machine according to the invention has a display device, a processing device, and at least one measurement channel. The processing device measures the measurement signal of the at least one measurement channel. The display device displays the measurement signal of the at least one measurement channel as a chart. A plurality of charts can thereby be displayed at once. The display device additionally displays preview charts. The preview diagrams are scaled representations of the diagrams. The plurality of diagrams can be displayed cascaded and/or horizontally tiled and/or vertically tiled. The multiple plots can be displayed at different, preferably arbitrary positions of the display device.