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+var ScatterplotModel = Visualization.extend({
+
+    defaults : {
+        type    : 'scatterplot',
+
+        config  : {
+            // shouldn't be needed for properly saved splots - also often incorrect
+            //xColumn : 0,
+            //yColumn : 1,
+            
+            pagination  : {
+                currPage    : 0,
+                perPage     : 3000
+            },
+
+            // graph style
+            width   : 400,
+            height  : 400,
+
+            margin : {
+                top     : 16,
+                right   : 16,
+                bottom  : 40,
+                left    : 54
+            },
+
+            xTicks   : 10,
+            xLabel   : 'X',
+            yTicks   : 10,
+            yLabel   : 'Y',
+
+            datapointSize   : 4,
+            animDuration    : 500,
+
+            scale       : 1,
+            translate   : [ 0, 0 ]
+        }
+    }
+});