| Re: beguinner's question [message #23055] |
Wed, 27 December 2000 08:46 |
Pavel A. Romashkin
Messages: 531
Registered: November 2000
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Doesn't WMF stand for *windows* meta file (which is the MS way of saving
contents of clipboard to disk in vector form)? I guess, Unix 5.4 should
then make UMF files :-)
Cheers,
Pavel
David Fanning wrote:
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> You can certainly create encapsulated PostScript output.
> There is no Illustrator output, but in IDL 5.4 you can
> now create WMF format files. (At least on Windows machines,
> I don't know if this is available in UNIX. Anyone?)
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| Re: beguinner's question [message #23059 is a reply to message #23055] |
Wed, 27 December 2000 01:52  |
Kristian Kjaer
Messages: 58
Registered: June 1998
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> There is no Illustrator output,
Isn't Illustrator format (*.ai) just postscript (*.ps) by another name?
It works to rename a *.ai file to *.ps and then feed it to ghostview or
to a postscript printer.
David Fanning wrote:
> but in IDL 5.4 you can
> now create WMF format files. (At least on Windows machines,
> I don't know if this is available in UNIX. Anyone?)
Strangely, IDL5.4 on linux will NOT create a WMF file.
Kristian Kjær
Risø Natl. Laboratory
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| Re: beguinner's question [message #23061 is a reply to message #23059] |
Tue, 26 December 2000 11:26 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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David (dgallego@eucmos.sim.ucm.es) writes:
> I'm working with IDL 5.2 (PC) plotting maps of geographical variables
> (pressure, etc.). I would like to know if it is possible to save the
> graphical output to a vectorial file (such as EPS, Illustrator, WMF).
> Currently I can save the work in TIFF or JPG.
You can certainly create encapsulated PostScript output.
There is no Illustrator output, but in IDL 5.4 you can
now create WMF format files. (At least on Windows machines,
I don't know if this is available in UNIX. Anyone?)
I like to use the PSConfig program you can find on
my web page to get the PostScript "page" set up
appropriately. For example, if I want to draw
an encapsulated plot on A4 paper, I would do something
like this:
keywords = PSConfig(/European, /Encapsulated, Cancel=cancelled)
IF NOT cancelled THEN BEGIN
thisDevice = !D.Name
Set_Plot, 'PS'
Device, _Extra=keywords
Plot, mydata
Device, /Close_File
Set_Plot, thisDevice
ENDIF
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: beguinner's question [message #23062 is a reply to message #23061] |
Tue, 26 December 2000 09:10 |
William Daffer
Messages: 34
Registered: February 1999
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You can save plots to a postscript file, (set_plot,'ps' then call
device,keywords = values to configure the postscript device with
keywords xsize, ysize, xoffset, yoffset, bits_per_pixel, filename,
color, inches, encapsulated and landscape: I think that's all of
them) but if you are representing your data as an image of some
sort, i.e. you're doing a TV or TVSCL to put the data into your
plot, it won't save you all that much, particularly in the size of
the file. If you're using plot,oplot or plots to get the data onto
the plot, you'll benefit from using the Postscript device.
See David Fanning's tutorial on making postscript plots.
http://www.dfanning.com/documents/tips.html#PostScript
He has a very nice program called PS_FORM.pro (although he recently
seemed to want to disavow any knowledge of it, I think it's quite
good) that you can use to configure your Postscript device by
presenting a widget in which all the pertinent keywords are
configurable, although it may not work in IDL 5.2, you'll just have
to give it a try and see.
"David" <dgallego@eucmos.sim.ucm.es> writes:
> Hi all.
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> I'm working with IDL 5.2 (PC) plotting maps of geographical variables
> (pressure, etc.). I would like to know if it is possible to save the
> graphical output to a vectorial file (such as EPS, Illustrator, WMF).
> Currently I can save the work in TIFF or JPG.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David
> Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
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>
--
Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read
Groucho Marx
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