| Re: Newbie-Alert: Plotting 3D data in IDL [message #35233] |
Mon, 26 May 2003 07:09  |
Stephan Eickschen
Messages: 2
Registered: May 2003
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Thanks David - I managed to get slice working ;-)
>> I am sure that this is an old topic, easily to solve problem but I hope that
>> you are lenient towards me...
> Are you kidding me!? We are *brutal* to newbies!
I was afraid of that...
>> I have a 3D data set. I managed to get it read by IDL. Now I would like to
>> plot the data as three orthogonal slices, each plane parallel to one of the
>> axis. I was not able to get slicer3 working properly.
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> Humm. This would definitely be the preferred solution.
> Are you sure you are calling it correctly? It requires
> a pointer to the data:
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> IDL> ptr = Ptr_Free(data)
> IDL> Slicer3, ptr
[2nd n^Hmail:]
> See, one of our strategies is to completely lead newbies
> astray. Uh, try this:
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> IDL> ptr = Ptr_New(data)
*g* -- I thought about that...
(snip)
> If you *have* to use SLICE (and I don't recommend that ancient
> program, either), then download PSCONFIG and do a global
> search and replace on PS_FORM:
Well - I succeeded in getting it to work - nicely done!
> If you use SLICE, be sure to set DEVICE, DECOMPOSED=0. I think
> that program was written 25 years before 24-bit colors were a
> reality.
---- snip: slice.pro ----
> ; for later processing. The program works on 8-bit, 16-bit, and
> ; 24-bit displays.
(...)
> ; 23 April 1997. Added support for 24-bit color displays. DWF
---- snap: *g* ----
Stephan
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