| Re: Plotting to file [message #4204] |
Mon, 15 May 1995 00:00 |
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In article <3p7loi$clc@sundog.tiac.net>, "Bosco Y. So" <bso@acm.org> writes:
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> I'm using the Macintosh version of IDL and I want to output my plots to
> graphic files via a procedure. If I was drawing with SHADE_SURF, I can use
> the IMAGE optional argument to save the graphic to a 2D array and then use one
> of the WRITE_XXX routines to save it to a file. However, I can't seem to do
> the equivalent with PLOT. Can someone give me a pointer?
If the Mac supports the Z device then you can PLOT to the Z device, read the
bitmap back and use WRITE_XXX to save to some graphics file. You could also use
the Postscript driver to save to PS files which you can read into Word, etc.
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