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Re: need more plotting symbols please [message #50038]

Tue, 05 September 2006 09:04

Dilkushi@gmail.com
Messages: 21
Registered: August 2006

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Thank you Dr. Fanning
this is excellent
thanks
d
David Fanning wrote:

> larkn10 writes:
>
>> When I am in a similar situation my plots get pretty cluttered. But
>> anyway,
>> if thirty-some symbols are not good enough, you can have a parallel set
>> of
>> colors and wrap through those as well.
>>
>> e.g. 10 colors and 31 symbols gives you 310 options. (Is my math
>> right?)
>
> I wrote a small function that combines some of the things
> I found in MC_SYMBOL with some ideas I had developed in
> MPI_PLOTCONFIG. There are 44 symbols in this symbol catalog
> function. The return value of the function is used as
> input to the PSYM keyword in graphics commands. For example,
> to use an hourglass symbol (symbol number 19), you would
> type this:
>
> Plot, findgen(11), Symsize=2.0, PSym=SYMCAT(19)
>
> You can find the program here:
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/programs/symcat.pro
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui.
> (Opata Indian saying, meaning "Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: need more plotting symbols please By: Dilkushi@gmail.com on Tue, 05 September 2006 09:04
		Re: need more plotting symbols please By: David Fanning on Sat, 02 September 2006 11:18
		Re: need more plotting symbols please By: Dilkushi@gmail.com on Fri, 01 September 2006 13:46
		Re: need more plotting symbols please By: larkn10 on Fri, 01 September 2006 12:06
		Re: need more plotting symbols please By: Matthias Cuntz on Thu, 31 August 2006 21:35
		Re: need more plotting symbols please By: David Fanning on Thu, 31 August 2006 16:14
		Re: need more plotting symbols please By: don.woodraska on Mon, 02 October 2006 09:17

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