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Thickness of /box_axes? [message #76518] Fri, 17 June 2011 08:36 Go to next message
rjp23 is currently offline  rjp23
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I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious but I want to produce a
multi-panel postscript plot which will have 8 maps on it, in 2 rows of
4.

I'm achieving this using the position keyword to map_set. This means
that the map position is something like plot_position=[0.1,0.4, 0.25,
0.65].

The problem I'm having is that while the maps are the size I want, the
box_axes surrounding them are far too thick. It looks like the
box_axes keep a constant size when I change the size of the map so for
a small map they're very disproportionally large.

Is there a way to set the thickness of the box_axes?

Thanks in advance.

Rob
Re: Thickness of /box_axes? [message #76671 is a reply to message #76518] Thu, 23 June 2011 15:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Brian McNoldy is currently offline  Brian McNoldy
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On Jun 17, 9:36 am, Rob <rj...@le.ac.uk> wrote:
> I'm not sure if I'm missing something obvious but I want to produce a
> multi-panel postscript plot which will have 8 maps on it, in 2 rows of
> 4.
>
> I'm achieving this using the position keyword to map_set. This means
> that the map position is something like plot_position=[0.1,0.4, 0.25,
> 0.65].
>
> The problem I'm having is that while the maps are the size I want, thebox_axessurrounding them are far too thick. It looks like thebox_axeskeep a constant size when I change the size of the map so for
> a small map they're very disproportionally large.
>
> Is there a way to set the thickness of thebox_axes?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rob


Curious if you or anyone has found an answer to this... it's exactly
the question I was going to post. For my particular application, the
box_axes thickness is too thin, but it's the same basic functionality
question.

Brian
Re: Thickness of /box_axes? [message #85293 is a reply to message #76518] Mon, 22 July 2013 14:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Fab is currently offline  Fab
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Hi,

the thickness can be set using E_GRID={BOX_AXES:0.5} in the map_set procedure.

BOX_AXES:1 will give you the standard one and then you decrease the thickness by decreasing the number until you reach 0 meaning no box_axes

I suppose you can increase the thickness by increasing the number

Best

Fabien
Re: Thickness of /box_axes? [message #85296 is a reply to message #85293] Tue, 23 July 2013 06:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Andy Sayer is currently offline  Andy Sayer
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I was excited to see this reply as I'd had a similar problem to Rob and never found a good way to get around it. (I ended up having to make individual files for each plot and glue them together, as the axes were a reasonable thickness with only one plot-per-file.) However, Fabien, from IDL help it looks like your solution only works in IDL 8 and higher--is there a way you know of to do this in IDL 7.1?

On Monday, July 22, 2013 5:21:29 PM UTC-4, fabien.ca...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
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> the thickness can be set using E_GRID={BOX_AXES:0.5} in the map_set procedure.
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> BOX_AXES:1 will give you the standard one and then you decrease the thickness by decreasing the number until you reach 0 meaning no box_axes
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> I suppose you can increase the thickness by increasing the number
>
>
>
> Best
>
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> Fabien
Re: Thickness of /box_axes? [message #85308 is a reply to message #85296] Wed, 24 July 2013 05:32 Go to previous messageGo to next message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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AMS writes:

> I was excited to see this reply as I'd had a similar problem to Rob and never found a good way to get around it. (I ended up having to make individual files for each plot and glue them together, as the axes were a reasonable thickness with only one plot-per-file.) However, Fabien, from IDL help it looks like your solution only works in IDL 8 and higher--is there a way you know of to do this in IDL 7.1?

You could use the THICK keyword on cgMap_Grid.

Cheers,

David



--
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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Re: Thickness of /box_axes? [message #85311 is a reply to message #85308] Wed, 24 July 2013 06:22 Go to previous message
Andy Sayer is currently offline  Andy Sayer
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Oh, thanks for the tip. :) Will give it a go, next time!

On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:32:22 AM UTC-4, David Fanning wrote:
> AMS writes:
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>> I was excited to see this reply as I'd had a similar problem to Rob and never found a good way to get around it. (I ended up having to make individual files for each plot and glue them together, as the axes were a reasonable thickness with only one plot-per-file.) However, Fabien, from IDL help it looks like your solution only works in IDL 8 and higher--is there a way you know of to do this in IDL 7.1?
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> You could use the THICK keyword on cgMap_Grid.
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> Cheers,
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> David
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> --
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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