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Re: Zooming in Object Graphics [message #22979 is a reply to message #22976]

Wed, 20 December 2000 10:23

davidf
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Ben Tupper (btupper@bigelow.org) writes:

> I don't want to open a can of worms, but...
>
> This topic always reminds me of Randall Frank's recommendation to use
> natural data coordinates rather than normalized data coordinates. I have
> only done the graphics in natural coordinates a couple of times, so I'm
> skating on thin ice with wobbly ankles. Zooming seems like a place where
> it might be especially useful; of course, it's just a hunch and I've yet
> to try it.
>
> The ViewPlane_Rect would have to change as well as the location of the
> axes/annotations (unless you didn't care to see them when zooming, kind
> of like zooming on a bitmap.) The data ranges can be controlled by the
> [XYZ]RANGE keywords. The tricky part is setting up the ViewPlane_Rect
> so there will be enough room for the axes, etc. I know I build in the
> border when making object graphics in normalized coordinates
> (ViewPlane_Rect = [-.2,-.2, 1.4,1.4] or some such thing.) In natural
> coordinates maybe the following could be done:
>
> xMin = Min(ZoomedDataX, Max = xMax)
> yMin = Min(ZoomedDataY, Max = yMax)
>
> xSpan = xMax-xMin
> ySpan = yMax-yMin
>
> oView->SetProperty, ViewPlane_Rect = [xMin-0.2*xSpan, yMin-0.2*ySpan,
> xSpan*1.4, ySpan*1.4]
>
> oGrAtom->SetProperty, xRange = [xMin,yMin], yRange = [yMin,yMax]
>
> oXaxis->Location = [xMin,yMin,0], Range = [xMin,xMax]
>
> oYaxis->Location = [xMin,yMin,0], Range = [yMin,yMax]
>
>
> Well, it's the holiday season, perhaps I'm having visions of sugared plums...

I don't know. Maybe with a couple more egg-nogs I could
see it, but I don't understand how this will *zoom* anything.
If you change *both* the viewport rectangle *and* the axes
endpoints, aren't you just back to where you started!?

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 21 December 2000 14:32
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 21 December 2000 13:38
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 21 December 2000 11:34
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 20 December 2000 13:12
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: davidf on Wed, 20 December 2000 11:19
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: btt on Wed, 20 December 2000 10:55
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: davidf on Wed, 20 December 2000 10:23
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: btt on Wed, 20 December 2000 10:08
		Re: Zooming in Object Graphics By: davidf on Wed, 20 December 2000 08:59

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