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Re: Zooming in Object Graphics [message #22981 is a reply to message #22979]

Wed, 20 December 2000 10:08

btt
Messages: 345
Registered: December 2000

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Hello,

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...

Ben

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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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