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Re: crazy contour [message #53815 is a reply to message #53741]

Wed, 02 May 2007 13:18

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"David Fanning" <news@dfanning.com> wrote in message
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> R.G. Stockwell writes:
>
>> So, do you think the 78 mb /cell file is a normal result for a contour
>> plot like this?
>
> Well, I think CELL_FILL produces a LOT of polygons. Even with
> your FILL method I got a warning about lots of polygons. So
> it is probably not out of the question. Have you tried to make
> a PDF file from it? Maybe that will be smaller. Most printers
> will accept that now.
>
> 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. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

I always get the 'too many polygons' message. I just figured that was
a leftover from when IDL ran on IBM 386SX computers and you
were only allowed 12 polygons and four colors.
Seriously, this is not an unusual array to plot, and it only had
12 contours. It's not like i was trying to calculate googol factorial
or something like that.

I'll look into the z buffer and pdf solutions when I run into this
problem again. The file is for inclusion into latex, which can handle
these other types of files now.

Cheers,
bob

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		crazy contour By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:08
		Re: crazy contour By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 May 2007 13:25
		Re: crazy contour By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 02 May 2007 13:18
		Re: crazy contour By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 02 May 2007 13:13
		Re: crazy contour By: MarioIncandenza on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:51
		Re: crazy contour By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:39
		Re: crazy contour By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:25
		Re: crazy contour By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:12
		Re: crazy contour By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:09
		Re: crazy contour By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:04
		Re: crazy contour By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 02 May 2007 12:00
		Re: crazy contour By: news.qwest.net on Wed, 02 May 2007 11:54
		Re: crazy contour By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 May 2007 10:56

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