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Re: crazy contour [message #53816 is a reply to message #53741]

Wed, 02 May 2007 13:13

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"Ed Hyer" <ejhyer@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1178135490.340567.286010@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com.. .
> Bob,
>
> In my experience, 25MB, 50MB, 75MB, 130MB, right on up until a crash,
> when you use CONTOUR,/CELL_FILL in a PostScript context. I'm sure
> someone else could explain it better, but PostScript files have a
> raster resolution which is used internally by IDL, which is best
> described as "very, very high." I don't know how to determine the
> "effective raster resolution" that CONTOUR is using.
>
> When I have to do these plots, I make the contour plot using /
> CELL_FILL in the Z buffer, and then place it on the PS image. It would
> be nice if we could put some "pixel-size" magic into CONTOUR (like TV
> has), but I'm not aware of any solutions along those lines.
>
> --Edward H.

I will look into the z buffer approach (both you and David mentioned it)
the next time I come across a similar problem. The rotated shade_surf
works well too (for a scalable postscript file).

Thanks,
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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