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automatic placement of legend in 2-D graph [message #58172]

Mon, 21 January 2008 12:26

Jean-Paul Davis
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Registered: March 1998

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I use a legend object in a separate model object to show a legend on a
2-D graph consisting of up to six plot objects. Currently I set the
position of this legend once and leave it there. Of course, changes
to the data or zoom scale can cause one or more of the plot object
curves to run right through the legend.

Does anyone have ideas for an easy way to automatically determine the
"best" placement of a legend? Using information on the axes ranges,
legend object boundaries, and plot data themselves, I might be able to
do some fancy calculations involving areas in a plane, probably
limiting myself to a set number of standard positions and picking the
least offensive. But this could be easier if there were a way to
determine the intersections of various objects in a particular view.
I'm interested in ideas related to either approach.

Jean-Paul

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		automatic placement of legend in 2-D graph By: Jean-Paul Davis on Mon, 21 January 2008 12:26
		Re: automatic placement of legend in 2-D graph By: Jean-Paul Davis on Thu, 24 January 2008 16:31
		Re: automatic placement of legend in 2-D graph By: Jean-Paul Davis on Wed, 30 January 2008 14:44
		Re: automatic placement of legend in 2-D graph By: Jean-Paul Davis on Thu, 24 January 2008 11:30
		Re: automatic placement of legend in 2-D graph By: David Fanning on Wed, 30 January 2008 14:49

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