| Re: Overplot cgplots in graphics window [message #86340 is a reply to message #86339] |
Mon, 28 October 2013 10:42   |
morganlsilverman
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Registered: February 2013
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On Monday, October 28, 2013 1:25:42 PM UTC-4, David Fanning wrote:
> Morgan Silverman writes:
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>> Sorry, I forgot to mention that the included code was in a procedure
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>> cgWindow, 'Plot_DAQ_Trajectories', wbackground='white', wxsize=600, wysize=500, wtitle='Westerly Flow'
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>> I still have several questions and some clarification though. In your example using cgWindow, you use cgPlot to begin. When I try to apply this to my code I get data plotted but no map background because cgPlot doesn't allow map=mapCoord. Is this correct or do I have things in the wrong order.
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> Well, you have the wrong command. If you are not using a line plot, then
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> you wouldn't use the cgPlot command. :-)
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> You seem to be using a cgMap object. So, I would try something like
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> map = Obj_New('cgMap', ..., /AddCmd)
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> Where "...", of course, includes all the usual things you put into the
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>> Also, to clarify. Once I have completed the loop, what I need to do is rerun the entire code with a new dataset going through the same calculations and plotting loop. At the moment this creates a new window, but I want to put in the same window as the first time I ran the code. Is this possible? Thanks.
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> Every time you call cgWindow, it creates a new graphics window. If this
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> is not what you want, then check to see if that window is on the
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> display, and, if it is, use it, rather than creating a new window.
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> wids = cgQuery(TITLE=titles, COUNT=count)
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> IF count NE 0 THEN BEGIN
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> index = Where(StrUpCase(titles) EQ 'Plot_DAQ_Trajectories', tcnt)
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> ENDIF ELSE tcnt = 0
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> IF tcnt EQ 0 THEN BEGIN
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> cgWindow, WTitle='Plot_DAQ_Trajectories', wxsize=600, wysize=500
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> ENDIF ELSE BEGIN
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> cgSet, wids[index[0]]
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> ENDELSE
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> Cheers,
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> David
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> --
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
That's exactly what I needed. IDL really can do everything as long as you know how to do it :-) Thanks.
-Morgan
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