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Re: Orientation of Contour Labels [message #87848 is a reply to message #87842]

Thu, 27 February 2014 19:18

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On Thursday, February 27, 2014 3:27:05 PM UTC-7, David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
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> I just discovered that the keyword C_Use_Contour_Orientation=1 will make
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> the contour labels readable on the contour function command. Well, when
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> I say "readable" I mean in areas of the plot where they are not all
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> jumbled together. I seem to recall some way to "thin" these jumbled
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> contour labels. Does anyone recall something like that?
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> Humm. Just found C_Label_Interval. I think this is what I remember. You
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> can play with this value. But in steep areas of the contour (see the
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> Basic Contour Plot we have been trying to get right all day), they still
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> stack up on themselves no matter what value you use.
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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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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

You could also use the LABEL_THRESHOLD property that was added to IDLgrContour in IDL 8.3. For some reason we didn't expose it on the Contour function...

IDL> c = contour(/test)
IDL> c.setproperty, label_threshold=0.5,/undoc

-Chris

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		Orientation of Contour Labels By: David Fanning on Thu, 27 February 2014 14:27
		Re: Orientation of Contour Labels By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Thu, 27 February 2014 19:18
		Re: Orientation of Contour Labels By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 February 2014 06:23
		Re: Orientation of Contour Labels By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Fri, 28 February 2014 10:21
		Re: Orientation of Contour Labels By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 February 2014 10:35

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