Re: GraphicsArray and alignment of graphs
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg21259] Re: [mg21099] GraphicsArray and alignment of graphs
- From: BobHanlon at aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 02:28:21 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Use an identical but "invisible" FrameTick on each graph's axis that
is slightly wider than the widest actual tick label. For example,
fig1 = Plot[x, {x, 0, 10}, Frame -> True,
FrameTicks -> {Automatic,
Join[Table[{k, k}, {k, 0, 10, 2}],
Table[{k, " "}, {k, 0, 10, 1}]], Automatic, Automatic},
DisplayFunction -> Identity];
fig2 = Plot[x^4, {x, 0, 10}, Frame -> True,
FrameTicks -> {Automatic,
Join[Table[{k, k}, {k, 0, 2000, 500}],
Table[{k, " "}, {k, 0, 2100, 100}]], Automatic, Automatic},
DisplayFunction -> Identity];
Show[GraphicsArray[{{fig1}, {fig2}}], ImageSize -> {300, 388}];
Bob Hanlon
In a message dated 12/17/1999 3:29:31 AM, Thomas.Bohl at cern.ch writes:
>I have got a problem concerning "GraphicsArray and alignment of graphs".
>
>
>The problem is that I could not figure out, how to align horizontally the
>frames of two graphs with identical x-axis (scale), but different y-axis
>(scale) in a convenient way.
>
>To illustrate the problem:
>
>fig1 = Plot[x, {x, 0, 10}, Frame->True]
>fig2 = Plot[x^4, {x, 0, 10}, Frame->True]
>Show[GraphicsArray[{{fig1}, {fig2}}]]
>
>The two frames are not aligned horizontally.
>
>I would like to have both frames aligned horizontally. This is not
>possible with "Align Selected Graphics". I have searched the mathematica
>newsgroup, the site of WRI and just came across the same problem posed
>about five years ago, and then several times again, without finding a
>satisfying answer.
>
>Somebody proposed to apply Rectangle[Scaled[]... to one of the figures
>until they align. However, this is quite a tedious procedure, especially
>if there are several graphs to align.
>
>I think it is quite common in some sciences to make this kind of aligned
>plots, showing for example data & fit in one graph and the residuals in
>another or showing a contourplot in one graph and a projection in another.
>
>
>Please let me know, how to get around this problem (still using
>Mathematica and not exporting the data for another software).
>