Aligning Plots in V6
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- Subject: [mg78308] Aligning Plots in V6
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:20:32 -0400 (EDT)
A question yesterday about plotting in Do loops and the answers do it got me
to exploring the example a little more.
A common complaint in pre Version 6 graphics was the difficulty in aligning
vertical plots on the x axes of the two plots. With new commands like
GraphicsColumn and ImagePadding V6 makes this much easier. The alignment
problem usually occurs when the ticks values and labels outside of the plot
frame take up different spaces. By using ImageMargin to allow for sufficient
space for each of the plots the problem is solved. ImageMargins are in
printer points and may be specified for all sides of a plot. They must leave
enough room for tick labels, frame labels and plot labels. For alignment you
need the same ImageMargins for each plot.
Here is an example where the bottom plot has longer y tick values, and a y
frame label that takes more space.
Labeled[
GraphicsColumn[
Table[Plot[10^(2 n) Sin[x], {x, 0, 2*Pi},
Frame -> True,
FrameLabel -> {x, function/n},
PlotLabel -> 10^(2 n) Sin[x],
ImagePadding -> {{80, 15}, {35, 25}},
Background -> ColorData["Legacy", "Linen"]],
{n, 1, 2}],
Center,
{{20, 20}, {20, 5, 20}},
Background -> LightGreen,
ImageSize -> 500],
"Aligning Two Plots",
{{Bottom, Left}}]
I added extra elements to the plot that a user might typically use. The
plots appear to be aligned whether Left, Center, Right or Automatic is used
for the GraphicsColumn alignment. The only small problem I find is that
right hand side horizontal spacing after the plots seems to be slightly off
and difficult to control exactly.
David Park
djmpark at comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/
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