Re: labeling axes in a ContourPlot
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- Subject: [mg92190] Re: labeling axes in a ContourPlot
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:10:16 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
Hi,
I don't understand you problem
ContourPlot[Sin[x] Cos[y], {x, -Pi, Pi}, {y, -Pi, Pi},
FrameLabel -> {"X", "Y", "Sin[x] Cos[y]"}]
work perfect on all systems. But you should keep in mind
that a ContourPlot] has a frame and no axes.
Regards
Jens
phillman5 wrote:
> Mathmatica ver 6/Mac Leopard
>
> How do you label the axes in ContourPlot?
>
> For a simple 3D plot
>
> Plot3D[Sin[x] Cos[y], {x, -Pi, Pi}, {y, -Pi, Pi},
> AxesLabel -> {"X", "Y", "Sin[x] Cos[y]"}]
>
> Works well. But why doesn't the following work?
>
> ContourPlot[Sin[x] Cos[y], {x, -Pi, Pi}, {y, -Pi, Pi},
> AxesLabel -> {"X", "Y", "Sin[x] Cos[y]"}]
>
> I also tried removing the 'z' label with no change.
>
> I have looked throughout the ContourPlot documentation and the options
> available and I don't see AxesLabel available. You can label the
> individual contours with their values, etc. Do you have to go to
> graphic primitives and do it manually?
>
> Second question: how would you change the font size for the numbers
> on the axes? I tried some the ways demonstrated for plot with no luck.
>