Re: argument list for ArrowBox?
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- Subject: [mg113209] Re: argument list for ArrowBox?
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:53:53 -0400 (EDT)
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I don't see why you'd find the graphics cells to be square. That's not
my experience and it's easy to set a certain aspect ratio:
Plot[x, {x, 0, 1}, AspectRatio -> 1/10]
Any picture that I import is shown in its original aspect ratio. So I
really don't understand your problem.
Your editing of the .nb file in a text editor seems unnecessary. You
can set all options using the option inspector in the Format menu. The
aspect ratio can be set in Formatting options/Expression formatting/
Graphics Box options/GraphicsBoxOptions/AspectRatio.
Cheers -- Sjoerd
On Oct 18, 11:50 am, dushan <dush... at spinn.net> wrote:
> I'm using Mathematica 7.0.1 on a Mac (OS X) to prepare an exam for a
> basic physics lab. This often calls for a Graphics cell to depict
> some configuration. Since this cell is invariably created square, and
> there seems to be no easy way to change the box's aspect ratio within
> Mathematica, I open a text editor and edit the exam's .nb file
> directly, modifying the options of ImageSize.
>
> This is awkward, but works. In the process I ran into the function
> ArrowBox, whose options I'd like to modify to eliminate an invisible
> mask that's cropping the arrowhead.
>
> But I've been unable to find anywhere a description of ArrowBox's
> arguments. The instruction Options[ArrowBox] produces an empty pair
> of curly brackets. All I've gathered so far is that the arguments
> consist of a two-component list of two-component lists of numbers.
>
> How do I find that sort of information? Thanks.
>
> - Dushan Mitrovich