Re: 2D/3D plots scaled to unit of dimension
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- Subject: [mg66119] Re: [mg66089] 2D/3D plots scaled to unit of dimension
- From: ggroup at sarj.ca
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 04:21:13 -0400 (EDT)
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Hello Xiangdong,
Use the option: AspectRatio->Automatic
The default AspectRatio is set to 1/GoldenRatio.
Eg: Plot[Sin[x],{x,0,10}, AspectRatio->Automatic]
On Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 3:40 AM, Xiangdong Liu wrote:
> I am making 2D and 3D plots that depicts geographic events. The units in
> each dimension x, y, and z are the same, say meters. A plot may show 10
> unis in one dimension and 2 units in another. When I make the plot,
> Mathematica chooses its automatic aspect ratio. The result is such that
> a unit in the dimension with 3 units shown to be longer than a unit in the
> dimension with 10 units. Of course I can change the aspect ratio to be 3/10
> (or 10/3 depending on which dimension has more units of content).
> My question is if I can make Mathematica plot with an aspect ratio that
> preserves the unit of length in all dimensions, automatically. If such
> setting exists, will it be different for 3D plots?
> As an specific example, let's say I want to plot the following:
> Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}];
> How do I make Mathematica preserve the unit of length by displaying the
> plot with the 1/5 aspect ratio automatically?
> Thanks!
- References:
- 2D/3D plots scaled to unit of dimension
- From: liu@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Xiangdong Liu)
- 2D/3D plots scaled to unit of dimension