Re: Overlaying a grid on graphics to guide placement
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- Subject: [mg73811] Re: Overlaying a grid on graphics to guide placement
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 06:11:00 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Uni Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
Hi, what does the GridLines option ?? LogLogPlot[Exp[-x + 1], {x, 0, 1}, GridLines -> Automatic, Frame -> True] or Plot[Exp[-x + 1], {x, 0, 1}, GridLines -> {Table[0.05*i, {i, 20}], Automatic}] Regards Jens Michael A. Gilchrist wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to develop a function which overlays a grid on a graphics such as > a plot to help with the placement of additional graphics object through > things like Epilog or Prolog. > > I've taken a stab at it below, > > (*construction of grid*) > imax = jmax = 4; > step = 0.25; > > hlines = > Table[{If[j == 0., Black, LightGray], > Line[{{-imax, j}, {imax, j}}]}, {j, -jmax, jmax, step}]; > > vlines = > Table[{If[j == 0., Black, LightGray], > Line[{{ j, -imax}, {j, imax}}]}, {j, -jmax, jmax, step}]; > > hlabels = Table[Text[j, {j, 0}, {1, 1.1}], {j, -jmax, jmax, 1}]; > vlabels = Table[Text[j, {0, j}, {1.1, 1}], {j, -jmax, jmax, 1}]; > > grid = Join[hlines, vlines, hlabels, vlabels]; > > (* ooh it looks good on its own*) > Show[Graphics[grid]] > > > (*not so good here*) > LogLogPlot[Exp[-x + 1], {x, 0, 1}, > Epilog -> grid] > > Plot[Exp[-x + 1], {x, 0, 1}, > Epilog -> grid] > > Show[GraphicsArray[{ > {LogLogPlot[Exp[-x + 1], {x, 0, 1}, > DisplayFunction -> Identity]}, > {Plot[Exp[-x + 1], {x, 0, 1}, > DisplayFunction -> Identity]}}], Epilog -> grid] > > > If you run these commands you'll see that my attempt is inelegant and it > doesn't work very well. Ideally, the grid would (a) adjust itself so that > its boundaries are within the graphics object and (b) adjust the spacing > and labeling so that the grid lines are frequent enough to be informative > but not obscure the entire figure. > > If any one has any suggestions I'd greatly appreciate hearing them. > > Thanks in advance. > > Mike > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology > 569 Dabney Hall > University of Tennessee > Knoxville, TN 37996-1610 > > phone:(865) 974-6453 > fax: (865) 974-6042 > > web: http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/gilchrist.asp > ----------------------------------------------------- > >