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iTool User's Guide: Working with Plots |
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The iPlot tool allows you many options to manipulate your existing plot displays. Once you have visualized your plot data, you may rotate, flip, translate, scale, and zoom as well as modify plot properties, scroll, and select plot ROIs. The following options are available for manipulating plots.
Translation moves an object or group of objects in a specific direction. When an object is selected, a bounding box appears around the object. For information on translating objects, see Translation.
The following types of annotations can be added to iPlot displays:
For more information on creating and using annotations, see Adding Annotations.
View Zoom allows you to zoom in or out on a specific area of the plot display area. To zoom in or out in View Zoom mode click Zoom on the toolbar. For more information on working with View Zoom, see Zooming.
Canvas Zoom allows you to increase or decrease the magnification of the entire display canvas (which may contain multiple views, depending on the layout) by a specified percentage. Canvas Zoom is available by selecting the pull-down percentage list from the top of the tool just under the Help menu. For more information on working with Canvas Zoom, see Zooming.
In a two-dimensional plot, your data range can be manipulated in several ways. First, enter into the Data Range tool mode by clicking on the Data Range button on the toolbar. You can then manipulate your data range in the following ways:
Note Plots are clipped to fit within newly selected data ranges. |
IDL Online Help (March 01, 2006)