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Scilab Help >> Graphics

Graphics

• 2d_plot
  • LineSpec — to quickly customize the lines appearance in a plot
  • Matplot — 2D plot of a matrix using colors
  • Matplot1 — 2D plot of a matrix using colors
  • Matplot properties — Description of the Matplot entities properties
  • Sfgrayplot — smooth 2D plot of a surface defined by a function using colors
  • Sgrayplot — smooth 2D plot of a surface using colors
  • champ — 2D vector field plot
  • champ1 — 2D vector field plot with colored arrows
  • champ properties — description of the 2D vector field entity properties
  • comet — 2D comet animated plot.
  • contour2d — level curves of a surface on a 2D plot
  • contour2di — compute level curves of a surface on a 2D plot
  • contour2dm — compute level curves of a surface defined with a mesh
  • contourf — filled level curves of a surface on a 2D plot
  • errbar — add vertical error bars on a 2D plot
  • fchamp — direction field of a 2D first order ODE
  • fec — pseudo-color plot of a function defined on a mesh
  • fec properties — description of the fec entities properties
  • fgrayplot — 2D plot of a surface defined by a function using colors
  • fplot2d — 2D plot of a curve defined by a function
  • grayplot — 2D plot of a surface using colors
  • grayplot properties — description of the grayplot entities properties
  • graypolarplot — Polar 2D plot of a surface using colors
  • histplot — plot a histogram
  • paramfplot2d — animated plot of a 2D parametrized curve.
  • plot — 2D plot
  • plot2d — 2D plot
  • plot2d2 — 2D plot (step function)
  • plot2d3 — 2D plot (vertical bars)
  • plot2d4 — 2D plot (arrows style)
  • polarplot — Plot polar coordinates
  • scatter — 2D scatter plot
• 3d_plot
  • comet3d — 3D comet animated plot.
  • contour — level curves on a 3D surface
  • eval3d — values of a function on a grid => this function is obsolete
  • eval3dp — compute facets of a 3D parametric surface
  • fac3d — 3D plot of a surface. This function is obsolete.
  • fplot3d — 3D plot of a surface defined by a function
  • fplot3d1 — 3D gray or color level plot of a surface defined by a function
  • genfac3d — Compute facets of a 3D surface
  • geom3d — projection from 3D on 2D after a 3D plot
  • hist3d — 3D representation of a histogram
  • mesh — 3D mesh plot
  • nf3d — Rectangular facets to plot3d parameters
  • param3d1 — plots a set of curves in a 3D cartesian frame. 1D mesh plot
  • param3d properties — description of the 3D curves entities properties
  • plot3d — 3D plot of a surface
  • plot3d1 — 3D gray or color level plot of a surface
  • plot3d2 — plot surface defined by rectangular facets
  • plot3d3 — mesh plot surface defined by rectangular facets
  • scatter3 — 3D scatter plot
  • secto3d — 3D surfaces conversion
  • surf — 3D surface plot
  • surface properties — description of the 3D entities properties
• annotation
  • captions — draw graph captions
  • Label entity properties — description of the Label entity properties
  • legend — draw graph legend
  • Legend entity properties — description of the Legend entity properties.
  • legends — draw graph legend
  • title — display a title on a graphic window
  • zlabel — sets the z-axis label
  • xtitle — add titles on a graphics window
• axes_operations
  • axes properties — description of the axes entity properties
  • gca — Return handle of current axes.
  • gda — Return handle of default axes.
  • isoview — tunes isometric rendering of graphical axes
  • newaxes — Creates a new Axes entity
  • plotframe — plot a frame with scaling and grids. This function is obsolete.
  • replot — reframes with new boundaries the current or a given set of axes
  • rotate_axes — Interactive rotation of an Axes handle.
  • sca — set the current axes entity
  • sda — Set default axes.
  • square — set scales for isometric plot (change the size of the window) (function obsolete)
  • subplot — virtually grids the figure and sets the plotting area to a chosen cell
  • unzoom — unzoom graphics
  • xgrid — add a grid on a 2D or 3D plot
  • xsetech — set the sub-window of a graphics window for plotting
  • zoom_rect — zoom a selection of the current graphic figure
• axis
  • axis properties — description of the axis entity properties
  • drawaxis — draw an axis
  • graduate — Pretty axis graduations
  • xgraduate — axis graduation
• bar_histogram
  • bar — bar histogram
  • barh — horizontal display of bar histogram
  • barhomogenize — homogenize all the bars included in the current working axes
• Color management
  • Swatches
    • autumncolormap — red through orange to yellow colormap
    • bonecolormap — gray colormap with a light blue tone
    • coolcolormap — cyan to magenta colormap
    • coppercolormap — black to a light copper tone colormap
    • graycolormap — linear gray colormap
    • hotcolormap — red to yellow colormap
    • hsvcolormap — Hue-saturation-value colormap
    • jetcolormap — blue to red colormap
    • oceancolormap — linear blue colormap
    • parulacolormap — blue to yellow colormap
    • pinkcolormap — sepia tone colorization on black and white images
    • rainbowcolormap — red through orange, yellow, green,blue to violet colormap
    • springcolormap — magenta to yellow colormap
    • summercolormap — green to yellow colormap
    • whitecolormap — completely white colormap
    • wintercolormap — blue to green colormap
  • addcolor — add new colors to the current colormap
  • color — returns the color id of a color
  • color_list — list of named colors
  • colorbar — draw a colorbar
  • colordef — Set the color look-and-feel of a given or of all forthcoming graphic figures
  • colormap — using colormaps
  • getcolor — opens a dialog to show colors in the current colormap
  • hsv2rgb — Converts HSV colors to RGB
  • name2rgb — returns the RGB values of a named color
  • rgb2name — returns the name of a color
  • uigetcolor — Opens a dialog for selecting a color.
• Datatips
  • datatipCreate — Create a datatip on a polyline by program
  • datatipGetEntities — Get all the entities compatible with datatips in the given axes.
  • datatipGetStruct — Retrieve the datatips data structure from the polyline entity. This function is obsolete.
  • datatipManagerMode — Set or toggles the datatips mode.
  • datatipMove — Move a specified datatip using the mouse.
  • datatipRemove — Removes a selected datatip
  • datatipRemoveAll — Removes all datatips on a set of polylines.
  • datatipSetDisplay — Set the function used to compute the datatip string.
  • datatipSetInterp — Set the interpolation mode for datatip.
  • datatipSetOrientation — Set the position of the text box associated with the given tip.
  • datatipSetStruct — Stores the datatips data structure in the polyline entity. Obsolete function.
  • datatipSetStyle — Set the datatip style.
  • datatipToggle — toggles the data tips mode.
  • datatip properties — description of the Datatip entity properties
  • datatips — Tool for placing and editing tips along the plotted curves.
  • orthProj — Computes the orthogonal projection of a point to a polyline in the plane.
• figure_operations
  • clf — Clears and resets a figure or a frame uicontrol
  • drawlater — makes axes children invisible.
  • drawnow — draw hidden graphics entities.
  • figure properties — description of the graphics figure entity properties
  • gcf — Return handle of current graphic window.
  • gdf — Return handle of default figure.
  • pixel_drawing_mode — Figure's property setting the RGBwise pixels update mode when drawing
  • scf — set the current graphic figure (window)
  • sdf — Set default figure.
  • show_window — raises a graphics window
  • winsid — return the list of graphics windows
  • xdel — delete a graphics window
  • xname — change the name of the current graphics window
• geometric_shapes
  • arc properties — description of the Arc entity properties
  • rectangle properties — description of the Rectangle entity properties
  • Segments properties — description of the Segments entity properties
  • xarc — draw a part of an ellipse
  • xarcs — draw parts of a set of ellipses
  • xarrows — draw a set of arrows in 2D or in 3D.
  • xfarc — Fill a part of an ellipse
  • xfarcs — Fill parts of a set of ellipses
  • xfrect — fill a rectangle
  • xrect — draw a rectangle
  • xrects — draw or fill a set of rectangles
  • xsegs — draw unconnected segments
• handle
  • copy — copy a graphics entity.
  • delete — delete a graphic entity and its children.
  • gce — Get current entity handle.
  • ged — Scilab Graphic Editor
  • get_figure_handle — get a figure handle from its id
  • glue — glue a set of graphics entities into an Compound.
  • is_handle_valid — Check whether a set of graphic handles is still valid.
  • swap_handles — Permute two handles in the graphic Hierarchy.
  • unglue — unglue a compound object and replace it by individual children.
• interaction
  • dragrect — Drag rectangle(s) with mouse
  • edit_curv — interactive graphic curve editor
  • event handler functions — Prototype of functions which may be used as event handler.
  • locate — mouse selection of a set of points
  • rubberbox — rubberband box for rectangle selection
  • seteventhandler — set an event handler for the current graphic window
  • twinkle — is used to have a graphics entity blinking
  • xclick — Wait for a mouse click or an event in a graphic window.
  • xgetmouse — get the mouse events and current position
• lighting
  • light — creates a light object in the given axes
  • light properties — Light overview
  • lighting — Lighting overview
• load_save
  • xload — load a saved graphics
  • xsave — save graphics into a file
• polygon
  • polyline properties — description of the Polyline entity properties
  • xfpoly — fill a polygon
  • xfpolys — fill a set of polygons
  • xpoly — draw a polyline or a polygon
  • xpolys — draw a set of polylines or polygons
  • xrpoly — draw a regular polygon
• property
  • get — Retrieve a property value from a graphics entity or an User Interface object.
  • set — set a property value of a graphic entity object or of a User Interface object.
• text
  • graphics fonts — description of fonts used in graphic figures
  • Math rendering in Scilab graphics — Display mathematical equations in Scilab graphics through the LaTeX or MathML languages.
  • stringbox — Compute the bounding rectangle of a text or a label.
  • text properties — description of the Text entity properties
  • titlepage — add a title in the middle of a graphics window
  • xinfo — Sets the text displayed in the current window status bar.
  • xlfont — load a font in the graphic context or query loaded font
  • xnumb — draw numbers
  • xstring — draw strings
  • xstringb — draw strings into a box
  • xstringl — compute a box which surrounds strings
• transform
  • move — move, translate, a graphic entity and its children.
  • rotate — rotation of a set of points
  • scaling — affine transformation of a set of points
• GlobalProperty — to customize the objects appearance (curves, surfaces...) in a plot or surf command
• Graphics: Getting started — graphics library overview
• Compound properties — description of the Compound entity properties
• Graphics Entities — description of the graphics entities data structures
• object editor — description of the graphic object editor capacities
• pie — draw a pie
• xchange — transform real to pixel coordinates
• xget — gets current values of the graphics context. This function is obsolete.
• xgetech — get the current graphics scale (obsolete)
• xset — set values of the graphics context. This function is obsolete.

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