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Scilab manual >> Graphics Library

Graphics Library

  • 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
    • contour2d — level curves of a surface on a 2D plot
    • contour2di — compute level curves of a surface on a 2D plot
    • 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
    • fcontour2d — level curves of a surface defined by a function on a 2D plot
    • fec — pseudo-color plot of a function defined on a triangular 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
    • oldplot — simple plot (old version)
    • paramfplot2d — animated 2D plot, curve defined by a function
    • plot — 2D plot
    • plot2d — 2D plot
    • plot2d1 — 2D plot (logarithmic axes) (obsolete)
    • plot2d2 — 2D plot (step function)
    • plot2d3 — 2D plot (vertical bars)
    • plot2d4 — 2D plot (arrows style)
    • plot2d_old_version — The syntaxes described below are obsolete
    • polarplot — Plot polar coordinates
  • 3d_plot
    • contour — level curves on a 3D surface
    • eval3d — values of a function on a grid
    • eval3dp — compute facets of a 3D parametric surface
    • fac3d — 3D plot of a surface (obsolete)
    • fcontour — level curves on a 3D surface defined by a function
    • 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
    • milk_drop — milk drop 3D function
    • nf3d — rectangular facets to plot3d parameters
    • param3d — 3D plot of a parametric curve
    • param3d1 — 3D plot of parametric curves
    • 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
    • secto3d — 3D surfaces conversion
    • surf — 3D surface plot
    • surface_properties — description of the 3D entities properties
  • annotation
  • axes_operations
    • axes_properties — description of the axes entity properties
    • gca — Return handle of current axes.
    • gda — Return handle of default axes.
    • graduate — pretty axis graduations
    • isoview — set scales for isometric plot (do not change the size of the window)
    • newaxes — Creates a new Axes entity
    • plotframe — plot a frame with scaling and grids. This function is obsolete.
    • replot — redraw the current graphics window with new boundaries
    • rotate_axes — Interactive rotation of an Axes handle.
    • sca — set the current axes entity
    • sda — Set default axes.
    • subplot — divide a graphics window into a matrix of sub-windows
    • unzoom — unzoom graphics
    • zoom_rect — zoom a selection of the current graphic figure
  • axis
  • bar_histogram
    • bar — bar histogram
    • barh — horizontal display of bar histogram
    • barhomogenize — homogenize all the bars included in the current working axes
  • Color management
  • Datatips
  • figure_operations
    • clf — clear or reset the current graphic figure (window) to default values
    • 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.
    • scf — set the current graphic figure (window)
    • sdf — Set default figure.
  • geometric_shapes
    • arc_properties — description of the Arc entity properties
    • rectangle_properties — description of the Rectangle entity properties
    • xarc — draw a part of an ellipse
    • xarcs — draw parts of a set of ellipses
    • xarrows — draw a set of arrows
    • 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
  • handle
    • copy — copy a graphics entity.
    • delete — delete a graphic entity and its children.
    • draw — draw an entity.
    • 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 wether a set of graphic handles is still valid.
    • relocate_handle — Move handles inside the graphic hierarchy.
    • sd2sci — gr_menu structure to scilab instruction convertor
    • swap_handles — Permute two handles in the graphic Hierarchy.
    • unglue — unglue a coumpound object and replace it by individual children.
  • interaction
    • dragrect — Drag rectangle(s) with mouse
    • edit_curv — interactive graphic curve editor
    • eventhandlerfunctions — Prototype of functions which may be used as event handler.
    • locate — mouse selection of a set of points
    • seteventhandler — set an event handler for the current graphic window
    • xclick — Wait for a mouse click.
    • xgetmouse — get the mouse events and current position
  • load_save
    • xload — load a saved graphics
    • xsave — save graphics into a file
  • pie
    • pie — draw a pie
  • 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.
  • style
    • getlinestyle — dialog to select linestyle. Obsolete function.
    • getmark — dialog to select mark (symbol). Obsolete function
    • getsymbol — dialog to select a symbol and its size. Obsolete function
  • text
    • getfont — dialog to select font . Obsolete function.
    • graphics_fonts — description of fonts used in graphic figures
    • math_rendering_features_in_graphic — 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 — draw an info string in the message subwindow
    • xlfont — load a font in the graphic context or query loaded font
    • 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
  • window_control
    • havewindow — return scilab window mode
    • show_window — raises a graphics window
    • winsid — return the list of graphics windows
    • xselect — raise the current graphics window
  • GlobalProperty — to customize the objects appearance (curves, surfaces...) in a plot or surf command.
  • Graphics — graphics library overview
  • alufunctions — pixel drawing functions. This function is obsolete.
  • clear_pixmap — erase the pixmap buffer
  • 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
  • pixel_drawing_mode — bitwise pixel rendering functions.
  • plzr — pole-zero plot
  • rubberbox — Rubberband box for rectangle selection
  • segs_properties — description of the Segments entity properties
  • show_pixmap — send the pixmap buffer to the screen
  • square — set scales for isometric plot (change the size of the window)
  • twinkle — is used to have a graphics entity twinkle
  • xbasr — redraw a graphics window
  • xchange — transform real to pixel coordinates
  • xclear — clears a graphics window
  • xdel — delete a graphics window
  • xget — get current values of the graphics context. This function is obsolete.
  • xgetech — get the current graphics scale
  • xgraduate — axis graduation
  • xgrid — add a grid on a 2D plot
  • xname — change the name of the current graphics window
  • xnumb — draw numbers
  • xpause — suspend Scilab
  • xsegs — draw unconnected segments
  • xset — set values of the graphics context. This function is obsolete.
  • xsetech — set the sub-window of a graphics window for plotting
  • xsetm — dialog to set values of the graphics context. Obsolete function.
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