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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
  • captions — draw graph captions
  • label_properties — description of the Label entity properties
  • legend — draw graph legend
  • legend_properties — description of the Legend entity properties.
  • legends — draw graph legend
  • title — display a title on a graphic window
  • 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.
  • 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
  • axis_properties — description of the axis entity properties
  • drawaxis — draw an 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
  • addcolor — add new colors to the current colormap
  • autumncolormap — red through orange to yellow colormap
  • bonecolormap — gray colormap with a light blue tone
  • color — returns the color id of a color
  • color_list — list of named colors
  • colorbar — draw a colorbar
  • colordef — Set default color values to display different color schemes
  • colormap — using colormaps
  • coolcolormap — cyan to magenta colormap
  • coppercolormap — black to a light copper tone colormap
  • getcolor — opens a dialog to show colors in the current colormap
  • graycolormap — linear gray colormap
  • hotcolormap — red to yellow colormap
  • hsv2rgb — Converts HSV colors to RGB
  • hsvcolormap — Hue-saturation-value colormap
  • jetcolormap — blue to red colormap
  • name2rgb — returns the RGB values of a named color
  • oceancolormap — linear blue colormap
  • pinkcolormap — sepia tone colorization on black and white images
  • rainbowcolormap — red through orange, yellow, green,blue to violet colormap
  • rgb2name — returns the name of a color
  • springcolormap — magenta to yellow colormap
  • summercolormap — green to yellow colormap
  • whitecolormap — completely white colormap
  • wintercolormap — blue to green colormap
• Datatips
  • datatipCreate — Create a data tip on a polyline by program
  • datatipGetEntities — Get all the entities compatible with datatips in the given axes.
  • datatipGetStruct — Extract the datatips data structure infrom the curve or surface entity.
  • datatipInitStruct — initialize the datatip structure associated with the given polyline.
  • datatipManagerMode — Set or toggles the data tips mode.
  • datatipMove — Move a specified datatip using the mouse.
  • datatipRedraw — Adjust datatip text boxes positions after a 3D rotation
  • datatipRemove — Removes a selected datatip
  • datatipRemoveAll — Removes all datatips on a set of polylines.
  • datatipSetDisplay — Search the nearest datatip of a given point.
  • datatipSetInterp — Set the interpolation mode for tip location.
  • datatipSetOrientation — Search the nearest datatip of a given point.
  • datatipSetStruct — Stores the datatips data structure in the curve or surface entity.
  • datatipToggle — toggles the data tips mode.
  • 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 — 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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