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NAME
plbox3 - Draw a box with axes, etc, in 3-d
SYNOPSIS
plbox3(xopt, xlabel, xtick, nxsub, yopt, ylabel, ytick, nysub, zopt, zlabel, ztick, nzsub)
DESCRIPTION
Draws axes, numeric and text labels for a three-dimensional surface plot. For a more complete
description of three-dimensional plotting see the PLplot documentation.
Redacted form: General: plbox3(xopt, xlabel, xtick, nxsub, yopt, ylabel, ytick, nysub, zopt, zlabel,
ztick, nzsub) Perl/PDL: plbox3(xtick, nxsub, ytick, nysub, ztick, nzsub, xopt, xlabel, yopt, ylabel,
zopt, zlabel)
This function is used in examples 8,11,18,21.
ARGUMENTS
xopt (const char *, input)
Pointer to character string specifying options for the x axis. The string can include any
combination of the following letters (upper or lower case) in any order: b: Draws axis at base, at
height z=zmin where zmin is defined by call to plw3d(3plplot). This character must be specified
in order to use any of the other options. f: Always use fixed point numeric labels. i: Inverts
tick marks, so they are drawn downwards, rather than upwards. l: Labels axis logarithmically.
This only affects the labels, not the data, and so it is necessary to compute the logarithms of
data points before passing them to any of the drawing routines. n: Writes numeric labels at major
tick intervals. o: Use custom labelling function to generate axis label text. The custom
labelling function can be defined with the plslabelfunc(3plplot) command. s: Enables subticks
between major ticks, only valid if t is also specified. t: Draws major ticks. u: If this is
specified, the text label for the axis is written under the axis.
xlabel (const char *, input)
Pointer to character string specifying text label for the x axis. It is only drawn if u is in the
xopt string.
xtick (PLFLT, input)
World coordinate interval between major ticks on the x axis. If it is set to zero, PLplot
automatically generates a suitable tick interval.
nxsub (PLINT, input)
Number of subintervals between major x axis ticks for minor ticks. If it is set to zero, PLplot
automatically generates a suitable minor tick interval.
yopt (const char *, input)
Pointer to character string specifying options for the y axis. The string is interpreted in the
same way as xopt.
ylabel (const char *, input)
Pointer to character string specifying text label for the y axis. It is only drawn if u is in the
yopt string.
ytick (PLFLT, input)
World coordinate interval between major ticks on the y axis. If it is set to zero, PLplot
automatically generates a suitable tick interval.
nysub (PLINT, input)
Number of subintervals between major y axis ticks for minor ticks. If it is set to zero, PLplot
automatically generates a suitable minor tick interval.
zopt (const char *, input)
Pointer to character string specifying options for the z axis. The string can include any
combination of the following letters (upper or lower case) in any order: b: Draws z axis to the
left of the surface plot. c: Draws z axis to the right of the surface plot. d: Draws grid lines
parallel to the x-y plane behind the figure. These lines are not drawn until after
plot3d(3plplot) or plmesh(3plplot) are called because of the need for hidden line removal. f:
Always use fixed point numeric labels. i: Inverts tick marks, so they are drawn away from the
center. l: Labels axis logarithmically. This only affects the labels, not the data, and so it is
necessary to compute the logarithms of data points before passing them to any of the drawing
routines. m: Writes numeric labels at major tick intervals on the right-hand vertical axis. n:
Writes numeric labels at major tick intervals on the left-hand vertical axis. o: Use custom
labelling function to generate axis label text. The custom labelling function can be defined with
the plslabelfunc(3plplot) command. s: Enables subticks between major ticks, only valid if t is
also specified. t: Draws major ticks. u: If this is specified, the text label is written beside
the left-hand axis. v: If this is specified, the text label is written beside the right-hand
axis.
zlabel (const char *, input)
Pointer to character string specifying text label for the z axis. It is only drawn if u or v are
in the zopt string.
ztick (PLFLT, input)
World coordinate interval between major ticks on the z axis. If it is set to zero, PLplot
automatically generates a suitable tick interval.
nzsub (PLINT, input)
Number of subintervals between major z axis ticks for minor ticks. If it is set to zero, PLplot
automatically generates a suitable minor tick interval.
AUTHORS
Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history.
SEE ALSO
PLplot documentation at http://plplot.sourceforge.net/documentation.php. February, 2014 PLBOX3(3plplot)