Plot options and their defaults are shown below.
The defaults are set whenever you use the 'reset' or 'new' commands and are defined in script ~system\classes\plot\plotdefs.ijs.
To customize the defaults, create a script with the same name in your config directory, i.e. with name ~config\plotdefs.ijs, and enter any changed default options. Option values are stored as uppercase global variables. For example, to default to axes without frames or grids, enter the following into your plotdefs.ijs script:
AXES=: 1 FRAME=: 0 GRIDS=: 0
Options are specified by providing the option name followed by its argument. Several options can be given at one time, separated by semicolons. For example:
pd 'title My Graph;ycaption Weight (kg);color blue,red'
Multiple character strings can be specified for options of type c such as color,key, xlabel and xcaption, using commas or spaces to delimit them. If the strings contain spaces and/or commas, enclose them double quotes first. For example:
pd 'key wool,cotton,nylon' pd 'key "wool blanket" "cotton buds"' pd 'xlabel "Fri, 5 Jun","Sat, 6 Jun","Sun, 7 Jun","Mon, 8 Jun"
Titles and subtitles may take more than one line, with lines delimited by <br/>. For example:
pd 'title First line of title<br/>Second line'
For more examples of option syntax run the Plot Demo (Studio|Demos...|plot) and view the plot definitions (Options|View Definition).
Option |
Type |
Default |
Description |
aspect |
n |
|
ratio of graphics height to width (default 1 for pie or radar). |
axes |
b |
0 0 |
if x,y axes are shown (default off since plot is framed) |
axiscolor |
color |
BLACK |
axis color |
backcolor |
color |
WHITE |
background color |
bandcolor |
colors |
|
band color scheme, see Plot Colors |
barwidth |
n |
0.75 |
width of bar in barchart (in range 0-1) |
border |
b |
0 |
if a border is drawn |
bordersize |
n |
8 |
size of border (isigraph units) |
boxed |
b |
1 |
if drawn in a box (3D only) |
captionfont |
font |
Arial 13 (windows) |
font for x and y captions |
clear |
b |
1 |
if clear the background before drawing plot |
color |
colors |
|
plot colors, see Plot Colors |
contourlevels |
n |
20 |
number of levels in contour plot |
edgecolor |
colors |
BLACK |
edge color (ellipse, pie, poly, rect) |
edgesize |
n |
1 |
pen size of edges |
forecolor |
color |
BLACK |
foreground color (for axes, text) |
frame |
b |
1 |
if plot is framed |
framebackcolor |
color |
[#backcolor ] |
background color of frame area |
framestyle |
n |
|
in=inner, out=outer frame, default based on plot type |
graphbackcolor |
color |
[#framecolor ] |
background color of graph area |
gridcolor |
color |
GRAY |
grid line color |
grids |
b |
1 1 |
if x, y grids are shown |
guidesize |
n |
1 |
pen size of guides (axes and tic marks) |
itemcolor |
colors |
|
item color scheme, see Plot Colors |
key |
c |
[#none ] |
key legend, see Plot Keys |
keycolor |
colors |
|
key color scheme, see Plot Colors |
keyfont |
font |
Arial 9 |
key font |
keypos |
c |
lti |
key position, see Plot Keys |
keystyle |
c |
lbvt |
key style, see Plot Keys |
labelfont |
font |
Arial 9 |
font for labels |
labels |
b |
1 1[1] |
if x,y[,z] labels shown |
markers |
c |
|
markers (diamond square circle triangle plus times) |
markersize |
n |
1 |
marker size |
mesh |
b |
1 |
if a mesh is drawn (3D only) |
output |
c |
isi/gtk/pdf |
output used by plot or pd 'show' |
orientation |
n |
2 |
1=portrait, 2=landscape (printing only) |
originxlabel |
n |
0 |
if show 0 label at axis intersection |
penpattern |
|
see plotdefs |
patterns used by pen styles |
pensize |
n |
1 |
pensize for lines, other than edges and guides |
penstyle |
n |
0 |
index into penpattern |
piepercent |
n |
0 [#none ] |
set default pie labels as percentages |
plotcaption |
c |
Plot |
plot form caption |
polar |
b |
0 |
if a polar plot, data is r;theta (2D only) |
printmargin |
v |
1440 |
print margins in twips - left,top,right,bottom (default is 1 inch) |
printwindow |
v |
0 0 1000 1000 |
print window, bottom left, top right |
rtic |
v |
[#none ] |
r tics (#major,#minor) (radar plot only) |
rulecolor |
color |
BLACK |
rule color |
rulesize |
n |
1 |
rule size |
separator |
c |
|
separator for char matrix entries |
singtoler |
n |
10 |
singularity tolerance for function plots |
subtitle |
s |
[#none ] |
subtitle text |
subtitlecolor |
color |
BLACK |
subtitle color |
subtitlefont |
c |
Arial 14 |
subtitle font |
symbolcolor |
colors |
BLACK |
symbol color |
symbolfont |
font |
Symbol 9 |
symbol font used in point plots |
symbols |
c |
|
symbols (square triangle inverted-triangle clubs diamonds hearts) |
textcolor |
color |
BLACK |
text color |
textfont |
c |
Arial 13 |
text font |
ticmajor |
n |
12 |
size of major tic marks |
ticminor |
n |
8 |
size of minor tic marks |
tics |
v |
1 1[1] |
if x,y[,z] tic marks shown |
ticstyle |
c |
in |
in=inner out=outer tics |
title |
s |
[#none ] |
title text |
titlecolor |
color |
BLACK |
title color |
titlefont |
c |
Arial 15 |
title font |
type |
c |
line |
plot type (see Plot Types) |
viewcenter |
|
0 0 0 |
position of plot center (3D only) |
viewpoint |
|
1.6 _2.4 1.5 |
position of observer (3D only) |
viewsize |
|
1 1 0.5 |
relative sizes of viewbox |
viewup |
|
0 0 1 |
upwards direction (3D only) |
visible |
b |
1 |
if plot is displayed |
xcaption * |
c |
[#none ] |
x caption |
xgridpattern * |
|
3 5 |
x grid pattern |
xgroup * |
|
[#none ] |
x group (multiplot only) |
xfuncres * |
n |
[#none ] |
x resolution for function plots |
xint * |
n |
[#none ] |
position of x-intercept |
xlabel * |
c |
[#none ] |
x labels |
xlog * |
n |
0 |
if log applied to x values |
xrange * |
|
[#none ] |
range of x data - low,high |
xtic * |
|
[#none ] |
x tic - (major interval),minor count |
xticpos * |
|
[#none ] |
x tic positions |
*Options whose names begin with 'x' apply to the x-axis; similar options apply to the y and z axes.
Type |
Description |
b |
boolean 0 or 1 |
c |
character string |
color[s] |
color or color matrix - given by name or values |
font |
font specification |
n |
number |
s |
character string, or <br/>-delimited strings |
v |
numeric list |