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• Filename: plomake.txt (Plot Make)
• Download Category: Plasma Laboratory - Data Acquisition and Analysis
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  NOTE: the download is provided as a .txt format, but the file must be renamed with a .pro extension (i.e. plomake.pro) before using.
• Changelog: Go to Changelog at bottom of page.
• File Last Updated: March 25, 2006

About

This is a basic plotting routine that I have written to save myself time when using IDL. All of the default behaviors are the typical settings that I use for plotting. Since I use the command line in IDL, this routine allows me to type the fewest possible characters in order to achieve the plot output I desire. A rainbow color table can be loaded automatically and the main plot color can be set. An image file can be generated through this routine.

Since this routine is basically a shortcut for generating plots, I will add new features to it as I need them. This will likely include a plot-within-a-plot feature and automatic range determination.

The routine is not fancy, and it may serve its best purpose as an example for people who are new to IDL.

Examples

The following examples are plots of a sine wave. There is a time axis and the actual sine function. Figure 1 is a plot illustrating the most basic usage and was generated with the following command:

Basic example of plomake output.

Figure 2 demonstrates the labeling methods. This image was generated with the following command:

Fully labeled output from plomake.

Changelog

• 02/28/2006 - Commented for public release.
• 03/20/2006 - Major revisions, essentially a new routine.

Tags: IDL, data plotting