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IDLgrContour

Superclasses | Properties | Creation | Methods | Version History

The IDLgrContour object draws a contour plot from data stored in a rectangular array or from a set of unstructured points. Both line contours and filled contour plots can be created.

An IDLgrContour object is an atomic graphic object; it is one of the basic drawable elements of the IDL Object Graphics system, and it is not a container for other objects.

The object stores the following argument or property in double-precision if the DOUBLE_DATA property is specified, and in single-precision otherwise.

Superclasses

IDLitComponent

Creation

See IDLgrContour::Init.

Properties

Objects of this class have the following properties. See IDLgrContour Properties for details on individual properties.

 

In addition, objects of this class inherit the properties of all superclasses of this class.

Methods

This class has the following methods:

In addition, this class inherits the methods of its superclasses (if any).

Version History

5.1
Introduced
5.6
Added AM_PM, C_LABEL_INTERVAL, CLIP_PLANES, C_LABEL_OBJECTS, C_LABEL_NOGAPS, C_LABEL_SHOW, C_USE_LABEL_COLOR, C_USE_LABEL_ORIENTATION, DAYS_OF_WEEK, LABEL_FONT, LABEL_FORMAT, LABEL_FRMATDATA, LABEL_UNITS, MONTHS, and USE_TEXT_ALIGNMENTS properties
6.1
Added ALPHA_CHANNEL property
6.4
Added SHADER property

See Also

CONTOUR, ISOCONTOUR

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