Re: 3rd Y Axis over 2nd

From: Paula Doubrawa Moreira <pmoreira_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Wed Sep 07 2011 - 15:22:04 MDT

Thanks, Mary!

However, even in your dummy script, if I change vpWidthF to 0.7 it goes off
the paper. How can I fix that?

Thanks again,
Paula

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Mary Haley <haley@ucar.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for the script. I was able to create some dummy data and generate a
> similar plot with the small labels on the righmost Y axis.
>
> The issue, which is a bug in gsn_csm_xy3, is that it wasn't taking into
> account that you might resize the plot, and it wasn't correctly setting the
> font sizes for these labels.
>
> I believe the fix is to simply add:
>
> res3@tmEqualizeXYSizes = True
>
> Which will tell NCL to fix the font sizes.
>
> I don't think you need to set the tmXXLabelFontHeightF resources, unless
> you really want these fonts to be larger.
>
> Also, I don't think you should have to set vpXF, as internally, this plot
> should get resized to fit on the page.
>
> Finally, if you want to get rid of those trailing 0's in the middle Y axis,
> set:
>
> res2@tmYRFormat = "f"
>
>
> I've attached the dummy script I created so you can compare.
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Sep 7, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Paula Doubrawa Moreira wrote:
>
> Thanks, Mary!
>
> The *amOrthogonalPosF* resource did work for that. The axis labels font
> size is however, was still different from the other ones so I just used *
> tmYRLabelFontHeightF*.
>
> Now if I want to make the plot wider (vpWidthF = 0.7 and vpHeightF = 0.4)
> then it just goes off the page and the third axis disappears completely.
> I've tried setting wkOrientation, as well as wkPaperHeightF and
> wkPaperWidthF but can't fix that. What am I missing there?
>
> The script is attached. The plots illustrate different vpWidthF values. I'm
> not sending the files, because I open 120 files to generate that plot!
>
> Paula
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Mary Haley <haley@ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Paula,
>>
>> For future reference, if you are having problems with a particular routine
>> (in this case, gsn_csm_xy3), then one thing you might try is to go to:
>>
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/
>>
>> and click on the "functions/procedures" link near the very top.
>>
>> This will give you a list of all the functions and procedures that are
>> called by a particular example.
>>
>> You can search for "gsn_csm_xy3" on that page, and you'll see that
>> examples xy_19.ncl and xy_27.ncl use this function. Click on the part in
>> parentheses ("XY plots") and you can then look at the description for these
>> examples.
>>
>> Long story short: example xy_19.ncl talks about the same issue that I
>> think you're having, and recommends using the "amOrthogonalPosF" resource to
>> scoot that rightmost axis over.
>>
>> However, the gsn_csm_xy3 routine should have been able to figure this out.
>> If you can provide your full script and data, I can take look.
>>
>> As for the second issue, I'm not sure. It would help to see your script.
>> It looks like a case of the "plot manager" trying to make the font smaller
>> because it thinks they are too large for some reason. I'm hoping that if
>> you are able to move that axis over, then the fonts will readjust
>> themselves.
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>>
>> On Sep 7, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Paula Doubrawa Moreira wrote:
>>
>> Hi, all-
>>
>> can anyone help me fix this plot? I've looked all over the place for a
>> resource that would offset the third Y axis, I don't know why it's being
>> drawn over the second one.
>> As you can see, I have used tiYAxisOffsetXF to offset the title
>> (v-component of wind) but the axis itself is on top of the title of the
>> second axis (Temperature).
>>
>> The only resources I'm setting for both the second and third axes are
>> trYMaxF, trYMinF, xyDashPatterns and xyLineColor. Why are they so different?
>>
>> I'm using *gsn_csm_xy3. *
>> *
>> *
>> Thank you!!!
>> *
>> *
>> *
>> *
>> --
>> *Paula Doubrawa Moreira**
>> *Graduate Student - Research Assistant
>> International Arctic Research Center
>> University of Alaska Fairbanks
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>
> --
> *Paula Doubrawa Moreira**
> *Graduate Student - Research Assistant
> International Arctic Research Center
> University of Alaska Fairbanks
> <lines_3vars_prob.ncl><vpWidth_0.5.tiff><vpWidth_0.7.tiff>
>
>
>
>

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*Paula Doubrawa Moreira**
*Graduate Student - Research Assistant
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks

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