Re: how to create same-size plots

Hi Fan,
If NCL is indeed scaling the plot size due to the large title size, then
to get around it you can draw the title separately using gsn_text_ndc:
http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Interfaces/gsn_text_ndc.shtml
The vp resources will adjust the plot size 100% of the time then if the
title is drawn using gsn_text_ndc.. Adam

> Thanks Adam and Mingxuan for your suggestions. We determined that the
> cause was that the title or subtitle was too long. Apparently NCL was
> trying to scale the title to fit into the window, and at the same time
> scaled the plot. Fixing view port wouldn't work in this case, until, I
> guess, the NCL function can scale the components in plot independently.
>
> -Fan
>
> On 10/06/2011 12:45 PM, Adam Phillips wrote:
>> Hi Fan,
>> Try setting the following 2 resources:
>>
>> vpWidthF = 0.8
>> vpXF = 0.1
>>
>> This will force NCL to draw both plots the same width (@80% of the width
>> of the drawable page)..
>>
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/vp.shtml#vpWidthF
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/vp.shtml#vpXF
>>
>> Let ncl-talk know if this doesn't solve your issue.. Adam
>>
>> On 10/06/2011 07:46 AM, Fan Fang wrote:
>>> I use gsn_csm_contour_map_ce() to generate these maps that covers the
>>> same lat/lon range. The maps came out with different sizes, possibly
>>> due
>>> to automatic scaling with the different lengths of the titles. Wonder
>>> if
>>> there is a easy way to fix the plot sizes? Thanks.
>>>
>>> -Fan
>>>
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