axe - Axes display

Name

axe — Draw axes

Syntax

axe [size] [x|y|z|xy|yz|xz] [dir] [inx] [iny] [inz] [gri] [cur] [ori] [lin] [tic] [nfo] [tx2] [col] [non] [abr] [adlx] [adly] [adlz] [adhx] [adhy] [adhz] [nod]

Description

Displays axes annotation in the graphical window. Use the frame icon or dra win command to display the axes frame. The axe command will place the axes closest to the eyepoint in the window frame. The axe command with all its arguments is menufied as an example in toolbar Help > Examples > axesdisplay. When the screen is in 3D mode all x y z axes are drawn by default. In 2D mode only x y are drawn by default when looked from above.

Arguments

No arguments, default annotation on x- y- and z-axis. The most used option.

size

Give size of axes annotation numbers

x | y | z | xy | yz | xz

Annotate only x / y / z / xy / yz / xz axes.

abr number

Abreviate the number on the axes by number (3 is default) digits.

col red | yel | gre ...

Give color (using 3 leading letters) to axes numbers.

dir [txt_x txt_y txt_z]

Annotate axes directions with X, Y and Z or given text.

gri

Draw grid lines on annotation.

cur

Draw axes with origo in cursor position.

ori xpos ypos zpos

Axes origin in position xpos , ypos , zpos .

lin [linewidth]

Draw axes lines and optionally specifying linewidth.

tic [ins] [size size_of_tickmarks]

Display tic marks on window frame. ins means display inwards.

inx xinc

Annotation increment on x-axis

iny yinc

Annotation increment on y-axis.

inz zinc

Annotation increment on z-axis

nfo

No camera follower, i.e. the numbers will not face the camera.

tx2

Use 2d text in axes display.

non

No numbers. Only tic marks or grid will be displayed if asked for by arguments.

adlx adjust_xnumbers_lateral

Placement of x numbers are adjusted in horizontal direction.

adly adjust_ynumbers_lateral

Placement of y numbers are adjusted in horizontal direction.

adlz adjust_znumbers_lateral

Placement of z numbers are adjusted in horizontal direction.

adhx adjust_xnumbers_vertical

Placement of x numbers are adjusted in vertical direction.

adhy adjust_ynumbers_vertical

Placement of y numbers are adjusted in vertical direction.

adhz adjust_znumbers_vertical

Placement of z numbers are adjusted in vertical direction.

nod

Not delete. Default is that an axis display in a viewport deletes the previous one if present.

Examples

Ex.1: Displaying axes and tic marks

        axe tic  ; #    Draw axes with tic marks for the numbers.

Ex.2: Axes grid, tic marks and adjusting x annotation

        axe tic gri adhx 4 ; #    Draw axes with grid and tic marks for the numbers.

The example above produces this axes plot. It is produced by the axesdisplay menu from toolbar Help > Examples > axesdisplay. It was necessary to adjust the x numbers a little bit downwards because the screen window was much smaller than default.

Axes drawn in a small screen window

Reference Manual