The Annotation and Graphing Toolkit

1 Annotation and Graphing Overview

1.1 Introduction 2-2

1.2 Summary of Objects in the AG Kit 2-4

2 Using AG Networks and Objects

2.1 Introduction 3-2

Before Running the Examples 3-2

Accessing the Example Networks and AG Kit Objects 3-2

2.2 Creating a Simple Graph 3-3

Adding Axes and Ticklines in the World Coordinate Space 3-4

Adding a Title 3-6

Adding a Legend 3-6

2.3 Common Annotation and Graphing Characteristics 3-8

Unset Parameters 3-8

Setting Color 3-9

Changing the Size of Labels and Text Strings 3-9

Setting the Drawing Order Using the Priority Parameter 3-10

2.4 Controlling Graph Type and Visibility 3-11

Selecting Graph Types and Setting Y Values 3-11

Positioning Bars and Staircase Plots 3-13

Controlling Visibility 3-14

The Graph Editor 3-14

2.5 Displaying Your Own Data 3-16

AGGraph's Input Ports 3-16

World Coordinate Systems 3-17

Axes References 3-17

Parameter Settings 3-18

Using Special Characters In Text Objects 3-18

Positioning Text 3-19

Annotating a Graph Using Arrows 3-19

2.6 Creating Logarithmic Axes 3-20

Calculating X Data 3-20

Setting the Logarithmic Axis 3-21

Reversing the Axes Direction 3-21

Setting Legend Text Strings 3-22

2.7 Creating Contour Maps 3-23

Supplying Data to a Contour Plot 3-23

Selecting a Contour Type 3-24

Specifying the Number of Contour Levels 3-24

Viewing Data as Datamapped Isolines 3-25

Determining the Contour Colors 3-26

Displaying a Contour Legend 3-27

Setting Class Values 3-27

Positioning the Contour Labels 3-28

Choosing the Frequency Of Major Isolines 3-28

3 AG Structures and Concepts

3.1 Relationships Between AG objects 4-2

Macros That Include Data Objects 4-3

Possible Connections 4-3

The Purpose of the Connections 4-5

3.2 Parameter Values 4-6

3.3 Parameters Without Default Values 4-7

3.4 Parameters that Determine World Coordinate Limits 4-8

3.5 Parameter Types 4-9

String Parameters 4-11

Color Parameters 4-12

Font Parameters 4-12

Line Style Parameters 4-13

The Priority Parameter 4-14

The Visibility Parameter 4-14