Re: [ePiX-users] Figure size

[Andrew D. Hwang]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, José Alexandre Nalon wrote:

> In all my scripts, I set the figure size using the command:
>
>  picture(lowerBound, upperBound, "6 x 6in");
>
> having defined lowerBound and upperBound earlier. 6x6 inches
> is a good picture size for what I need, but the actual size
> of the resulting pictures vary a lot, usually smaller than
> that. [snip]
>
> Is there a way to make the size of the resulting pictures be,
> at least, approximatelly the same? Absolute precision is not
> needed (as the figures are scaled in the resulting document).
At present there's no simple, automated way to do this, except to draw a 
border around all your figures, which probably doesn't have the effect you 
want. (What now compiles into a small figure would instead become a box of 
the requested size, but containing tiny contents.)

However, code that can automatically choose the bounding box (as you asked 
about via email) would ensure picture contents nearly fill the bounding 
box. I'll experiment with some ideas in the coming weeks.

--
Andy

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