plotSetZPen

Purpose

Sets the thickness, color, and style for the Z-Axis line.

Format

plotSetZPen(&myPlot, thickness[, clr[, style]])
Parameters:
  • &myPlot (struct pointer) – A plotControl structure pointer.

  • thickness (Scalar) – the thickness of the axis line in pixels.

  • clr (string) – Optional argument, name or rgb value of the new color for the axes.

  • style (Scalar) –

    the style of the pen. Options include:

    1

    Solid line.

    2

    Dash line.

    3

    Dot line.

    4

    Dash-Dot line.

    5

    Dash-Dot-Dot line.

Examples

// Declare plotControl structure
struct plotControl myPlot;

// Initialize plotControl structure
myPlot = plotGetDefaults("xy");

// Set axis to be 3 pixels wide and black
plotSetZPen(&myPlot, 3, "black");

// Create data
y = seqa(0.1, 0.1, 50);
x = y';
z = sin(x)+sin(y);

// Plot the data
plotSurface(myPlot, x, y, z);

Remarks

Note

This function sets an attribute in a plotControl structure. It does not affect an existing graph, or a new graph drawn using the default settings that are accessible from the Tools > Preferences > Graphics menu.