; $Id: basic01n.ncl,v 1.10 1995/06/28 23:31:21 scheitln Exp $ ; ; This example demonstrates how to draw a contour plot using mostly ; defaults. Note: no data is used in this example, so the output appears ; only as a bounding box with tickmarks. ; ; 1. Choose the type of output ; 2. Create a plot object ; 3. Draw the plot ; 4. Call frame ; 5. Clean up memory ; Begin ncl script. begin ; ########## ; # STEP 1 # ; ########## ; Choose the type of output you want to create. You may write your ; output to an NCAR Computer Graphics Metafile (NCGM) and view it later using ; the NCAR Graphics utilities ctrans or idt. You may also write your ; output directly into a window of a workstation running the X Window system. ; Another option is to write your ouput into a PostScript file. ; ; The first argument, '"wks"', to the create call sets the name of the ; object being created. ; The second argument, "xWorkstationClass", identifies the type or class ; of the object to create. In this case an X workstation. ; The third argument, "defaultapp", specifies the id of the objects parent. ; In this case, the constant "defaultapp" is used to specify the default ; parent. ; ; Default is to display output to an X workstation ; NCGM=0 X11=1 PS=0 if (NCGM.eq.1) then ; ; Create an NCGM workstation. ; wks = create "wks" ncgmWorkstationClass defaultapp "wkMetaName" : "./basic01n.ncgm" end create else if (X11.eq.1) then ; ; Create an X workstation. ; wks = create "wks" xWorkstationClass defaultapp "wkPause" : "True" end create else if (PS .eq. 1) then ; ; Create a PS workstation. ; wks = create "wks" psWorkstationClass defaultapp "wkPSFileName" : "./basic01n.ps" end create end if end if end if ; ########## ; # STEP 2 # ; ########## ; Create a plot object. In this example, we will create a contour plot, ; but we could have just as easily created any other type of plot such as ; an Xy plot, or a Map plot. ; ; The first create call argument, '"con1"', sets the name of the object. ; This is an arbitrary name and does not have to match the variable name ; on the left hand side of the call. ; The second argument, "contourPlotClass", identifies the type or class ; of the object to create. In this case, the type is a contour plot. ; The third argument, "wks", specifies the id of the object's parent. By ; specifying the id of the X workstation created earlier, the plot will ; be drawn into an X window. con1 = create "con1" contourPlotClass wks end create ; ########## ; # STEP 3 # ; ########## ; This step draws the plot into the X workstation window. The argument to ; the draw function is the variable name of the object that you want to ; draw. draw(con1) ; ########## ; # STEP 4 # ; ########## ; The frame call updates and then clears the workstation. frame(wks) ; ########## ; # STEP 5 # ; ########## ; This is the final step used for cleanup. The delete ; function deletes variables from the NCL and frees the ; symbol name from the symbol table. Deleting a parent object ; automatically deletes all of its children. delete(wks) ; End ncl script. end