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- File Menu
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- New:
- Open a new three dimensional data file. A window with an empty table for data will
- be displayed. x values should be added in increasing order in the top row. y values
- in increasing order in the left column. z values should be added to the rest of the table.
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- Open:
- Open an existing data file. Input is from a free format text file of either x,y,z triples or
- a grid of z values. The grid of z values should have its x vector as its first row and the
- y vector as its first column. For example:
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- 1 2 3 4
- 5 2 4 6 8
- 6 4 6 8 12
- 7 9 9 8 7
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- where the x vector is {1,2,3,4} and the y vector is {5,6,7}.
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- Missing values from the grid can be incorporated by placing a dash (-) where the
- value would normally be, these values can then be interpolated by ContourMap.
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- Comments can be embedded in the data file by starting a comment with one of the
- characters !"#$%& all data following a comment character to the end of the line is
- ignored.
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- ContourMap can handle x,y & z vectors of up to 32K data points and a maximum of
- 512 columns by 512 rows of interpolated data.
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- If an existing file has an associated contour map it can be reopened for further editing
- by opening its "replay" file - usually having a name of the form <file>/REPLAY.
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- Open Script:
- Open a ContourMap script file - a file containing a set of specifications for producing a
- contour map. This is useful for producing a set of maps which have the same cosmetic
- options but different data. See "Save Script" below for saving a contour map as a
- script file.
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- Close Data:
- Close the currently open data file as well as the current contour map. If any editing was
- done but not saved then confirmation is required.
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- Save Data as:
- Save any edited or interpolated data in either gridded or xyz format.
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- Save Pict as:
- Save the current map in a PICT file.
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- Save Script as:
- Save a ContourMap script file of the current contour map. A script file is a text file
- containing a series of ContourMap specifications, for example:
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- OPEN "rain data"
- SET SIZE TOP=1.41 LEF=1.41 HGT=6.20 WID=11.09
- SET MAP LW=1.00 FRGB=0,0,0 BRGB=-1,-1,-1
- SET LINE FONT=Monaco LSZ=9 LST=0
- ADD LIST "1.00,1.80,2.60,3.40,4.20,5.00"
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- Page Setup:
- Standard printer page setup selection, choose output page size and orientation.
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- Print:
- Standard print selection.
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- Quit:
- Quit ContourMap.
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