Re: [Plplot-general] making vector plots

[Arjen M. <arj...@wl...>]

Andrew Ross wrote:
> 

> >
> > The plarrows() function does not expect anything but an array of x, y
> > coordinates
> > and the u, v components of the vector. Use that instead of plvect().
> >
> > Alternatively: define a pseudo grid with dimensions Nx1
> 
> I'd go with the second option. You get more flexibility in controlling
> the vectors that way. plarrows is depreciated and will probably be
> removed at some stage. Also I believe it is not supported in all
> bindings. Be aware that the autoscaling of vectors will not work well
> in this case though. This probably wants looking at when I get chance.
> 

You base the autoscaling on the distance between neighbouring cells?
What about estimating the average cell size (just the extent of the
grid divided by the number of cells). That ought to cover the case of
a pseudo-grid too.

Regards,

Arjen