Rotate Gizmo ticks and tick labels

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I have a Gizmo plot that I want to view from the top.

How can I rotate the ticks and tick labels so they can be seen?

As far as I can see, altering the rotation parameters in Axis Stuff->Ticks and numerical labels doesn't do anything.

Any ideas?

I'm using Igor Pro v6.3.6.4.
[quote=masheroz]As far as I can see, altering the rotation parameters in Axis Stuff->Ticks and numerical labels doesn't do anything.
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You are not telling us what you tried so I'll skip directly to the correct approach. You can accomplish the following from the Axes dialog. I will use commands to simply the explanation.

1. Turn off z-axis labeling because they become irrelevant in this view.
2. Add an offset so that the labels are drawn outside the box boundaries not below them. For example
    ModifyGizmo ModifyObject=axes0,property={0,labelOffset,0,0,-0.1}

3. Choose rotation axis and rotation angle. For the x-direction labels I use
    ModifyGizmo ModifyObject=axes0,property={0,labelRotationAxis,1,0,0}
    ModifyGizmo ModifyObject=axes0,property={0,labelRotationAngle,90}


I hope this helps,

A.G.
WaveMetrics, Inc.

March 16, 2015 at 01:16 pm - Permalink
I was putting in numerical rotation values in the Rotation boxes for X,Y, and Z in the "Ticks and Numerical Labels" tab of the "Axis Stuff" dialog box.

It seems that "1" nominates the axis, and "rotation (degrees)" is actually the way that it works.

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I got it, but with an offset of +0.1 and a rotation of -90 for the X axis.

Now to investigate how to rotate the ticks.

March 16, 2015 at 08:10 pm - Permalink
[quote=masheroz]
Now to investigate how to rotate the ticks.[/quote]
There is no user-control over the rotation of the tickmarks.

Out of curiosity: your display is equivalent to that of a regular image. Why use Gizmo when you completely suppress the third dimension?

A.G.
WaveMetrics, Inc.

March 17, 2015 at 09:59 am - Permalink
Basically because I use Gizmo to rotate around the dataset so I can see small peaks, mark off where they go; it's an enormous aid to actually see the small peaks.

I then want to have a single image showing the dataset from the top. Why do I have to go to the trouble of making a new image, redoing the colour scheme, rescaling the axes, and everything else that I've done to get the gizmo plot just right when I can just rotate the gizmo plot to view from the top.

March 17, 2015 at 06:19 pm - Permalink
[quote=masheroz]Why do I have to go to the trouble of making a new image, redoing the colour scheme, rescaling the axes, and everything else that I've done to get the gizmo plot just right when I can just rotate the gizmo plot to view from the top.[/quote]

You do not have to create a new image but if you did, the resulting labels would look much better especially if the image is exported. Gizmo's output is a bitmap and that includes any labels.

March 18, 2015 at 12:06 pm - Permalink