Insert a graphic inside a graphic

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Tue, 06/11/2013 - 06:12 am

Hi there,

I would like to insert a graphic (as pdf picture) inside a graphic, so I can show a zoomed part of it. I've watched again all the tutorials and made a search here but couldn't find anything like this. I was able to add the picture using the annotation tool, but I cannot resize it.
Is it possible?
Perhaps it's much more easy to use any image editor, but I like the quality of pdf graphics from IGOR :)

Attached is a picture of what I'm trying to do.

Many thanks
Maybe there are better ways, but I have done something like this by adding additional axis to a graph, e.g.

Make test = x


then

Window GraphinGraph() : Graph
    PauseUpdate; Silent 1       // building window...
    Display /W=(909,210,1551,792) test
    AppendToGraph/L=newaxis/B=newaxisB test
    ModifyGraph margin(left)=85,margin(bottom)=85
    ModifyGraph mode=3
    ModifyGraph marker=19
    ModifyGraph useMrkStrokeRGB=1
    ModifyGraph tick=2
    ModifyGraph mirror(left)=1,mirror(bottom)=1
    ModifyGraph minor=1
    ModifyGraph lblMargin(bottom)=17
    ModifyGraph lblPos(left)=78,lblPos(bottom)=62
    ModifyGraph lblLatPos(bottom)=1
    ModifyGraph btLen=4
    ModifyGraph stLen=2
    ModifyGraph freePos(newaxis)=-310
    ModifyGraph freePos(newaxisB)=-50
    ModifyGraph axisEnab(newaxis)={0.105,0.4}
    ModifyGraph axisEnab(newaxisB)={0.6,0.9}
    Label left "\\Z22 y-axis"
    Label bottom "\\Z22 x-axis"
    SetAxis newaxis 20,30
    SetAxis newaxisB 20,30
EndMacro




EDIT: just on re-reading your post - you want to insert a picture into a graph. Then the above is maybe not what you want, but you could use it to blow up regions of interest.

June 11, 2013 at 06:43 am - Permalink

Thank you!
I have both graphic and picture once I thought it would be easier to add a picture instead of graphic!
But in anyway thanks for the suggestion.

June 11, 2013 at 07:05 am - Permalink

A variant of ChrLie's method is to use a subwindow to embed the graph from which the picture was created into the larger host graph; you may find the mechanics of doing so more convenient.

I recently encountered a similar situation of inserting another graph's picture into a graph. My rationale there was that (a) the picture was created from a graph in another complicated pxp, and (b) the graph was of a large 2D wave. However, I finally concluded that it was much more convenient to import the 2D wave and show it in a subwindow. This allows you to tweak the appearance very easily, rather than go back and forth regenerating a new picture for each minor change.

June 11, 2013 at 10:41 am - Permalink

I'm not entirely sure what you want based on reading the posts above, but it might work to create something like this as an Igor Layout. Go to Windows -> New Layout in the Igor menu bar. You can re-size multiple graphs in a Layout, place them next to or on top of each other, etc. When you are satisfied, you can go to File -> Save Graphics, and export the image in a variety of formats, including as a pdf.

June 11, 2013 at 11:52 am - Permalink

Thanks csmallw!! That's what I was trying to do! It didn't occur me to use the layout! :)

I'll try and I am almost sure it will be as I wanted!

June 12, 2013 at 08:28 am - Permalink