Graphics

Usage

• Graphics[primitives, options] represents a two-dimensional graphical image.

Notes

• Graphics is displayed using Show.

• The following graphics primitives can be used:

Circle[{x, y}, r]	circle
Disk[{x, y}, r]	filled disk
Line[{{, }, ... }]	line
Point[{x, y}]	point
Polygon[{{, }, ... }]	polygon
Raster[array]	array of gray levels
RasterArray[garray]	array of colored cells
Rectangle[{, }, {, }]	rectangle
Text[expr, {x, y}]	text

• The sound primitives SampledSoundList and SampledSoundFunction can also be included.

• The following graphics directives can be used:

AbsoluteDashing[{, ... }]	absolute line dashing specification
AbsolutePointSize[d]	absolute point size specification
AbsoluteThickness[w]	absolute line thickness specification
CMYKColor[c, m, y, k]	color specification
Dashing[{, ... }]	line dashing specification
GrayLevel[i]	intensity specification
Hue[h]	hue specification
PointSize[d]	point size specification
RGBColor[r, g, b]	color specification
Thickness[w]	line thickness specification

• The following options can be given:

AspectRatio	1/GoldenRatio	ratio of height to width
Axes	False	whether to draw axes
AxesLabel	None	axes labels
AxesOrigin	Automatic	where axes should cross
AxesStyle	Automatic	graphics directives to specify the style for axes
Background	Automatic	background color for the plot
ColorOutput	Automatic	type of color output to produce
DefaultColor	Automatic	the default color for plot elements
DisplayFunction	$DisplayFunction	function for generating output
Epilog	{}	graphics primitives to be rendered after the main plot
FormatType	$FormatType	the default format type for text
Frame	False	whether to put a frame around the plot
FrameLabel	None	frame labels
FrameStyle	Automatic	graphics directives giving the style for the frame
FrameTicks	Automatic	frame tick marks
GridLines	None	grid lines to draw
ImageSize	Automatic	the absolute size at which to render the graphic

PlotLabel	None	a label for the plot
PlotRange	Automatic	range of values to include
PlotRegion	Automatic	the final display region to be filled
Prolog	{}	graphics primitives to be rendered before the main plot
RotateLabel	True	whether to rotate labels on the frame
TextStyle	$TextStyle	the default style for text
Ticks	Automatic	tick marks

• Nested lists of graphics primitives can be given. Specifications such as GrayLevel remain in effect only until the end of the list which contains them.

• Graphics[Graphics3D[ ... ]] generates an ordinary 2D graphics object corresponding to 3D graphics. The same works for SurfaceGraphics, ContourGraphics and DensityGraphics.

• The standard print form for Graphics[ ... ] is -Graphics-. InputForm prints the explicit list of primitives.

• See Section 2.10.1.

• See also: Plot, ListPlot, ParametricPlot.

• Related package: Graphics`Graphics`.

• New in Version 1.

Further Examples