Example 2 – Draw Polygons and Symbols

The macro text below produces the example output. You can copy the text into your own EXP file, or use the example file DATAPLOT 2 - Draw Polygons and Symbols.EXP available with your installation. To open the folder: From the Thermo‑Calc menu, select Help → Manuals Folder.

Output Example

Example Plot output using DATAPLOT to draw polygons and symbols

Macro Text

$DATAPLOT Example 2

PROLOG 2 EXAMPLE 2 0<X<100, 0<Y<100

XSCALE 0.00000 100

YSCALE 0.00000 100

XTYPE LINEAR

YTYPE LINEAR

XLENGTH 11.5000

YLENGTH 11.5000

TITLE EXAMPLE 2

XTEXT X

YTEXT Y

DATASET 2 Two ploygons with three types of symbols

ATTRIBUTE CENTER

CLIP OFF

0.05 0.95 N'Example 2

1.1 0.95 NS1'SYMBOL 1

1.1 0.90 NS2'SYMBOL 2

1.1 0.85 NS3'SYMBOL 3

BLOCK X=C1; Y=C2; GOC=C3,DSWA

40 40 M

40 60

60 60 S2'CHANGE OF SYMBOL

60 40

40 40 S0

BLOCKEND

BLOCK X=C1*100; Y=C2*100; GOC=C3,DSWA

0.2 0.2 MS1

0.2 0.8

0.8 0.8

0.8 0.2

0.2 0.2

BLOCKEND

$Draw an additional polygon:

DRAWLINE 20,10 30,15 40,30 50,80

DRAWLINE 50,80 60,60 90,30