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MATHEMATICA TUTORIAL

The Structure of Graphics and Sound Graphics and Sound

Insetting Objects in Graphics

"Redrawing and Combining Plots" describes how you can make regular arrays of plots using GraphicsGrid . Using the Inset graphics primitive, however, you can combine and superimpose plots in any way.

Inset[obj, pos] specifies that the inset should be placed at position pos in the graphic

Inset[obj,pos,opos,size] render an object with a given size so that point opos in obj is positioned at point pos in the containing graphic

Inset[obj,pos,opos,size,dirs] specifies that the axes of the inset should be oriented in directions dirs

Creating an inset.

Here is a plot.

Out[1]=

This creates a plot within a parametric plot.

Out[2]=

Here is a three-dimensional plot.

Out[3]=

This creates a two-dimensional graphics object that contains two differently sized copies of the three-dimensional plot.

Out[4]=

Here are rotated and skewed plots inset in a graphic.

Out[5]=

Mathematica can render plots, arbitrary 2D or 3D graphics, cells, and text within an Inset . Notice that in general the display area for graphics objects will be sized so as to touch at least one pair of edges of the Inset .

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