Insert a graphic inside a graphic

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.

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June 11, 2013 at 06:43 am - Permalink

raponzoni

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.

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June 11, 2013 at 07:05 am - Permalink

s.r.chinn

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.

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June 11, 2013 at 10:41 am - Permalink

csmallw

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.