Basic 1D and Tiled Plots#

Other Plot Types

General Plot Help

Single 1D Plots #

To create a single 1D plot, right-click on a workspace and select Plot > Spectrum.... Check the Plot Type is set to Individual before choosing which spectra to plot and selecting OK.

Click Menus #

Scripting #

Click the generate a script button on a 1D Plot:

# import mantid algorithms, numpy and matplotlib
from mantid.simpleapi import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mantid.plots.utility import MantidAxType

MAR11060 = Load('MAR11060')

fig, axes = plt.subplots(edgecolor='#ffffff', num='MAR11060-1', subplot_kw={'projection': 'mantid'})
axes.plot(MAR11060, color='#1f77b4', label='MAR11060: spec 1', wkspIndex=0)
axes.plot(MAR11060, color='#ff7f0e', label='MAR11060: spec 2', wkspIndex=1)
axes.plot(MAR11060, color='#2ca02c', label='MAR11060: spec 3', wkspIndex=2)
axes.tick_params(axis='x', which='major', **{'gridOn': False, 'tick1On': True, 'tick2On': False, 'label1On': True, 'label2On': False, 'size': 6, 'tickdir': 'out', 'width': 1})
axes.tick_params(axis='y', which='major', **{'gridOn': False, 'tick1On': True, 'tick2On': False, 'label1On': True, 'label2On': False, 'size': 6, 'tickdir': 'out', 'width': 1})
axes.set_title('MAR11060')
axes.set_xlabel('Time-of-flight ($\\mu s$)')
axes.set_ylabel('Counts ($\\mu s$)$^{-1}$')
legend = axes.legend(fontsize=8.0).set_draggable(True).legend

fig.show()

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

For more advice: Formatting Plots with a script

Tiled Plots #

To create a tiled plot, right-click on a workspace and select Plot > Spectrum.... Check the Plot Type is set to Tiled before choosing which spectra to plot and selecting OK.

Plot Toolbar #

Click Menus #

ptions Menu#

Tiled plots are essentially an array of axes (1D plots) on the same figure. As such, when editing them in the Options Menu, you should take care to select the correct set of axes:

TIP: Change a Legend entry by editing Set curve label on the Curves tab.
Then on the Legend tab there are Color and Font options.

Scripting #

An example script for a Tiled Plot:

# import mantid algorithms, numpy and matplotlib
from mantid.simpleapi import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mantid.plots.utility import MantidAxType

MAR11060 = Load('MAR11060')

fig, axes = plt.subplots(edgecolor='#ffffff', ncols=2, nrows=2, num='MAR11060-1', subplot_kw={'projection': 'mantid'})
axes[0][0].plot(MAR11060, color='#1f77b4', label='MAR11060: spec 1', wkspIndex=0)
axes[0][0].set_xlabel('Time-of-flight ($\\mu s$)')
axes[0][0].set_ylabel('Counts ($\\mu s$)$^{-1}$')
legend = axes[0][0].legend(fontsize=8.0) #.set_draggable(True).legend # uncomment to set the legend draggable

axes[0][1].plot(MAR11060, color='#1f77b4', label='MAR11060: spec 2', wkspIndex=1)
axes[0][1].set_xlabel('Time-of-flight ($\\mu s$)')
axes[0][1].set_ylabel('Counts ($\\mu s$)$^{-1}$')
legend = axes[0][1].legend(fontsize=8.0) #.set_draggable(True).legend # uncomment to set the legend draggable

axes[1][0].plot(MAR11060, color='#1f77b4', label='MAR11060: spec 3', wkspIndex=2)
axes[1][0].set_xlabel('Time-of-flight ($\\mu s$)')
axes[1][0].set_ylabel('Counts ($\\mu s$)$^{-1}$')
legend = axes[1][0].legend(fontsize=8.0) #.set_draggable(True).legend # uncomment to set the legend draggable

axes[1][1].plot(MAR11060, color='#1f77b4', label='MAR11060: spec 4', wkspIndex=3)
axes[1][1].set_xlabel('Time-of-flight ($\\mu s$)')
axes[1][1].set_ylabel('Counts ($\\mu s$)$^{-1}$')
legend = axes[1][1].legend(fontsize=8.0) #.set_draggable(True).legend # uncomment to set the legend draggable

fig.show()