Making Hardcopy Plots and Listings with CODE V

Graphics Windows

CODE V allows you to specify up to 8 graphics, or plot, windows. You can use the buttons to zoom in or out or to fit the plot in the window. Use the mouse to drag a rectangle around a part of the plot to enlarge it (zoom selection). You can also re-size and iconify (minimize) windows with the mouse (use yuour standard windowing system methods).

Saving plots as graphics files

Start XV
Right click on the start-up screen to bring up the command window.
Use the grab feature of XV to obtain a snapshot of the plot window.
Clip the results as desired and save as a gif file (if Web use is desired) or in another format for transfer to a word processing package.

Generating hard copy from CODE V

Enable output to a plot file:

Menu: File - Output Files - Define Output
Enter a filename for the Graphics output device.
Generate a new plot from the GUI menu.
You should get the following dialog box:

If you have already saved plots, you will get this addtional dialog:

You can choose whether to append the current plot to the end of the file, overwrite the file, or perform some other action.
Menu: File - Output Files - Plot Graphics File

Usually you just need to use the [Apply] button.

Command/output window

The command/output window is the place where output text goes. You cannot input to it, but you can use the mouse to scroll through it and select text.

Entering command mode

Enter by the menu File - Command Mode or via the command mode toolbar button

In command mode, a command input field becomes active at the bottom of the Command/Input window. CODE V commands are entered here, and you can pop up a list of the 30 most recent command lines. To get back to GUI input mode from command mode, type the command GUI followed by the Enter key.

Saving text

You can save or print the contents of the command window by using the window menu, but a more efficient technique is to either save the contents to a text file and edit them before printing or to cut selected text from the command window and paste it directly into an editor window. The following text was abstracted from a command window and then edited to remove some superflous information.

                RDY             THI     RMD       GLA
  OBJ:        INFINITY        INFINITY                          100   100
    1:        32.88739        3.000000       BK7_SCHOTT
    2:        67.58414       23.619507                 
  STO:        INFINITY       92.642664                 
  IMG:        INFINITY        0.000000                 
 
SPECIFICATION DATA
   EPD       10.00000
   DIM             MM
   WL          550.00
   YAN        0.00000      10.00000
 
REFRACTIVE INDICES
    GLASS CODE                    550.00
   BK7_SCHOTT                   1.518522
 
SOLVES
   PIM

CODE V Files

CODE V uses a system of 3-letter extensions and version numbers to organize its data and output files. For example, doublet.len.4 is version 4 of a lens data file with the generic name doublet.

len	lens data (binary)
seq	lens data (ascii)
lis	list output
plt	plot output
ps	Postscript output

Maintained by John Loomis, last updated 5 Dec 1997