Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Gnuplot 'epslatex' Figure overlapping with Text

[mariaXY]

Hello!

Hi have an overlapping problem with a figure. I am creating my figures in Gnuplot with epslatex. I am also using the multiplot option. My figure is OK so far, but I have a problem when inserting it into the latex document, since it overlap with the description of the figure. Here I attach the figure, and this is the code that I am using:

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set terminal epslatex 

set size 1,1
set origin 0.0,0.0
set logscale x
set xrange[500:10000]
set multiplot

set output 'filename.tex'
set origin 0.0,0.0
set size 1,0.75
set tmarg 0
set bmarg 0
set lmarg 7
set rmarg 3
set format x ""
unset key
set logscale y
set yrange[1:8]
set ytics(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
set ylabel "Spectra"
set style line 1 lt 1 lw 3 lc rgb "red"
set style line 2 lt 1 lw 3 lc rgb 'green'
set style line 4 lt 1 lw 3 lc rgb 'blue'
set style line 3 lt 1 lw 3 pt 7 lc rgb "black"
set key right bottom
set point 1.3
plot 'data1.dat' u 1:(($3*0.908173)/4) w l ls 1 t '$\beta=5.4905$',\
'data2.dat' u 1:(($3*0.908173)/4) w l ls 2 t '$\beta=6.19$',\
'data3.dat' u 1:2 w l ls 4 t 'Blue',\
'data4.dat' using 1:2:3 with yerrorbars ls 3 not ,\
'data4.dat' using 1:2 ls 3 t 'N'

set origin 0.0,-0.25
set size 1,0.25
unset logscale y
set tmarg 0
set bmarg 0
set lmarg 7
set rmarg 3
set xlabel "$l$"
set format x "%g"
set yrange[-10:10]
set ytics -10,5,5
set xlabel "$l$"
set ylabel "Residual"
set arrow 1 from graph 0, first 0 rto graph 1,0 nohead lt 1 lw 1 lc 0
set style line 1 lt 1 lw 3 lc rgb "red"
set style line 2 lt 1 lw 3 lc rgb 'green'
set style line 4 lt 1 lw 3 lc rgb 'blue'
plot 'data5.dat' u 1:2 w l ls 1 not,\
'data6.dat' u 1:2 w l ls 2 not,\
'data7.dat' u 1:2 w l ls 4 not

set output

unset multiplot

I think the problem is due to the code in Gnuplot, and not with the latex itself. But I just cannot solve it.

I appreciate if someone can help me!

Thanks,

Maria

[cgnieder]

Hi,

It looks like the bounding box is not right. Maybe you need to specify it in \includegraphics (which I assume you're using). It is extremely difficult to say more since I can't test it myself, lacking all your data files.

think the problem is due to the code in gnuplot, and not with the latex itself

This sounds as if you're not really sure. That means it could be the LaTeX source. Maybe you should provide a minimal working example anyway, that reproduces the wrong behaviour.

As a sidenote: have you considered using gnuplottex which allows you to use gnuplot code directly in your source, or switching to pgfplots which is an excellent package for creating plots?

Regards

[mariaXY]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Here I attach an example of the strange behaviour of Gnuplot. It happens when I change the

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set origin

of the plots:

For the first plot instead of

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set origin 0.0,0.0

I put

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set origin 0.0,0.50

and for second one instead of

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set origin 0.0,-0.25

I write

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set origin 0.0,0.25

.

Then, as you can see just the label of the x and y axis moves, but not the graph itself.

Thanks,

Maria

[localghost]

Put all the data files (*.dat) into a ZIP or RAR archive and attach them to your next post.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[mariaXY]

Hello,

Finally I solved my problem. It was just matter of playing around with the size of the image. At the end I just change the first

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set size 1,1

to

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set size 1,1.30

When one uses "multiplot", one has to change the size of the figure, to adapt it in to the new environment.

Cheers,

Maria