<!--Copyright (C) 1988-2005 by the Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES). See file COPYRIGHT for more information.--> <html> <head> <title>GrADS Command: set grid</title> </head> <body bgcolor="e0f0ff" text="#000000"> <h2><b>set grid</b></h2> <p> <code>set grid <i>status <linestyle> <color#></i></code> <p> Specifies the characteristics of the displayed grid lines. Default is to draw horizontal and vertical grid lines with color number 15 (grey) and linestyle 5 (dotted). <p> Options for <code><i>status</i></code> are: <ul> <code>on </code> - both latitude and longitude lines are drawn<br> <code>off </code> - no grid lines lines are drawn<br> <code>horizontal </code> - only latitude grid lines are drawn<br> <code>vertical </code> - only longigude grid lines are drawn<br> </ul> <p> Options for <code><i>linestyle</i></code> are: <ul> <code>1 </code>- solid <br> <code>2 </code>- long dash <br> <code>3 </code>- short dash <br> <code>4 </code>- long dash, short dash <br> <code>5 </code>- dotted <br> <code>6 </code>- dot dash <br> <code>7 </code>- dot dot dash <br> </ul> <p> <code><i>color#</i></code> may be one of the <a href="16colors.html">16 GrADS default colors</a> or a new color defined with <a href="gradcomdsetrgb.html"><code>set rgb</code></a>. <p> <h3>Usage Notes</h3> <ol> <li>Changes to the grid display characteristics 'stick' until reset by a new execution of <code>set grid</code>. <p> <li>You cannot specify a <code><i>color#</i></code> without also specifying a <code><i>linestyle</i></code>. <p> <li>Grid lines are aligned with the labeled tick marks on the X and Y axes. GrADS chooses appropriate defaults for spacing of the labeled tick marks, but these defaults may be overridden by the commands <a href="gradcomdsetxaxis.html">set xaxis</a>, <a href="gradcomdsetyaxis.html">set yaxis</a>, <a href="gradcomdsetxlint.html">set xlint</a>, <a href="gradcomdsetylint.html">set ylint</a>, <a href="gradcomdsetxlevs.html">set xlevs</a>, and <a href="gradcomdsetylevs.html">set ylevs</a>. Please consult these reference pages for more information. </ol> <p> <h3>Examples </h3> </body> </html>
