<!--Copyright (C) 1988-2005 by the Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES). See file COPYRIGHT for more information.--> <html> <head> <title>Drawing Basic Graphics Elements with GrADS</title> </head> <body bgcolor="e0f0ff" text="#000000"> <h2><b>Drawing Basic Graphics Elements with GrADS</b></h2> <p> Various commands are provided to display and customize various basic graphics elements: strings, labels, lines, marks, rectangles, polygons, etc. These graphics commands enable you to enhance your data plot by adding customized "artwork". They may also be used to create a map-based diagram with no data plot involved. <p> <h3>Drawing Commands</h3> <ul> <a href="gradcomddrawmap.html">draw map</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawxlab.html">draw xlab</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawylab.html">draw ylab</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawstring.html">draw string</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawline.html">draw line</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawrec.html">draw rec</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawrecf.html">draw recf</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawmark.html">draw mark</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawpolyf.html">draw polyf</a><br> <a href="gradcomddrawwxsym.html">draw wxsym</a><br> </ul> <p> <h3>Controlling drawing commands</h3> <ul> <a href="gradcomdsetfont.html">set font</a><br> <a href="gradcomdsetline.html">set line</a><br> <a href="gradcomdsetstring.html">set string</a><br> <a href="gradcomdsetstrsiz.html">set strsiz</a><br> <a href="gradcomdsetrgb.html">set rgb</a><br> <a href="gradcomdsetclip.html">set clip</a><br> </ul> </body> </html>