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Arrow3 version 4.58

by Jeff Chang

28 Feb 2002 (Updated 19 Dec 2003)

No BSD License

Draw arrow(s) from point A to B.

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Description

A simple plotting tool used for drawing arrows/vectors from point A to B.
Both A & B can be either n-by-2 (2D) or n-by-3 (3D) matrices. For more usage example, please use the "help arrow3" command.

What is new in version 4:
- Transparency and brightness controls
- Extended named color table (56 colors)
- ColorOrder
- LineStyleOrder
- LineWidthOrder
- Vectorized arrowhead and initial point marker dimensions
- Subplot support
- Bugs fixed!

What is new in version 3:
- log plot support
- linestyle & width
- data aspect ratio support
- initial point marker
- speed improvement for large (eg. 1000-by-3) matrices

Developed by Jeff Chang and Tom Davis.

Acknowledgements

This submission has inspired the following:
Plot 3D vectors/arrow (again ...), Arrow3 Version 5

MATLAB release

MATLAB 6.0 (R12)

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Comments and Ratings (22)
25 Jun 2002	George Castle	This is a great utility for arrow placement. Thanks for sumitting it.
20 Dec 2002	shoubiao zhu	wonderful!!
16 Feb 2003	Zach Jin	Great function. Thanks for writing this.
09 Nov 2003	Karl Lonngren	This is an excellent program for a person who is trying to illustrate vectors in a document. The authors are to be congratulated and thanked.
02 Feb 2004	Aaron Luttman	This function resizes my plots. It doesn't change my axes (which are always manually set), but it changes the size of my axes within the figure window.
03 Feb 2004	Tom Davis	This is my fourth attempt to respond to Aaron's problem. I am including a rating this time in hope that it will post. I fear that all four replies will someday appear, but ... There are many circumstances that will resize both the plotbox and the axes. If you email an example, Aaron, I will suggest a solution. Cheers. Tom
04 Oct 2004	dirk becks	this file messes up the axes and resizes my plots. but it sure comes in handy
26 Apr 2005	eric s	Saved me from writing a plotting tool to create arrows at the end of my vectors. Thanks.
29 Jul 2005	Dave Cogdell	Good, useful code. One suggestion: include a concise one-page synopsis at the top of the help text that provides: a) an exact copy of the function definition, b) PURPOSE: a one- or two-sentence statement of, obviously, the purpose of the function - what does it do, c) INPUT: one-line descriptions of each input variable, d) OUTPUT: one-line descriptions of each output item (whether parameter or graphical), with defaults (if any) indicated e) TYPICAL FUNCTION CALL: (with numerical/alpha etc. values substituted for the nargin parameters in the function definition
17 Aug 2005	v vk	best arrow function, arrows heads are consistantly the same size
02 Dec 2005	igor beliaev	Very helpful, nice documentation, list of examples is time saver. Thank you!
10 Dec 2005	a a	lan adamlar ne kod yaziyorlar be. sefefsizin kodunu calýþtýrdým proje bitti sayilir helal lan jeff adamimsin gözüm benim..
18 Jan 2006	Mauro Sarni	very good program!
19 Aug 2006	d y
15 Jan 2007	Svetla Jivkova	This function messes up my plots.
14 Feb 2007	c r	messes up plots
22 Feb 2007	Tom Davis	Arrow3 Version 5.0 (File Id: 14056) will hopefully address the "messes up my plots" issue. Users are encouraged to report problems directly to the author.
24 Oct 2007	Igor Prikhodko
21 Jun 2008	Fang bo	So strong!
09 Oct 2008	ishii nanao
02 May 2009	Blacken blackennew	the Arrow3 clear my text!! where used two axes why?
22 Oct 2009	Brian Bak	Does anyone have a smart way of using arrow3 to draw a coordinate system with 3 arrows intersecting at (0,0,0) that scales the length of the arrows like in the default box mode axes when when you plot with "axis on"

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Updates
05 Mar 2002	Replace current screen shot with more fancy looking version.
23 Mar 2002	New features added in version 2.
25 Mar 2002	Automatic grid spacing control and bug fixed.
25 Mar 2002	Reminder of future updates
28 Apr 2002	Version 3 is here!
30 Apr 2002	Arrow3 v3 is here!
12 Oct 2002	Arrow3 version 4 is finally here! Thanks for all the efforts you put in this latest version Tom!! Excellent work!
16 Oct 2002	Minor bugs fixed and update! Arrow3 version 5 is currently under development. We welcome any new ideas/features suggestion. Please let us know! Jeff Chang, pchang@mtu.edu Tom Davis, tdavis@eng.usf.edu
19 Oct 2002	New bugs found and fixed!
03 Dec 2002	New features added (Thanks Tom) 1. Transparency and brightness controls 2. Extended named color table (56 colors) 3. Execution speed improvement!
05 Dec 2002	Minor change & update.
30 Dec 2002	ARROW3 UPDATE will restore the the appearance of arrowheads and initial point markers that have become corrupted by changes to limits or aspect ratios.
30 Dec 2002	ARROW3 UPDATE will restore the the appearance of arrowheads and initial point markers that have become corrupted by changes to limits or aspect ratios.
13 Feb 2003	ARROW3('update',SF) will redraw initial point markers and arrowheads with scale factor SF.
30 Jul 2003	Improve 2D rendering compatibility in R11, R12, and R13. This version uses ZBuffer for all 2D plots instead of OpenGL.
01 Aug 2003	Improve 2D rendering compatibility in R11, R12, and R13. This version uses ZBuffer for all 2D plots instead of OpenGL.
19 Dec 2003	This version uses CData instead of FaceColor so that shading does not affect the colors. Tom also fixed a few minor bugs and included a new color switch

Tag Activity for this File
Tag	Applied By	Date/Time
annotation	Jeff Chang	22 Oct 2008 06:42:36
line	Jeff Chang	22 Oct 2008 06:42:37
arrow	Jeff Chang	22 Oct 2008 06:42:37
customization	Jeff Chang	22 Oct 2008 06:42:37
vector	Jeff Chang	22 Oct 2008 06:42:37
arrowhead	Jeff Chang	22 Oct 2008 06:42:37
arrow3	Jeff Chang	22 Oct 2008 06:42:37

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