R help - Mar 2007 - plot with fixed axis proportion

I want to plot something (eg a circle) with a fixed ratio of the x and
y axis, or (even better) with a fixed size when I print it. Output
should then be a circle (actually it'll be someting more complicated)
with radius 5cm and not an ellipse.

I'm _sure_ this is not new, but after looking 45min for a solution, I
post here...

Thanks for help
Thomas

See the aspect argument, asp, in ?plot.default .  Also eqscplot in MASS.

On 3/2/07, Thomas Steiner <finbref.2006 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I want to plot something (eg a circle) with a fixed ratio of the x and
> y axis, or (even better) with a fixed size when I print it. Output
> should then be a circle (actually it'll be someting more complicated)
> with radius 5cm and not an ellipse.
>
> I'm _sure_ this is not new, but after looking 45min for a solution, I
> post here...
>
> Thanks for help
> Thomas
>
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Your question can be interpreted a couple of ways, Gabor gave you the
answer to one of those interpretations.  Another interpretation of your
question makes it the same as one that was asked earlier in the week
with the subject: "PLotting R graphics/symbols without user x-y
scaling", looking at that question and the replies to it should help if
that is the correct interpretation of your question.

Hope this helps,

-- 
Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at intermountainmail.org
(801) 408-8111
 
 
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> I want to plot something (eg a circle) with a fixed ratio of 
> the x and y axis, or (even better) with a fixed size when I 
> print it. Output should then be a circle (actually it'll be 
> someting more complicated) with radius 5cm and not an ellipse.
> 
> I'm _sure_ this is not new, but after looking 45min for a 
> solution, I post here...
> 
> Thanks for help
> Thomas
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide 
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>