plot.simulation: Visualize an N-body simulation

In nbody: Gravitational N-Body Simulation

Visualize an N-body simulation

Description

Basic routine to visualise the result of an N-body simulation, projected onto a plane.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'simulation'
plot(
  x,
  y,
  units = 1,
  index1 = 1,
  index2 = 2,
  xlim = NULL,
  ylim = NULL,
  center = c(0, 0, 0),
  cex = 0.3,
  pch = 20,
  title = "",
  asp = 1,
  pty = "m",
  col = "black",
  alpha.orbits = 1,
  alpha.snapshots = 1,
  lwd = 1,
  show.orbits = TRUE,
  show.snapshots = TRUE,
  show.ics = TRUE,
  show.fcs = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

x	is a simulation-object as produced by run.simulation
y	deprecated argument included for consistency with generic plot function
units	length unit in SI units
index1	index of the dimension plotted on the x-axis
index2	index of the dimension plotted on the y-axis
xlim	2-vector specifying the plotting range along the x-axis
ylim	2-vector specifying the plotting range along the y-axis
center	3-vector specifying the plotting center in the specified units
cex	point size
pch	point type
title	title of plot
asp	aspect ratio of x and y axes
pty	character specifying the type of plot region to be used; "s" generates a square plotting region and "m" generates the maximal plotting region.
col	either (1) a single color, (2) a n-element vector of colors for each particle or (3) a function(n,...) producing n colors, e.g. 'rainbow'
alpha.orbits	opacity (0...1) of orbital lines.
alpha.snapshots	opacity (0...1) of snapshot points.
lwd	line width of orbital lines.
show.orbits	logical flag. If TRUE (default), the orbits are shown as straight lines between snapshots.
show.snapshots	logical flag. If TRUE (default), points are shown for each snapshot.
show.ics	logical flag. If TRUE (default), the initial positions are highlighted.
show.fcs	logical flag. If TRUE (default), the final positions are highlighted.
...	additional parameters for plot

Value

None

Author(s)

Danail Obreschkow

nbody documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 7:47 p.m.