ChIPS Concepts

These documents explain the key concepts which define how ChIPS works.

Attributes

Configuring object properties such as color, font, and line style.

ChipsId

A structure used to specify the currency state and coordinate system.

Colors

Using colors in ChIPS.

Coordinates

The five ChIPS coordinate systems: pixel, window normalized, frame normalized, plot normalized, and data.

Currency

The notion of which objects are presently being accessed.

Depth Control

Controlling the rendering order and appearance when objects overlap.

Entity Creation

Managing the creation of all levels of the object hierarchy.

Preferences

Specifying the default attribute values and application settings.

Set and Get

Methods of obtaining and modifying the object attribute values.

Values of attributes

How to specify the values of attributes, such as line styles, colors, and formats for axis tickmark labels.