next up previous 264
Next: TranForward - Forward transformation defined?
Up: AST Attribute Descriptions
Previous: Tol - Plotting tolerance


Top(axis) - Highest axis value to display

Description:
This attribute gives the highest axis value to be displayed (for instance, by the astGrid method).
Type:
Floating point.
Class Applicability:
Frame
The default supplied by the Frame class is to display all axis values, without any limit.
SkyFrame
The SkyFrame class re-defines the default Top value to $+$90 degrees for latitude axes, and 180 degrees for co-latitude axes. The default for longitude axes is to display all axis values.
Notes:
  • When specifying this attribute by name, it should be subscripted with the number of the Frame axis to which it applies.


next up previous 264
Next: TranForward - Forward transformation defined?
Up: AST Attribute Descriptions
Previous: Tol - Plotting tolerance

AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 211
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
24th May 2011
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 2009 Science \& Technology Facilities Council