Document Classes ⇒ PSTricks over the borders

[Bozack]

Hi, I'm trying to make PSTricks do something smart for me, but it doesn't really work out as planned...

I need to make a figure sketching some interference between two wave-sources. To make a view of the waves, I draw circles with the command

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\pscircle

but I don't want the circles to show outside the area where I have defined the

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\begin{pspicture}(x1,y1)(x2,y2)

to be.

Right now it looks like:

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but I'd like the pspicture to only draw inside the rectangle I've defined it to be. Is this possible?

My code for the picture is:

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\begin{center}
 \psset{unit=8mm}
 \begin{pspicture}(-5,-5)(2,2)  %\psgrid
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){0.7}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){1.1}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){1.5}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){1.9}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){2.3}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){2.7}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){3.1}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){3.5}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){3.9}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){4.3}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){4.7}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){5.1}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){5.5}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){5.9}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){6.3}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](0,-4){6.7}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){0.8}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){1.2}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){1.6}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){2.0}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){2.4}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){2.8}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){3.2}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){3.6}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){4.0}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){4.4}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){4.8}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){5.2}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){5.6}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){6.0}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){6.4}
  \pscircle[linewidth=0.2pt,linecolor=GrayLight](-4,0){6.8}
  \psline{->}(0,-5)(0,2)  \uput[180](0,2){$y$}
  \psline{->}(-5,0)(2,0)  \uput[-90](2,0){$x$}
  \psline[linestyle=dotted]{c-c}(-5,-5)(2,2)
  \psline[linestyle=dashed](-1,-1)(-1,1)(1,1)(1,-1)(-1,-1)
  \pscircle*[linecolor=Periwinkle](0,-4){0.4}  \uput[180](-0.3,-4){$-L$}
  \pscircle*[linecolor=Periwinkle](-4,0){0.4}  \uput[-90](-4,-0.3){$-L$}
 \end{pspicture}
\end{center}

[localghost]

Just use the pspicture* environment. For the series of concentric circles take a look at the multido package. You don't have to include it yourself because it is loaded by PSTricks automatically.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[Bozack]

Thank you

I'll take a look at the multido package too!