

Scaled
Details

- Scaled can be used to specify scaled coordinates in any two‐ or three‐dimensional graphics primitive.
- You can use Scaled to represent objects that occupy a fixed region in a plot, independent of the specific range of coordinates in the plot.
- Scaled refers only to the region of a plot defined by its PlotRange and PlotRangePadding. It does not take account of elements such as tick labels, or of margins introduced by ImageMargins.
- Scaled can be used not only for coordinates, but also for scalar length measures such as radii.
- In 2D graphics, Scaled[r] is taken to be relative to the width of the whole graphic. In 3D graphics, it is taken to be relative to the diagonal of the 3D bounding box.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (10)
Scaled Positions (3)
Scaled Sizes (4)
Specify ImageSize by a fraction of the enclosing region:
Specify ItemSize by a fraction of the document width:
Specify PlotRangePadding by fractions of the plot range:
Specify the font size according to the width of the plot range:
Scaled radii (2)
In 2D graphics, Scaled radius is taken to be relative to the width of the whole graphic:
In 3D graphics, it is taken to be relative to the diagonal of the 3D bounding box:
Properties & Relations (6)
Scaled is proportional to PlotRange. ImageScaled is proportional to ImageSize:
Scaled operates relative to the plot range:
ImageScaled operates relative to the whole image:
Scaled coordinates do not have to be between 0 and 1:
In 2D the transformation from world coordinates to Scaled coordinates is given by:
From Scaled to world coordinates:
In 3D the transformation from world coordinates to Scaled coordinates is given by:
From Scaled to world coordinates:
See Also
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Inset One Graphic into Another
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0) | Updated in 2008 (7.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Scaled, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Scaled.html (updated 2008).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Scaled." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2008. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Scaled.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Scaled. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Scaled.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_scaled, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Scaled}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Scaled.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_scaled, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Scaled}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Scaled.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}