Merging Plot with the same scale in gunplot - gnuplot

I am having some troubles getting the desired results when using Multiplot with a specified size and margins. I have attached a picture shows the issue when plotting my data. I am interested in merging plots with the same scale. For that I specified xsize= 0.40, ysize= 0.90, and xinit= 0.10 as in the code below. When the data files were plotted, the y-axis of the right plot was a bit lower than that of the left plot. If I was not looping, everything seems to work as expected. I even tried to move xsize= 0.40, ysize= 0.90, and xinit= 0.10 inside the for loop but no luck.
set term png
xsize= 0.40
ysize= 0.90
xinit= 0.10
do for [i=1:files] {
set output sprintf("Picture(x=-%d).png",i)
set multiplot layout 1,2
# Reset keys
unset rmargin
unset lmargin
# Set individual keys
set size xsize, ysize # Plot size in relation with canvas
set lmargin at screen xinit # x inital possition 0.10
set rmargin at screen xinit + xsize # x final possition 0.50
set xlabel "x[m]" offset 2,0 # Displace xlabel to the center of canvas
set ylabel "y[m]"
plot filename(i) using 4:3 with lines notitle
# Reset keys
unset rmargin # Clears the past x position
unset lmargin
unset label # Clears the past label
unset ytics # Removes the y axis tics
unset ylabel # Removes the y axis label
set size xsize, ysize # Plot size in relation with canvas
set lmargin at screen xinit+xsize # x inital possition 0.50
set rmargin at screen 1 - xinit # x final possition 0.90
plot filename(i) using 6:3 with lines notitle
unset multiplot
}
I wonder what could be the issue in my code. Thanks for the help.

For your use case you should use the spacing and margins options for multiplot:
set multiplot layout 1,2 margins 0.1,0.1,0.05,0.05 spacing 0,0

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reset
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I obtained:
Welcome to StackOverflow! Have you checked help pngcairo?
Syntax:
set term pngcairo
{{no}enhanced} {mono|color}
{{no}transparent} {{no}crop} {background <rgbcolor>
So, something like the following should do the job, unless you have some special wishes.
set term pngcairo background 0xf6debe
Addition:
If you want to set different backgrounds for the graphs you can either set a rectangle behind the full graph or part of the screen.
However, although there should be the option noborder, I haven't managed to plot the rectangles without border. I don't know what I am missing.
Code: (colored graph background)
### different colored backgrounds for each graph
reset session
set multiplot layout 2,2
set grid x,y
set obj 1 rect from graph 0,0 to graph 1,1 fc rgb 0xffdddd behind
plot x
set obj 1 rect from graph 0,0 to graph 1,1 fc rgb 0xddffdd behind
plot x**2
set obj 1 rect from graph 0,0 to graph 1,1 fc rgb 0xddddff behind
plot cos(x)
set obj 1 rect from graph 0,0 to graph 1,1 fc rgb 0xffffdd behind
plot sin(x)/x
unset multiplot
### end of code
Result:
Code: (colored backgrounds for part of canvas/screen)
### colored backgrounds in multiplot
reset session
set multiplot layout 2,2
set obj 1 rect from screen 0.0,0.5 to screen 0.5,1.0 fc rgb 0xffeeee behind
plot x
set obj 1 rect from screen 0.5,0.5 to screen 1.0,1.0 fc rgb 0xeeffee behind
plot x**2
set obj 1 rect from screen 0.0,0.0 to screen 0.5,0.5 fc rgb 0xeeeeff behind
plot cos(x)
set obj 1 rect from screen 0.5,0.0 to screen 1.0,0.5 fc rgb 0xffffee behind
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Gnuplot: inset from file .plt

I have 2 generic Gnuplot files: plot1.plt and plot2.plt already saved.
I need to merge them in a single plot in which plot2.plt is an inset of plot1.plt.
I think I can explain better with a picture.
The final result, let's say, should be something like that
In this image plot2.plt is the inset and the main plot is plot1.plt. Each file can be loaded in Gnuplot correctly and independently.
Thank you for any advice.
Edit:
The code is (but it's not working correctly) something like this:
set multiplot
load "plot1.plt" # plot main figure
set size 0.6, 0.5 # set size of inset
set origin 0.4, 0.5 # move bottom left corner of inset
load "plot2.plt" # plot inset
unset multiplot
plot1.plt and plot2.plt are generic plot files. To not make it more complicate you can generate them in this way:
plot sin(x)
save "plot1.plt" #or choose your folder
plot exp(x)
save "plot2.plt" #or choose your folder
The above code yields:
What I get from the code above
Setting different size or origin for the inset, unfortunately, does not affect the result.
I'm using GNUPLOT version 5.0 patchlevel 4.
I'm sorry for my bad English, I'm not a native speaker. Please feel free to fix grammar/spelling.
EDIT 2:
I now provide the code for the file plot1.plt. Please feel free to edit and remove (entirely or partially) it if you think it's too long.
#!/gnuplot
#
#
# G N U P L O T
# Version 5.0 patchlevel 4 last modified 2016-07-21
#
# Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2016
# Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others
#
# gnuplot home: http://www.gnuplot.info
# faq, bugs, etc: type "help FAQ"
# immediate help: type "help" (plot window: hit 'h')
# set terminal wxt 0 enhanced
# set output
unset clip points
set clip one
unset clip two
set bar 1.000000 front
set border 31 front lt black linewidth 1.000 dashtype solid
set zdata
set ydata
set xdata
set y2data
set x2data
set boxwidth
set style fill empty border
set style rectangle back fc bgnd fillstyle solid 1.00 border lt -1
set style circle radius graph 0.02, first 0.00000, 0.00000
set style ellipse size graph 0.05, 0.03, first 0.00000 angle 0 units xy
set dummy x, y
set format x "% h"
set format y "% h"
set format x2 "% h"
set format y2 "% h"
set format z "% h"
set format cb "% h"
set format r "% h"
set timefmt "%d/%m/%y,%H:%M"
set angles radians
set tics back
unset grid
set raxis
set style parallel front lt black linewidth 2.000 dashtype solid
set key title "" center
set key inside right top vertical Right noreverse enhanced autotitle nobox
set key noinvert samplen 4 spacing 1 width 0 height 0
set key maxcolumns 0 maxrows 0
set key noopaque
unset label
unset arrow
set style increment default
unset style line
unset style arrow
set style histogram clustered gap 2 title textcolor lt -1
unset object
set style textbox transparent margins 1.0, 1.0 border
unset logscale
set offsets 0, 0, 0, 0
set pointsize 1
set pointintervalbox 1
set encoding default
unset polar
unset parametric
unset decimalsign
set view 60, 30, 1, 1
set samples 100, 100
set isosamples 10, 10
set surface
unset contour
set cntrlabel format '%8.3g' font '' start 5 interval 20
set mapping cartesian
set datafile separator whitespace
unset hidden3d
set cntrparam order 4
set cntrparam linear
set cntrparam levels auto 5
set cntrparam points 5
set size ratio 0 1,1
set origin 0,0
set style data points
set style function lines
unset xzeroaxis
unset yzeroaxis
unset zzeroaxis
unset x2zeroaxis
unset y2zeroaxis
set xyplane relative 0.5
set tics scale 1, 0.5, 1, 1, 1
set mxtics default
set mytics default
set mztics default
set mx2tics default
set my2tics default
set mcbtics default
set mrtics default
set xtics border in scale 1,0.5 mirror norotate autojustify
set xtics norangelimit autofreq
set ytics border in scale 1,0.5 mirror norotate autojustify
set ytics norangelimit autofreq
set ztics border in scale 1,0.5 nomirror norotate autojustify
set ztics norangelimit autofreq
unset x2tics
unset y2tics
set cbtics border in scale 1,0.5 mirror norotate autojustify
set cbtics norangelimit autofreq
set rtics axis in scale 1,0.5 nomirror norotate autojustify
set rtics norangelimit autofreq
unset paxis 1 tics
unset paxis 2 tics
unset paxis 3 tics
unset paxis 4 tics
unset paxis 5 tics
unset paxis 6 tics
unset paxis 7 tics
set title ""
set title font "" norotate
set timestamp bottom
set timestamp ""
set timestamp font "" norotate
set rrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set trange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set urange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set vrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set xlabel ""
set xlabel font "" textcolor lt -1 norotate
set x2label ""
set x2label font "" textcolor lt -1 norotate
set xrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set x2range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set ylabel ""
set ylabel font "" textcolor lt -1 rotate by -270
set y2label ""
set y2label font "" textcolor lt -1 rotate by -270
set yrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set y2range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set zlabel ""
set zlabel font "" textcolor lt -1 norotate
set zrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set cblabel ""
set cblabel font "" textcolor lt -1 rotate by -270
set cbrange [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set paxis 1 range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set paxis 2 range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set paxis 3 range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set paxis 4 range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set paxis 5 range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set paxis 6 range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
set paxis 7 range [ * : * ] noreverse nowriteback
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set lmargin -1
set bmargin -1
set rmargin -1
set tmargin -1
set locale "Italian_Italy.1252"
set pm3d explicit at s
set pm3d scansautomatic
set pm3d interpolate 1,1 flush begin noftriangles noborder corners2color mean
set palette positive nops_allcF maxcolors 0 gamma 1.5 color model RGB
set palette rgbformulae 7, 5, 15
set colorbox default
set colorbox vertical origin screen 0.9, 0.2, 0 size screen 0.05, 0.6, 0 front bdefault
set style boxplot candles range 1.50 outliers pt 7 separation 1 labels auto unsorted
set loadpath
set fontpath
set psdir
set fit brief errorvariables nocovariancevariables errorscaling prescale nowrap v5
GNUTERM = "wxt"
plot sin(x)
# EOF
OK, here a generic answer, extracted from Philipp K. Janert "Gnuplot in Action".
# functions to be plotted
f(x,a) = x<a ? sqrt(a-x) : 0 # Magnetization
g(x,b) = 0.25*x**4 + b*x**2 # Free Energy
# does the magic:
set multiplot
# the full graph
set grid
plot [-3:2.5][-1:2] f(x,0) notitle w l lw 3
# formatting the inset graphs
unset grid
unset tics
unset xtics
unset ytics
unset key
set tmargin 0; set bmargin 0; set rmargin 0; set lmargin 0
set size 0.2 # relative size of the insets
# draw three insets, clear background, at given origins
set origin 0.175,0.425
clear
plot [-2.5:2.5][-1.5:2] g(x,-1)
set origin 0.4625,0.125
clear
plot [-2.5:2.5][-0.5:3] g(x,0)
set origin 0.675,0.425
clear
plot [-2.5:2.5][-0.5:3] g(x,1)
# cleanup
unset multiplot
which yields
Without your code, have to stop right here but this should get you going.
Ok,
I found the answer my myself, so I'm going to share my findings.
As in the question, let plot2.plt be an inset of plot1.plt. Opening plot2.plt with any text editor we can see the code behind the plot. We have to search these two specific lines:
set size ratio 0 1,1
set origin 0,0
since plot2.plt, in my example, is loaded after the commands set size and set origin,
set multiplot
load "plot1.plt" # plot main figure
set size 0.6, 0.5 # set size of inset
set origin 0.4, 0.5 # move bottom left corner of inset
load "plot2.plt" # plot inset
unset multiplot
they overwrite the expected correct size and ratio. To fix that I ended editing the plot2.plt in this way:
set size ratio 0 0.6,0.5 #old line: set size ratio 0 1,1
set origin 0.4,0.5 #old line: set origin 0,0
Let's say we save the modified file as plot2_mod.plt. Now, to get the correct inset we can write:
set multiplot
load "plot1.plt" # plot main figure
load "plot2_mod.plt" # plot inset
unset multiplot
and the result is:
Plot with the desired inset
Obviously there's still some work to do, but this answer the main point of the question: how to plot an inset using already saved .plt files.
I'm sorry for my bad English, I'm not a native speaker. Please feel free to fix grammar/spelling.
Thank you all for your help and suggestions.

GnuPlot splot function with 2d points

I basically want to draw 2d color surface (or contour plot)
of rosenbrock function f(x,y) = (a-x)^2 + b * (y-x*x) ^2
and append some points (x,y) on this image.
Sample file with points looks as follows:
#x #y
15.00000 12.00000
8.00000 9.00000
The thing is, both graphs do not share the same coordinate system on output image:
coordinate systems do not overlap on each other
gnuplot code:
#!/usr/bin/env gnuplot
reset
set terminal png size 700,700
enhanced set output 'output.png'
set tmargin screen 1
set bmargin screen 0
set border 0 back
set size square
xr=20
yr=20
set xrange [-xr:xr]
set yrange [-yr:yr]
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unset colorbox
set surface
set multiplot
set view map
set cntrparam levels 10# contour tenderness
set style data pm3d
set pm3d
set contour
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b=1 #rosenbrock parameter
#set isosamples 50
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unset pm3d
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xr=20
yr=20
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unset key
unset colorbox
set surface
set pm3d map
set contour
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The wanted picture looks like this and this.
Contour plot is plotted with the script.
Is it possible to draw two graphs (contour and 3D) in the polar coordinates in one plot via Gnuplot?
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reset
set terminal pngcairo size 800,800 enhanced font 'Verdana,20'
set output '3d-polar_AbsPsiSquared.png'
set lmargin at screen 0.05
set rmargin at screen 0.85
set bmargin at screen 0.1
set tmargin at screen 0.9
set pm3d
unset key
set multiplot
stats '_FullWV.dat' using ($3*$3+$4*$4)
max(a,b) = (a>b) ? a : b
round2(x) = x - floor(x) < 0.5 ? floor(x) : ceil(x)
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Z_MAX = round(Z_MAX,1)
set parametric
set grid xtics ytics
set angles degree
#set zrange[-1,1]
#set cbrange [-1:1]
set autoscale fix
#set autoscale xfix
#set autoscale yfix
set autoscale zfix
#set autoscale
set cbrange [-Z_MAX : Z_MAX]
set palette model RGB defined ( 0"#6495ED", 1"blue", 2"#00008B",3"white",\
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set hidden front
set xyplane at -1
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reset
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set output "3d.eps"
set tics scale 1.25
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set ylabel '{/Helvetica-Oblique y, a.u.}'
set zlabel '{/Helvetica-Oblique E, a.u.}'
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unset key
set multiplot
unset colorbox
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max(a,b) = (a>b) ? a : b
round2(x) = x - floor(x) < 0.5 ? floor(x) : ceil(x)
round(x, n) = round2(x*10**n)*10.0**(-n)
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Z_MAX = round(Z_MAX,1)
set parametric
set grid xtics ytics ztics
set mxtics 2
set mytics 2
set tics out
set decimalsign ","
set format x "%.1f"
set format y "%.1f"
set format z "%.0f"
set angles degree
set view 61,33
set ztics floor(Z_MAX/3)
set autoscale fix
set autoscale zfix
set cbrange [0 : Z_MAX]
set palette model RGB defined ( 0"#168de2", 1"#0201db", 2"#00008B", 3"#00dcf5",\
4"#09df67",5"yellow",6"red")
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set hidden3d front
set xyplane at -10
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gnuplot - How to make zmin equal to zmax keeeping autoscale on z axis

How one could make resulting output of scaling over z axis symmetric over xy plane: zmax = zmin, keeping autoscale on z axis turning on? (GNUplot 5.0)
resulting graph - 3d-polar.png
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reset
set terminal pngcairo size 800,800
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set lmargin at screen 0.05
set rmargin at screen 0.85
set bmargin at screen 0.1
set tmargin at screen 0.9
set pm3d map
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set grid xtics ytics
set angles degree
set autoscale xfix
set autoscale yfix
set autoscale zfix
set palette model RGB defined ( 0"black", 1"white", 2"grey")
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unset multiplot
The _FullWV.dat file is here.
You can use stats to extract min and max of the 3rd column, and define cbrange accordingly.
reset
set terminal pngcairo size 800,800
set output '3d-polar.png'
set lmargin at screen 0.05
set rmargin at screen 0.85
set bmargin at screen 0.1
set tmargin at screen 0.9
set pm3d map
unset key
set multiplot
stats '_FullWV.dat' using 3
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set grid xtics ytics
set angles degree
set autoscale xfix
set autoscale yfix
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set cbrange [-Z_MAX : Z_MAX]
set palette model RGB defined ( 0"black", 1"white", 2"grey")
splot '_FullWV.dat' u ($2*cos($1)):($2*sin($1)):3
unset multiplot

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