The scale command takes a plot structure and produces a new plot structure scaled by the specified values with respect to the center (pt_2d for the 2-D case or pt_3d for the 3-D case). If pt_2d or pt_3d is not specified, the default center is at the origin.

The inputs p or q must be two- or three-dimensional plot data structures or objects, while a, b, and c are real numbers representing the scale factors in the x, y and z directions.

The result of a call to scale is a PLOT or PLOT3D data structure or object containing information to render the plot. You can assign the data structure to a variable, save it in a file, then read it back in for redisplay.  For more information about plot data structures, see plot/structure or plot3d/structure.

Several commands in the plottools package can transform plots. For a list, see the plottools help page.  The plots[changecoords] and plots[display] commands can also be used to transform plots.