[R] Space between axis title and tick labels in persp plot in R (using vis.gam)

[j@de@shod@@ m@iii@g oii googiem@ii@com]

Thanks for the response Uwe. It's really helpful! I can spend my time
on doing more useful stuff now :-)

On Thu, 7 Jul 2022 at 11:42, Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
> R does not provide a native 3D coordinate syytem in base graphics.
> Therefore, persp() is rather a hack that plots everything based on its
> internal code into the device.
> Labels are not in the marhings of the 2D coordinate system, hence the
> related par() are not functional.
>
> I'd suggest to add the axis titles manually after the plot and keep the
> rest unless you want to look fpr alternatives to persp().
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
> On 06.07.2022 19:22, jade.shodan--- via R-help wrote:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I am making a perspective plot of my generalised additive model (GAM)
> > named a1b, using vis.gam() in mgcv, which in turn makes use of the
> > persp function in base R.
> >
> > Code is as follows:
> >
> > library(mgcv)
> > vis.gam(x = a1b,
> >          view = c("wbgt_max", "lag"),
> >          plot.type = "persp",
> >          xlab = "max WBGT (°C)",
> >          ylab = "lag (days)",
> >          zlab = "deaths",
> >          theta = 60,
> >          phi = 15,
> >          r = sqrt(3),
> >          d = 1,
> >          type = "response",
> >          ticktype = "detailed")
> >
> > The plot can be found here:
> > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72884763/space-between-axis-title-and-tick-labels-in-persp-plot-in-r-using-vis-gam
> >
> > On the x and z-axes, the axis title and axis labels are plotted over each other.
> >
> >
> > I would like to:
> >
> > 1) increase the space between the axis titles and the tick labels for
> > the x and z- axes (WBGT and deaths) and
> > 2) increase the space between the ticks and the tick labels.
> >
> > I've looked up similar posts on StackOverflow, which suggest adding
> > the following code to the plot (and change the values for the
> > currently stated defaults):
> >
> > par(mgp=c(3,1,0))
> >
> > like
> >
> > library(mgcv)
> > par(mgp=c(20,20,20))
> > vis.gam(x = a1b,
> >          view = c("wbgt_max", "lag"),
> >          etc.
> >
> > However, this changes nothing at all to the plot. (I tried with c(20,
> > 20, 20) , smaller values and larger ones).
> >
> > Would be grateful for any suggestions!
> >
> > Jade
> >
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