I've generated a bunch of graphics using ContourPlot
wich, given the nature of my problem, take a long time to create, and I was wondering if there is a way to save the object (not the image) to a file so I can retrive it later to manipulate, i.e. use Show
, change colors, add text, etc.
For example, suppose I define something like
conic = ContourPlot[x^2/9 + y^2/16, {x, -10, 10}, {y, -10, 10},
ContourStyle -> Red, ContourShading -> None, Contours -> 15,
Axes -> True, AxesLabel -> {x, y}]
then by doing
Definition[conic]
I can see the objetc:
Now, what I'd like to do is save the object in such way that I'll be able to change the color from red to blue, the labels, the aspect ratio, etc. by just importing it and modifying the proper options without having to calculate it again.
I guess a rudimentary solution would be to export the object to a txt file, and later import it, manipulate it and then use ToExpression
, but I was wonderign if there is a more "within" approach.
I hope this isn't a duplicate. I've tried to search for the answer but the keywords save and graphics made it impossible.