To make graphs (more generally: when you use Smile), you handle objects that Smile (namely, the SmileLab Suite) lets you create - and delete. This is because Smile features a unique scriptable object model.

Smile offers several kinds of windows, e.g. text editing windows or script editing windows. One kind of window of Smile, the graphic window, is where the graphical features take place. You can save graphic windows as PDF files: the size of the white area in the window is the size of the PDF.

A graphic window lodges objects which display graphics, the graphic views. graphic view is a virtual class: you will only instantiate sub-classes of the graphic view. The dictionary describes the various sub-classes of the graphic view and what kind of graphs they can contain respectively.

• picture view can display PDF graphics, but has no data visualization feature.
• chart view is a virtual class for plot views and planar views:
  • plot view: can contain curves
  • planar view: can contain contour maps, vector plots, bitmaps and scalar maps
• view3D: can contain surfaces and other 3D objects: the GLobjects and the GLUTobjects.

A graphic window may contain any number of graphic views.