# Subscale on logscale bodeplot **URL:** \ **Category:** Graphics and plotting\ **Created:** [July 5, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/subscale-on-logscale-bodeplot/1201 "2026-07-05T14:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adhoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@adhoc](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/adhoc)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/subscale-on-logscale-bodeplot/1201/1 "2026-07-05T14:47:51Z")
Dear all, Maybe I am missing something, but on resizing a bode plot then between 10^0 and 10^1 for example a 5.0 \* 10^0 is shown. Moreover a subscale between 10^0, the 5 and 5 and the 10^1. I am acustomed to a linear scale on the exponent so the devision lines represent 2,3,…,8,9. But this subscale around 5.0 makes no sense to me. Is it correct and how is it usefull ? Thanks for explaining ---
**Author:** ![mottelet](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/scilab.discourse.group/mottelet/32/13_2.png) [@mottelet](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/mottelet)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 7:32am UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/subscale-on-logscale-bodeplot/1201/2 "2026-07-06T07:32:41Z")
Hello, Do you mean something like this ? ![Screenshot 2026-07-06 at 09.31.52](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/utc/original/2X/b/b5c227b9447f2e30a818a243ea06779226ae3652.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![adhoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@adhoc](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/adhoc)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/subscale-on-logscale-bodeplot/1201/3 "2026-07-06T17:57:27Z")
Yes, sort of. Except in your plot the division ticks are logic; “10^0”, 2, 3, 4, "5.0\*10^0 ", 6, 7, 8, 9, “10^1” In an expanded bodeplot you get this: ![bodeplot](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/utc/original/2X/2/2721ebba5d14c5f28c9fa48078958f9dcee449a6.png) 8 divisions between 1 and 5. and 8 division between 5 and 10 The tick at position 5 is correctly placed for the standard placement as in your plot. Thanks for answering. ---
**Author:** ![adhoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@adhoc](https://scilab.discourse.group/u/adhoc)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/subscale-on-logscale-bodeplot/1201/4 "2026-07-06T18:07:16Z")
BTW, the plot in “How to improve the basic bodeplot provided in SCILAB” from Pascal77 is clearer then mine.