# set terminal png transparent nocrop enhanced font arial 8 size 420,320 # set output 'contours.5.png' set samples 20, 20 set isosamples 21, 21 set contour base set cntrparam levels auto 10 set title "3D gnuplot demo - contour plot on base grid" 0.000000,0.000000 font "" set xlabel "X axis" -5.000000,-2.000000 font "" set ylabel "Y axis" 4.000000,-1.000000 font "" set zlabel "Z axis" 0.000000,0.000000 font "" splot x**2-y**2