A subview is completely independent with its own data buffers, graphic attributes etc.

There is also the possibility to add subviews (plots inside plots) to your document. Plot is designed for everyday plotting, it is easy to use, it creates high quality plots, and it allows easy and powerful manipulations and calculations of data. This project started in 1993 with SciPlot on NeXTStep and continues with 'Plot' for OS X till 2007. Plot is a scientific 2D plotting program.