dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines) (08/24/88)
Does anyone know of a package for plotting data or equations on the amiga? Ideally the package would allow for both two and three D plots, auto-scaling, and the other basic features of programs like Genplot, PGplot, and Plotter. Thanks, Dean C. Hines Dept. of Astronomy University of Texas Austin, Texas 78712 dhines@utastro.uucp dhines@astro.as.utexas.edu
cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (08/24/88)
In article <3040@utastro.UUCP> dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines) writes: > Does anyone know of a package for plotting data or equations on the > amiga? Ideally the package would allow for both two and three D plots, > auto-scaling, and the other basic features of programs like Genplot, > PGplot, and Plotter. Yes, it's called Doug's Math Aquarium, neatest plotting program since sliced bread. Note that it won't plot data from a file, (like co-ordinate pairs) it's primary goal in life is to allow you to visualize equations with one or two variables in 2 or 3 dimensions. It will scale the axis automatically if you want. For just plotting data I believe GnuPlot is available for the Amiga. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy) (08/26/88)
In article <3040@utastro.UUCP> dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines) writes: > Does anyone know of a package for plotting data or equations on the >amiga? Ideally the package would allow for both two and three D plots, >auto-scaling, and the other basic features of programs like Genplot, >PGplot, and Plotter. I use a shareware plotting program called MultiPlot. It is a fairly simple program, but happens to match my needs almost perfectly, so I use it _very_ heavily. (I use it so much that as soon as I finish this research and degree and get a real job, I'm going to send that guy his shareware fee.) It only does 2D plots, though. It will plot up to (I think) 10 sets of data at once, optionally including error bars. It reads data from one input file, and the data can be in any number of columns. You specify the columns to use for x, y, and e (error) from the command line. For instance, my data is in 6 columns, some including text, like so: 249000.000 RX 6200.000 NX 0.00245 -6200.000 Column 1 is my x coordinate and column 6 is my y coordinate, so I specify a command line of "multiplot -x1y6". You can plot lines or points, zoom in and around your graph, etc. It uses a 16 color 640 x 400 screen, so the screen looks very nice. It has absolutely no provisions for titles or axis labels, however. It does number the axes using topaz 8. Multiplot will plot to an HPGL plotter, but only the axes, tic marks, and plots come out. (In color.) The numbers are not plotted. Multiplot will also output a text file that can be imported into mCAD, a shareware cad program by the same author, or IntroCAD, the commercial successor to mCAD. I import the text file into mCAD, put labels and legends and numbers on it, then use mCAD's printing function to dump it to my epson compatible. (It gives _much_ nicer output than is possible with the normal system screen dump, because it provides a higher resolution. However, it only works if you can write a printer definition file that works, and that's only for 9 pin printers.) If anybody knows of a 3D plotting package, I also would be interested in this. (for plotting data, not equations) > Dean C. Hines > Dept. of Astronomy > University of Texas > Austin, Texas 78712 > dhines@utastro.uucp > dhines@astro.as.utexas.edu -- ------------ Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP
dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley) (08/26/88)
In article <65473@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >In article <3040@utastro.UUCP> dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines) writes: >> Does anyone know of a package for plotting data or equations on the >> amiga? [stuff deleted] > >Yes, it's called Doug's Math Aquarium, neatest plotting program since >sliced bread. Note that it won't plot data from a file, (like co-ordinate >pairs)... I have written a simple 2-D plot-the-points-in-these-files program for the Amiga which automatically scales axes and offers log or linear plotting. It's kind of rough just now, but if there is enough interest I could polish it up and send it out to people. Please e-mail me with your feature requests and I'll see if I can work them in. The program will be distributed as freeware since I just wrote it for my own use. Kevin Dooley -- Kevin Dooley UUCP - {uunet,pyramid}!utai!helios.physics!dooley Physics Dept. BITNET - dooley@utorphys U. of Toronto INTERNET - dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca
mike@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Michael Nowak) (08/28/88)
In article <628@helios.toronto.edu> dooley@helios.UUCP (Kevin Dooley) writes: >In article <65473@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >>In article <3040@utastro.UUCP> dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines) writes: >>> Does anyone know of a package for plotting data or equations on the >>> amiga? > [stuff deleted] >> >>[more stuff deleted] Is there any chance that the much-touted Mathematica will be available for the Amiga? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In Real Life: Michael Nowak Workstation Consultant U of M Computing Center User Services Via Internet: mike@ninja.cc.umich.edu Via UUCP: uunet!umix!ninja.cc.umich.edu!mike Working for but in no way representing the University of Michigan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------