cabruen@athena.mit.edu (Charles Alan Bruen) (05/11/91)
I am interested in plotting contour or surface plots from three columns of data. The following is a list of what has been tried and the successes of each. Kaleidagraph: doesn't do them CricketGraph: nope wingz: good, but I don't own it Excel 3: nope Matlab: complicated Mathematica: only square blocks. Complicated Contour 81: (on sumex) is buggy I am still looking for other alternatives. THanks -Charles Bruen Aero/Astro MIT cabruen@athena.mit.edu
pdbourke@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Paul David Bourke) (05/11/91)
Two choices using software I have in the public domain as shareware. 1) If you have access to a 3D modelling package then you can get a utility package called TRIANGULATE. It takes a text file of randomly distributed samples of a surface (x y z per line) and creates a mesh representation of the surface at a user specified resolution. This mesh can be exported to a 3D modeller. It has been tested with StrataVision, Vision-3D, Super3D, MicroStation. It will work with others that accept DXF or Super3D formats. 2) Vision-3D is a full featured 3D modelling package for the Mac II family of computers. One of its capabilities includes contouring as well as perspective views of the surface from any camera position. 2D projections of a view can be saved in PICT for 2D CAD packages like MacDraw or ClarisCAD. Both of these are available via FTP from ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (130.216.1.5) they are located in the /mac/architec directory +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Paul D Bourke pdbourke@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (130.216.1.5) | | | | Work Home | | """" """" | | School of Architecture 4/91 St Lukes Rd | | Auckland University Mt Albert | | Private Bag Auckland | | Auckland New Zealand | | New Zealand | | Ph: +64 9 737 999 x7367 Ph: +64 9 815 0727 | | Fax: +64 9 366 4665 | | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
djf26675@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan Faulkner) (05/11/91)
cabruen@athena.mit.edu (Charles Alan Bruen) writes: >I am interested in plotting contour or surface plots from three columns >of data. You might try a program called contour (is this the same one you mentioned above?) written by NCSA. You can get it by anonymous ftp from ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu. There's a file called README.FIRST that tells you what you need to know. I've never used it, so I can't tell you if it'll work, but it might be worth a try. - Dan dan-f@uiuc.edu
macq@miguel.llnl.gov (Don MacQueen) (05/14/91)
In article <1991May11.043422.21518@athena.mit.edu>, cabruen@athena.mit.edu (Charles Alan Bruen) writes: |> |> I am interested in plotting contour or surface plots from three columns |> of data. The following is a list of what has been tried and the |> successes of each. |> |> Kaleidagraph: doesn't do them |> CricketGraph: nope |> wingz: good, but I don't own it |> Excel 3: nope |> Matlab: complicated |> Mathematica: only square blocks. Complicated |> Contour 81: (on sumex) is buggy |> |> I am still looking for other alternatives. |> |> THanks |> |> -Charles Bruen |> Aero/Astro MIT |> cabruen@athena.mit.edu Theorist Systat -- -------------------- Don MacQueen macq@miguel.llnl.gov --------------------
daw@cbnewsh.att.com (David Wolverton) (05/16/91)
In article <1991May11.043422.21518@athena.mit.edu>, cabruen@athena.mit.edu (Charles Alan Bruen) writes: > > I am interested in plotting contour or surface plots from three columns > of data. > I am still looking for other alternatives. Check out GDD (Grid Data Display) from bauer@cory.berkeley.edu . It supports generating contour plots. Warning: This is basically a UNIX source code package. You'll get C and FORTRAN sources (the FORTRAN can be converted by the f2c from NETLIB), and you've got to compile them yourself. Supports PostScript, among other display options. Note: this isn't a nice Mac program.