Recommended (free) software to plot points in 3d
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I am looking for (preferably free) software to:
1) plot 3d points read from a file. A scatter plot would be fine.
2) Optionally color the points by a property - also read from the file
It would be terrific if this program could also compute and display the best fit plane through these points.
math-software 3d
asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
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I am looking for (preferably free) software to:
1) plot 3d points read from a file. A scatter plot would be fine.
2) Optionally color the points by a property - also read from the file
It would be terrific if this program could also compute and display the best fit plane through these points.
math-software 3d
asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
2731511
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Note: if your a student, Andrew, there are some significant discounts available, e.g. on Matlab, Mathematica, not to mention word processing software. Sage.org (free-source) has Sage available on-line for use and storage of work (remember Sage contains R, GAP, 3-4 additional programs), and it can be downloaded, but I had to do so through VMWare (virtual machine)...
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:23
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Thank for the suggestion - regretfully not a student :(
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:09
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I am looking for (preferably free) software to:
1) plot 3d points read from a file. A scatter plot would be fine.
2) Optionally color the points by a property - also read from the file
It would be terrific if this program could also compute and display the best fit plane through these points.
math-software 3d
asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
2731511
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I am looking for (preferably free) software to:
1) plot 3d points read from a file. A scatter plot would be fine.
2) Optionally color the points by a property - also read from the file
It would be terrific if this program could also compute and display the best fit plane through these points.
math-software 3d
math-software 3d
asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
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asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
2731511
asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
2731511
asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
2731511
asked May 23 '11 at 2:24
Andrew S.Andrew S.
2731511
2731511
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Note: if your a student, Andrew, there are some significant discounts available, e.g. on Matlab, Mathematica, not to mention word processing software. Sage.org (free-source) has Sage available on-line for use and storage of work (remember Sage contains R, GAP, 3-4 additional programs), and it can be downloaded, but I had to do so through VMWare (virtual machine)...
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:23
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Thank for the suggestion - regretfully not a student :(
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:09
add a comment |
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Note: if your a student, Andrew, there are some significant discounts available, e.g. on Matlab, Mathematica, not to mention word processing software. Sage.org (free-source) has Sage available on-line for use and storage of work (remember Sage contains R, GAP, 3-4 additional programs), and it can be downloaded, but I had to do so through VMWare (virtual machine)...
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:23
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Thank for the suggestion - regretfully not a student :(
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:09
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Note: if your a student, Andrew, there are some significant discounts available, e.g. on Matlab, Mathematica, not to mention word processing software. Sage.org (free-source) has Sage available on-line for use and storage of work (remember Sage contains R, GAP, 3-4 additional programs), and it can be downloaded, but I had to do so through VMWare (virtual machine)...
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:23
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Note: if your a student, Andrew, there are some significant discounts available, e.g. on Matlab, Mathematica, not to mention word processing software. Sage.org (free-source) has Sage available on-line for use and storage of work (remember Sage contains R, GAP, 3-4 additional programs), and it can be downloaded, but I had to do so through VMWare (virtual machine)...
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:23
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Thank for the suggestion - regretfully not a student :(
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:09
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Thank for the suggestion - regretfully not a student :(
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:09
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There are quite a number of freewares which do that.
Gnuplot, with a very interesting not so frequently asked questions here (archive version), fit is easily obtained. Nice outputs to PDF and LaTeX
Matplotlib: requires Python, so that's probably not your best option if you need to produce graphs quickly, but if you are thinking about a long term solution, I would go for this one,
R, normally for statistical computations, but quite nice plotting possibilities. Also, it is a software which is intended to read data in files, so it has very powerful and easy to use functions to import CSV files and the likes,
Octave not a big fan. Don't know the new major release, though. Previous releases were based on Gnuplot for the graphic part,
Scilab has continuously grown througout the years, so as to become a monster now. Not a big fan either.
Hope you'll find your best choice here !!!
Good luck,
Sébastien
edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
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answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
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Any preferences? I've got sage, with GAP, R, ..., Matlab, Mathematica, some graphics programs not readily beneficial, save for geometer's sketchpad (which can be posted to web), but I have to go through 2 saves to different formats for an image file...Would certainly appreciate "reading in capabilities", but my work is more abstract, at this point...lots of tools at my disposal, but there's also the time-factor involved in "getting up to speed" in using the software so it can be used productively...So many choices...hard to know what to focus on learning first
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:18
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Option 1 is my favourite, but I'm partial, since I've been using it for almost ten years now. I like gnuplot, because you have the opportunity to script your plots. That's particularly useful if you change your calcs and need to update the corresponding graph(s) accordingly. Mind you, this is true of all the other options (!), but the syntax of GNUPLOT is particularly simple. Not sure I'm very helpful, here. Note that coloring points according to property read in file might be more of an issue. You can do it programmatically (options 2-5), but it would be more difficult with GNUPLOT.
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– Sebastien
May 23 '11 at 4:52
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Thanks, Sebastien. I've already checked out your link to Gnuplot. I'll look into it a bit more!
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 5:39
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This is a very useful list - I think i will start with GNUPlot Thank you :)
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:10
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The link for not so frequently asked questions is broken :(. The new link is here
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– Ciprian Tomoiagă
Mar 1 '16 at 20:13
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I checked all of the above options out and if you want to plot something in 3D in the next ten minutes, and not ten days from now, check out Graphing Calculator 3D.
answered Jan 28 '14 at 1:53
Bill JumperBill Jumper
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Asymptote vector graphics language. Check out the gallery of graphs/plots/sketches. Here is very pretty examples/code page from France.
answered Aug 4 '11 at 14:13
ja72ja72
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Another one is Plotly, which is entirely web-based and free for public use.
Disclaimer: I help develop Plotly
answered Jan 6 '15 at 16:09
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plotxy is brilliant. can be found at: plot.ly
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– PKCLsoft
Jul 6 '18 at 0:03
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DataMelt math program for numeric and statistics computations looks good for plotting functions, data and histograms in 3D, and saving outputs in vector-graphics formats. It is free and written in Java (so, runs on any computer). It is also portable, so no problem with installation.
Here is one example of function and a histogram: 
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answered Apr 2 '14 at 15:43
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There is also MayaVi2:
http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/
But I am not sure how it compares with other visualization libraries... would like to hear more comments on it.
answered Jun 3 '14 at 19:53
Yan King YinYan King Yin
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the way the OP describes his needs, mayavi would be overkill. But it's IMHO the prettiest of the 3d plotters I've tried. Highly recommended.
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– PatrickT
May 15 '17 at 9:33
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I personally prefer to use GeoGebra, it has simple plotting functions and nice 3D graphing as well. To input a point, all you need is the ordered triple and it will plot it for you. It can also graph spheres and the like.
Hope this helps.
answered Aug 26 '16 at 13:15
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Can you edit the answer, including a link to the official website of Geogebra and maybe a picture? That would be awesome.
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– Filippo De Bortoli
Aug 26 '16 at 13:24
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Look at maxima draw vtk .
One criteria that I apply to 3d graphs , is that they
have proper perspective. By this I mean that lines and
objects appear smaller the further away from the viewer
they are.
Also hidden line and surface.
Three dimensional rotation ; scaling.
Real time updating.
Finally , maybe ray tracing.
answered Jan 17 at 1:36
sciwisesciwise
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There are quite a number of freewares which do that.
Gnuplot, with a very interesting not so frequently asked questions here (archive version), fit is easily obtained. Nice outputs to PDF and LaTeX
Matplotlib: requires Python, so that's probably not your best option if you need to produce graphs quickly, but if you are thinking about a long term solution, I would go for this one,
R, normally for statistical computations, but quite nice plotting possibilities. Also, it is a software which is intended to read data in files, so it has very powerful and easy to use functions to import CSV files and the likes,
Octave not a big fan. Don't know the new major release, though. Previous releases were based on Gnuplot for the graphic part,
Scilab has continuously grown througout the years, so as to become a monster now. Not a big fan either.
Hope you'll find your best choice here !!!
Good luck,
Sébastien
edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
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answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
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Any preferences? I've got sage, with GAP, R, ..., Matlab, Mathematica, some graphics programs not readily beneficial, save for geometer's sketchpad (which can be posted to web), but I have to go through 2 saves to different formats for an image file...Would certainly appreciate "reading in capabilities", but my work is more abstract, at this point...lots of tools at my disposal, but there's also the time-factor involved in "getting up to speed" in using the software so it can be used productively...So many choices...hard to know what to focus on learning first
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:18
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Option 1 is my favourite, but I'm partial, since I've been using it for almost ten years now. I like gnuplot, because you have the opportunity to script your plots. That's particularly useful if you change your calcs and need to update the corresponding graph(s) accordingly. Mind you, this is true of all the other options (!), but the syntax of GNUPLOT is particularly simple. Not sure I'm very helpful, here. Note that coloring points according to property read in file might be more of an issue. You can do it programmatically (options 2-5), but it would be more difficult with GNUPLOT.
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– Sebastien
May 23 '11 at 4:52
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Thanks, Sebastien. I've already checked out your link to Gnuplot. I'll look into it a bit more!
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 5:39
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This is a very useful list - I think i will start with GNUPlot Thank you :)
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:10
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The link for not so frequently asked questions is broken :(. The new link is here
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– Ciprian Tomoiagă
Mar 1 '16 at 20:13
add a comment |
$begingroup$
There are quite a number of freewares which do that.
Gnuplot, with a very interesting not so frequently asked questions here (archive version), fit is easily obtained. Nice outputs to PDF and LaTeX
Matplotlib: requires Python, so that's probably not your best option if you need to produce graphs quickly, but if you are thinking about a long term solution, I would go for this one,
R, normally for statistical computations, but quite nice plotting possibilities. Also, it is a software which is intended to read data in files, so it has very powerful and easy to use functions to import CSV files and the likes,
Octave not a big fan. Don't know the new major release, though. Previous releases were based on Gnuplot for the graphic part,
Scilab has continuously grown througout the years, so as to become a monster now. Not a big fan either.
Hope you'll find your best choice here !!!
Good luck,
Sébastien
edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
1033
answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
546410
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Any preferences? I've got sage, with GAP, R, ..., Matlab, Mathematica, some graphics programs not readily beneficial, save for geometer's sketchpad (which can be posted to web), but I have to go through 2 saves to different formats for an image file...Would certainly appreciate "reading in capabilities", but my work is more abstract, at this point...lots of tools at my disposal, but there's also the time-factor involved in "getting up to speed" in using the software so it can be used productively...So many choices...hard to know what to focus on learning first
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:18
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Option 1 is my favourite, but I'm partial, since I've been using it for almost ten years now. I like gnuplot, because you have the opportunity to script your plots. That's particularly useful if you change your calcs and need to update the corresponding graph(s) accordingly. Mind you, this is true of all the other options (!), but the syntax of GNUPLOT is particularly simple. Not sure I'm very helpful, here. Note that coloring points according to property read in file might be more of an issue. You can do it programmatically (options 2-5), but it would be more difficult with GNUPLOT.
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– Sebastien
May 23 '11 at 4:52
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Thanks, Sebastien. I've already checked out your link to Gnuplot. I'll look into it a bit more!
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 5:39
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This is a very useful list - I think i will start with GNUPlot Thank you :)
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:10
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The link for not so frequently asked questions is broken :(. The new link is here
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– Ciprian Tomoiagă
Mar 1 '16 at 20:13
add a comment |
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There are quite a number of freewares which do that.
Gnuplot, with a very interesting not so frequently asked questions here (archive version), fit is easily obtained. Nice outputs to PDF and LaTeX
Matplotlib: requires Python, so that's probably not your best option if you need to produce graphs quickly, but if you are thinking about a long term solution, I would go for this one,
R, normally for statistical computations, but quite nice plotting possibilities. Also, it is a software which is intended to read data in files, so it has very powerful and easy to use functions to import CSV files and the likes,
Octave not a big fan. Don't know the new major release, though. Previous releases were based on Gnuplot for the graphic part,
Scilab has continuously grown througout the years, so as to become a monster now. Not a big fan either.
Hope you'll find your best choice here !!!
Good luck,
Sébastien
edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
1033
answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
546410
$endgroup$
There are quite a number of freewares which do that.
Gnuplot, with a very interesting not so frequently asked questions here (archive version), fit is easily obtained. Nice outputs to PDF and LaTeX
Matplotlib: requires Python, so that's probably not your best option if you need to produce graphs quickly, but if you are thinking about a long term solution, I would go for this one,
R, normally for statistical computations, but quite nice plotting possibilities. Also, it is a software which is intended to read data in files, so it has very powerful and easy to use functions to import CSV files and the likes,
Octave not a big fan. Don't know the new major release, though. Previous releases were based on Gnuplot for the graphic part,
Scilab has continuously grown througout the years, so as to become a monster now. Not a big fan either.
Hope you'll find your best choice here !!!
Good luck,
Sébastien
edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
1033
answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
546410
edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
1033
edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
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edited Jun 11 '18 at 15:46
Pau Coma Ramirez
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answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
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answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
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answered May 23 '11 at 3:14
SebastienSebastien
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Any preferences? I've got sage, with GAP, R, ..., Matlab, Mathematica, some graphics programs not readily beneficial, save for geometer's sketchpad (which can be posted to web), but I have to go through 2 saves to different formats for an image file...Would certainly appreciate "reading in capabilities", but my work is more abstract, at this point...lots of tools at my disposal, but there's also the time-factor involved in "getting up to speed" in using the software so it can be used productively...So many choices...hard to know what to focus on learning first
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:18
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Option 1 is my favourite, but I'm partial, since I've been using it for almost ten years now. I like gnuplot, because you have the opportunity to script your plots. That's particularly useful if you change your calcs and need to update the corresponding graph(s) accordingly. Mind you, this is true of all the other options (!), but the syntax of GNUPLOT is particularly simple. Not sure I'm very helpful, here. Note that coloring points according to property read in file might be more of an issue. You can do it programmatically (options 2-5), but it would be more difficult with GNUPLOT.
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– Sebastien
May 23 '11 at 4:52
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Thanks, Sebastien. I've already checked out your link to Gnuplot. I'll look into it a bit more!
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 5:39
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This is a very useful list - I think i will start with GNUPlot Thank you :)
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– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:10
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The link for not so frequently asked questions is broken :(. The new link is here
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– Ciprian Tomoiagă
Mar 1 '16 at 20:13
add a comment |
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Any preferences? I've got sage, with GAP, R, ..., Matlab, Mathematica, some graphics programs not readily beneficial, save for geometer's sketchpad (which can be posted to web), but I have to go through 2 saves to different formats for an image file...Would certainly appreciate "reading in capabilities", but my work is more abstract, at this point...lots of tools at my disposal, but there's also the time-factor involved in "getting up to speed" in using the software so it can be used productively...So many choices...hard to know what to focus on learning first
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:18
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Option 1 is my favourite, but I'm partial, since I've been using it for almost ten years now. I like gnuplot, because you have the opportunity to script your plots. That's particularly useful if you change your calcs and need to update the corresponding graph(s) accordingly. Mind you, this is true of all the other options (!), but the syntax of GNUPLOT is particularly simple. Not sure I'm very helpful, here. Note that coloring points according to property read in file might be more of an issue. You can do it programmatically (options 2-5), but it would be more difficult with GNUPLOT.
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– Sebastien
May 23 '11 at 4:52
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Thanks, Sebastien. I've already checked out your link to Gnuplot. I'll look into it a bit more!
$endgroup$
– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 5:39
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This is a very useful list - I think i will start with GNUPlot Thank you :)
$endgroup$
– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:10
$begingroup$
The link for not so frequently asked questions is broken :(. The new link is here
$endgroup$
– Ciprian Tomoiagă
Mar 1 '16 at 20:13
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Any preferences? I've got sage, with GAP, R, ..., Matlab, Mathematica, some graphics programs not readily beneficial, save for geometer's sketchpad (which can be posted to web), but I have to go through 2 saves to different formats for an image file...Would certainly appreciate "reading in capabilities", but my work is more abstract, at this point...lots of tools at my disposal, but there's also the time-factor involved in "getting up to speed" in using the software so it can be used productively...So many choices...hard to know what to focus on learning first
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:18
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Any preferences? I've got sage, with GAP, R, ..., Matlab, Mathematica, some graphics programs not readily beneficial, save for geometer's sketchpad (which can be posted to web), but I have to go through 2 saves to different formats for an image file...Would certainly appreciate "reading in capabilities", but my work is more abstract, at this point...lots of tools at my disposal, but there's also the time-factor involved in "getting up to speed" in using the software so it can be used productively...So many choices...hard to know what to focus on learning first
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 4:18
$begingroup$
Option 1 is my favourite, but I'm partial, since I've been using it for almost ten years now. I like gnuplot, because you have the opportunity to script your plots. That's particularly useful if you change your calcs and need to update the corresponding graph(s) accordingly. Mind you, this is true of all the other options (!), but the syntax of GNUPLOT is particularly simple. Not sure I'm very helpful, here. Note that coloring points according to property read in file might be more of an issue. You can do it programmatically (options 2-5), but it would be more difficult with GNUPLOT.
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– Sebastien
May 23 '11 at 4:52
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Option 1 is my favourite, but I'm partial, since I've been using it for almost ten years now. I like gnuplot, because you have the opportunity to script your plots. That's particularly useful if you change your calcs and need to update the corresponding graph(s) accordingly. Mind you, this is true of all the other options (!), but the syntax of GNUPLOT is particularly simple. Not sure I'm very helpful, here. Note that coloring points according to property read in file might be more of an issue. You can do it programmatically (options 2-5), but it would be more difficult with GNUPLOT.
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– Sebastien
May 23 '11 at 4:52
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Thanks, Sebastien. I've already checked out your link to Gnuplot. I'll look into it a bit more!
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– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 5:39
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Thanks, Sebastien. I've already checked out your link to Gnuplot. I'll look into it a bit more!
$endgroup$
– Namaste
May 23 '11 at 5:39
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This is a very useful list - I think i will start with GNUPlot Thank you :)
$endgroup$
– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:10
$begingroup$
This is a very useful list - I think i will start with GNUPlot Thank you :)
$endgroup$
– Andrew S.
May 24 '11 at 22:10
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The link for not so frequently asked questions is broken :(. The new link is here
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– Ciprian Tomoiagă
Mar 1 '16 at 20:13
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The link for not so frequently asked questions is broken :(. The new link is here
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– Ciprian Tomoiagă
Mar 1 '16 at 20:13
add a comment |
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I checked all of the above options out and if you want to plot something in 3D in the next ten minutes, and not ten days from now, check out Graphing Calculator 3D.
answered Jan 28 '14 at 1:53
Bill JumperBill Jumper
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I checked all of the above options out and if you want to plot something in 3D in the next ten minutes, and not ten days from now, check out Graphing Calculator 3D.
answered Jan 28 '14 at 1:53
Bill JumperBill Jumper
5911
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I checked all of the above options out and if you want to plot something in 3D in the next ten minutes, and not ten days from now, check out Graphing Calculator 3D.
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I checked all of the above options out and if you want to plot something in 3D in the next ten minutes, and not ten days from now, check out Graphing Calculator 3D.
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Asymptote vector graphics language. Check out the gallery of graphs/plots/sketches. Here is very pretty examples/code page from France.
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Asymptote vector graphics language. Check out the gallery of graphs/plots/sketches. Here is very pretty examples/code page from France.
answered Aug 4 '11 at 14:13
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Asymptote vector graphics language. Check out the gallery of graphs/plots/sketches. Here is very pretty examples/code page from France.
answered Aug 4 '11 at 14:13
ja72ja72
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Asymptote vector graphics language. Check out the gallery of graphs/plots/sketches. Here is very pretty examples/code page from France.
answered Aug 4 '11 at 14:13
ja72ja72
7,54212044
answered Aug 4 '11 at 14:13
ja72ja72
7,54212044
answered Aug 4 '11 at 14:13
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Another one is Plotly, which is entirely web-based and free for public use.
Disclaimer: I help develop Plotly
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plotxy is brilliant. can be found at: plot.ly
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Another one is Plotly, which is entirely web-based and free for public use.
Disclaimer: I help develop Plotly
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plotxy is brilliant. can be found at: plot.ly
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Another one is Plotly, which is entirely web-based and free for public use.
Disclaimer: I help develop Plotly
answered Jan 6 '15 at 16:09
JohnBurgundyJohnBurgundy
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Another one is Plotly, which is entirely web-based and free for public use.
Disclaimer: I help develop Plotly
answered Jan 6 '15 at 16:09
JohnBurgundyJohnBurgundy
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answered Jan 6 '15 at 16:09
JohnBurgundyJohnBurgundy
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plotxy is brilliant. can be found at: plot.ly
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Jul 6 '18 at 0:03
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plotxy is brilliant. can be found at: plot.ly
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– PKCLsoft
Jul 6 '18 at 0:03
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plotxy is brilliant. can be found at: plot.ly
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– PKCLsoft
Jul 6 '18 at 0:03
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plotxy is brilliant. can be found at: plot.ly
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DataMelt math program for numeric and statistics computations looks good for plotting functions, data and histograms in 3D, and saving outputs in vector-graphics formats. It is free and written in Java (so, runs on any computer). It is also portable, so no problem with installation.
Here is one example of function and a histogram:
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DataMelt math program for numeric and statistics computations looks good for plotting functions, data and histograms in 3D, and saving outputs in vector-graphics formats. It is free and written in Java (so, runs on any computer). It is also portable, so no problem with installation.
Here is one example of function and a histogram:
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DataMelt math program for numeric and statistics computations looks good for plotting functions, data and histograms in 3D, and saving outputs in vector-graphics formats. It is free and written in Java (so, runs on any computer). It is also portable, so no problem with installation.
Here is one example of function and a histogram:
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answered Apr 2 '14 at 15:43
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DataMelt math program for numeric and statistics computations looks good for plotting functions, data and histograms in 3D, and saving outputs in vector-graphics formats. It is free and written in Java (so, runs on any computer). It is also portable, so no problem with installation.
Here is one example of function and a histogram:
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answered Apr 2 '14 at 15:43
marrymarry
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There is also MayaVi2:
http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/
But I am not sure how it compares with other visualization libraries... would like to hear more comments on it.
answered Jun 3 '14 at 19:53
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the way the OP describes his needs, mayavi would be overkill. But it's IMHO the prettiest of the 3d plotters I've tried. Highly recommended.
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There is also MayaVi2:
http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/
But I am not sure how it compares with other visualization libraries... would like to hear more comments on it.
answered Jun 3 '14 at 19:53
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the way the OP describes his needs, mayavi would be overkill. But it's IMHO the prettiest of the 3d plotters I've tried. Highly recommended.
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– PatrickT
May 15 '17 at 9:33
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There is also MayaVi2:
http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/
But I am not sure how it compares with other visualization libraries... would like to hear more comments on it.
answered Jun 3 '14 at 19:53
Yan King YinYan King Yin
466211
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There is also MayaVi2:
http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/
But I am not sure how it compares with other visualization libraries... would like to hear more comments on it.
answered Jun 3 '14 at 19:53
Yan King YinYan King Yin
466211
answered Jun 3 '14 at 19:53
Yan King YinYan King Yin
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answered Jun 3 '14 at 19:53
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the way the OP describes his needs, mayavi would be overkill. But it's IMHO the prettiest of the 3d plotters I've tried. Highly recommended.
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– PatrickT
May 15 '17 at 9:33
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the way the OP describes his needs, mayavi would be overkill. But it's IMHO the prettiest of the 3d plotters I've tried. Highly recommended.
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– PatrickT
May 15 '17 at 9:33
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the way the OP describes his needs, mayavi would be overkill. But it's IMHO the prettiest of the 3d plotters I've tried. Highly recommended.
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– PatrickT
May 15 '17 at 9:33
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the way the OP describes his needs, mayavi would be overkill. But it's IMHO the prettiest of the 3d plotters I've tried. Highly recommended.
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– PatrickT
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I personally prefer to use GeoGebra, it has simple plotting functions and nice 3D graphing as well. To input a point, all you need is the ordered triple and it will plot it for you. It can also graph spheres and the like.
Hope this helps.
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Can you edit the answer, including a link to the official website of Geogebra and maybe a picture? That would be awesome.
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Aug 26 '16 at 13:24
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I personally prefer to use GeoGebra, it has simple plotting functions and nice 3D graphing as well. To input a point, all you need is the ordered triple and it will plot it for you. It can also graph spheres and the like.
Hope this helps.
answered Aug 26 '16 at 13:15
user363980user363980
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Can you edit the answer, including a link to the official website of Geogebra and maybe a picture? That would be awesome.
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– Filippo De Bortoli
Aug 26 '16 at 13:24
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I personally prefer to use GeoGebra, it has simple plotting functions and nice 3D graphing as well. To input a point, all you need is the ordered triple and it will plot it for you. It can also graph spheres and the like.
Hope this helps.
answered Aug 26 '16 at 13:15
user363980user363980
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I personally prefer to use GeoGebra, it has simple plotting functions and nice 3D graphing as well. To input a point, all you need is the ordered triple and it will plot it for you. It can also graph spheres and the like.
Hope this helps.
answered Aug 26 '16 at 13:15
user363980user363980
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answered Aug 26 '16 at 13:15
user363980user363980
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answered Aug 26 '16 at 13:15
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Can you edit the answer, including a link to the official website of Geogebra and maybe a picture? That would be awesome.
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Can you edit the answer, including a link to the official website of Geogebra and maybe a picture? That would be awesome.
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– Filippo De Bortoli
Aug 26 '16 at 13:24
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Can you edit the answer, including a link to the official website of Geogebra and maybe a picture? That would be awesome.
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– Filippo De Bortoli
Aug 26 '16 at 13:24
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Can you edit the answer, including a link to the official website of Geogebra and maybe a picture? That would be awesome.
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– Filippo De Bortoli
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Look at maxima draw vtk .
One criteria that I apply to 3d graphs , is that they
have proper perspective. By this I mean that lines and
objects appear smaller the further away from the viewer
they are.
Also hidden line and surface.
Three dimensional rotation ; scaling.
Real time updating.
Finally , maybe ray tracing.
answered Jan 17 at 1:36
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Look at maxima draw vtk .
One criteria that I apply to 3d graphs , is that they
have proper perspective. By this I mean that lines and
objects appear smaller the further away from the viewer
they are.
Also hidden line and surface.
Three dimensional rotation ; scaling.
Real time updating.
Finally , maybe ray tracing.
answered Jan 17 at 1:36
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Look at maxima draw vtk .
One criteria that I apply to 3d graphs , is that they
have proper perspective. By this I mean that lines and
objects appear smaller the further away from the viewer
they are.
Also hidden line and surface.
Three dimensional rotation ; scaling.
Real time updating.
Finally , maybe ray tracing.
answered Jan 17 at 1:36
sciwisesciwise
1
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Look at maxima draw vtk .
One criteria that I apply to 3d graphs , is that they
have proper perspective. By this I mean that lines and
objects appear smaller the further away from the viewer
they are.
Also hidden line and surface.
Three dimensional rotation ; scaling.
Real time updating.
Finally , maybe ray tracing.
answered Jan 17 at 1:36
sciwisesciwise
1
answered Jan 17 at 1:36
sciwisesciwise
1
answered Jan 17 at 1:36
sciwisesciwise
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answered Jan 17 at 1:36
sciwisesciwise
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Note: if your a student, Andrew, there are some significant discounts available, e.g. on Matlab, Mathematica, not to mention word processing software. Sage.org (free-source) has Sage available on-line for use and storage of work (remember Sage contains R, GAP, 3-4 additional programs), and it can be downloaded, but I had to do so through VMWare (virtual machine)...
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