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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
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Subject: Re: Scientific programs on Amiga
Message-ID: <13691@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 2 Oct 90 12:06:55 GMT
References: <31796@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1990Sep29.021658.26896@evax.arl.utexas.edu> <90273.105607UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <90273.105607UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>, UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:
> In article <1990Sep29.021658.26896@evax.arl.utexas.edu>,
> hill@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Col. Ames and Pixel) says:
> 
>>    My wish list:
> 
> 
>> 1) Plotting program. Ability to plot xy, scatter, polar, parametric. Plot as
>>      wire frame and ability to rotate (ala Calligari, and Lightwave with a
>>      cube, rectangle etc...) around all axes. Ability to figure volumes of
>>       closed solids, limited symbolic math, (find intersection of planes in
>>       y=mx+b format or others, min/max of f(x)'s.
> 
> 
> Isn't there a freely distributable package that does some of this stuff?
> It writes HPGL output, and includes a way to send HPGL to any preferences
> printer.  I think it is called MultiPlot, or PLPLOT:, or some such, or
> maybe that is two different packages altogether.

Both these packages do this. And a whole loy more. PLPLOT is a library of
plotting functions and is enormously flexible, covering just about anything
you can imagine. It is fairly complex to use. Multiplot is a simple 
X Vs Y plotting program with nice goodies like easy to use interface, click
to edit, and heaps of output formats. The latest beta of Multiplot handles
log axes, Y errors that vary in length above and below tha data point,
postscript (including EPSF) and lots more.


> 
> Perhaps the real problem is that it isn't commercial enough!  There needs
> to at least be that little ad in the back of Amiga World every month to
> help people find it.  Better yet, the ad should be in Science.
> 

You want to advertise, you are going to have to give us money!

Regards Alan