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From: a526@mindlink.UUCP (Brad Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: 3D Graphs
Message-ID: <3821@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 14 Nov 90 17:47:02 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> gooey@helix.nih.gov writes:
> 
> Msg-ID: <627@nih-csl.nih.gov>
> Posted: 14 Nov 90 19:58:28 GMT
> 
> Org.  : National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
> Person: Sean Graham
> 
> 
>         Seeing this talk about Sigmaplot reminded me that while it is
> a very good scientific graphics package, it will not do one of the
> things we are trying to do: Create 3 axis graphs.
> 
>         Does anyone know of a package (add on to Quattro,Lotus,Excel)
> that will create 3D Graphs (not graphs with a "3D-effect"), but true
> 3-axis graphs.
> 
> Sean
> 
> --
> || Sean N. Graham                                     BIX: sean.graham ||
> || National Institutes of Health gooey@helix.nih.gov   ||
> ||  "This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System.  This is just a
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> ||  test.  In the event of a real emergency you would most likely be dead."
> ||

Microsoft just announced that the new release of Excel (3.0) will manage 3D
surface plots and allow free rotation of all 3D graphs.  Wheee!  :)
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