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From: liq@sol.cs.fau.edu (Charlie Li)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.lang.fortran,comp.unix.ultrix,sci.math.num-analysis,sci.misc
Subject: Advice on Technical Plotting Software for DECstation Wanted
Keywords: Numerical Analysis, Graphics, Technical Plotting, IMSL
Message-ID: <1991May14.134648.21242@cs.fau.edu>
Date: 14 May 91 13:46:48 GMT
Sender: liq@cs.fau.edu (Qiang Li)
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
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Hi,

We need to draw 2D and 3D graphs on Decstation 5000 running Ultrix with 
DecWindows, Tektronix terminals and HP LaserJet/Apple LaserWriter printers.
IMSL has a package Exponent Graphics for this, but quite expensive ($1575).
Anybody has experince with it?  Is it good? Compare to IGL/AGII.  Is there
any similar technical plotting library or fully menu driven package with
good price or in public domain?  I attach some information of IMSL's
Exponent Graphics to this mail for reference.

Thank you for your advice in advance.  Sorry if I post to a wrong group.

Charlie Li
Florida Atlantic University

---- Attachment: IMSL's Exponent Graphics ----

IMSL gives 2D and 3D Technical Plotting a new soltuion: Exponent Graphics
It uses over 70 FORTRAN callable subroutines to make following plots:

Scatter plots (2D & 3D)          Bar charts (2D & 3D)
Function plots (2D & 3D)         Polar plots
Splines                          Pie charts
Contour plots (2D & 3D)          Filled area charts
Box plots                        Error bars
Vector plots (2D & 3D)           Confidence interval
Historams (2D & 3D)

Machines supported: DECstation running Ultrix RISC FORTRAN, Sun
                    Sparcstations running SunOS, HP and many other platforms.

Display Devices supported: X-Windows, DecWindows, SunView;
                           Tektronix, Regis and otehr common graphics monitors

Hardcopy Devices supported: Laser printers, Postscript and HP Plotter 
                            Compatible Devices