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From: ciemo@bananapc.SGI.COM (Dave Ciemiewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Iris plotting packages.
Summary: Another 2D/3D plotting package
Keywords: Iris, plotting, 3-D, 4-D
Message-ID: <21398@sgi.SGI.COM>
Date: 31 Oct 88 22:31:41 GMT
References: <717@mv06.ecf.toronto.edu> <21337@sgi.SGI.COM>
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In article <717@mv06.ecf.toronto.edu>, soosaar@ecf.toronto.edu (Robert Soosaar) writes:
> We are currently looking for a 2-D/3-D plotting package for
> our Silicon Graphics Iris 3130 and Personal Iris workstations.
> 
> Freeware ( or Cheapware) would be nice, however, any software or
> information about sources would be appreciated.
> 
> Also, the ability to drive Postscript would be handy.
> 
> Thanks...		Rob Soosaar
> 			University of Toronto
> 			Aerospace
> 			soosaar@ecf.toronto.edu

Well, it isn't free or cheap (relatively speaking) but you can use
Mathematica for 2D and 3D plotting of formulas and empirical data.
Mathematica also supports PostScript display of plots for printing.
In fact, this is the way static plots are displayed under 4Sight,
Silicon Graphics window system based on NeWS.  The PostScript display
of plots is NOT a requirement of working under 4Sight.  I believe
the PostScript imaging of plots was just the quickest and easiest
way for Wolfram Research, Inc. (WRI), the developers of Mathematica,
to bring up Mathematica on the IRIS since they had already developed
a PostScript interface for use on other systems.

WRI also provides a "live" viewer with Mathematica for dynamically
displaying and manipulating 3D plots on the IRIS 4D series of computers
from Silicon Graphics which includes the Personal Iris.  This is a feature
which I don't believe WRI provides for any platform other than the IRIS 4D.

Another thing about using Mathematica is that you may be able to do some
or all of your analysis of your data in Mathematica.  One package for
most of your work instead of a bunch of packages.

I am sorry to say though that Mathematica is not available for the IRIS 3000
series.

Mathematica is one of those programs I wish was available to me when I was
in college.

	Dave Ciemiewicz (ciemo)
	Copyleft (l)* Silicon Graphics, Inc.

	* Three copylefts make a copyright don't they?
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