Plotxyz-A versatile 2D and 3D graphic program


Plotxyz is an extension of an earlier program called plotxy that existed on the internet in the 80's. It keeps the very efficient scripting language of plotxy and extends its capabilities into 2D contours and 3D surface plots. It also has more controls than the original plotxy, such as line thickness, fonts, etc, since it is essentially reimplemented using a postscript package PSLIB.

The entire package can be downloaded here.

Installation


After downloading the file plotxyz.tar.gz, unpack it by "tar -zxpvf plotxyz.tar.gz" and a directory called "plotxyz" will be created. Do this: Go to plotxyz/PSLIB and type "make"; Go to plotxyz/plotxy and type "make", and that is it. The executable is called pltxyz in plotxyz/plotxy dircetory.

Manuals


The original plotxy manual is here in Postscript and here in PDF. Read this first.

The manual for plotxyz is here in Postscript and here in PDF with detailed examples.


Enjoy!

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