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Plotting Packages

Plotting Packages. Ray Gasser rayg@bu.edu Aaron Fuegi aarondf@bu.edu. Plotting Packages - Applications. Commercial MATLAB Microsoft Excel Open source Gnuplot XMGrace. Plotting in MATLAB. Commercial package Command line + menu interface Good output quality

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Plotting Packages

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  1. Plotting Packages Ray Gasser rayg@bu.edu Aaron Fuegi aarondf@bu.edu SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

  2. Plotting Packages - Applications SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • Commercial • MATLAB • Microsoft Excel • Open source • Gnuplot • XMGrace

  3. Plotting in MATLAB SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 Commercial package Command line + menu interface Good output quality Good control of plot appearance (with some effort) Excellent on-line documentation

  4. Plotting in MATLAB - Example SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

  5. Plotting in Microsoft Excel SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 • Commercial package • Data in connected Excel spreadsheet • If using functions (ex: sin(x)), applied in spreadsheet, not in plot. • GUI Interface • Click on item you want to modify (axis, gridlines, chart size, etc…) and adjust. • High quality output but can be tricky to control • Cut & Paste – easy interaction with other Windows/Mac OS programs

  6. Plotting in Microsoft Excel - Example SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

  7. Plotting in Gnuplot SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 Free, widely available Command line interface Fair output quality Fair control of plot appearance Interfaces to C, Fortran, Perl, Python Tons of documentation and examples easily available on the web (or included with the package)

  8. Plotting in Gnuplot - Example SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

  9. Plotting in XMGrace SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 Free GUI + command line interface Good output quality Great control over plot appearance Can be called from C/Fortran programs User’s guide, tutorial, and examples included in package. Caveats: quirky user interface and non-intuitive workflow; steep learning curve.

  10. Plotting in XMGrace - Example SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008

  11. Plotting Packages - Demos SCV Visualization Workshop – Fall 2008 MATLAB Xmgrace Gnuplot Microsoft Excel

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