This is actually a new version of plot3d for the NeXT. I changed the name in this release to avoid confusion with another program called plot3d (for other machines) used primarily for 3d fluid dynamics.
For those of you who missed the earlier releases, NXplot3d is a 3d function/data plotting program. In the past it was primarily used for interactive viewing/modification of surface data. This version finally incorporates features for producing publication quality (or nearly publication quality) plots. This includes tick marks, labels, contour overlays, etc ... This version also supports spherical plots. This means you can now plot atomic orbitals, etc ...
The main distribution site is ion.rice.edu. I will also try to keep updated versions at sonata.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu.
Here's a list of some of the new features:
- MUCH improved color support. Now supports altitude based color mapping with a palette of up to 5 colors.
- Display options now include: Floor, backs, axes, ticks, "slicing planes", and labels.
- Support for user defined tick marks and labels.
- Contour plots with user settable number of levels, spacing, etc ...
- Surface mapping of contour plots, density plots, data meshes and tick meshes on final, photorealistic, output (no interactive support).
- High quality text support for scales and axis labels in photorealistic output. Interactive mode supports low quality scales only.
- Spherical plots with full surface mapping/contour support.
- More functions in equation parser including bessel functions and s-f spherical harmonics.
- Variable support. 4 misc variables (a,b,c,d) and time sliders supported for use as parameters in equations.
- Better data file support. Data files may now be in arbitrary order, and may be "incomplete" meshes.
- Animation support. Program will automatically generate "Movie" compatible tiff animations.
Bug reports and suggestions should be directed to :
