PLOT3D: An Interactive Graphics Code for Three Dimensional Plots

摘要

The PLOT3D graphics computer code provides a user with an interactive and powerful tool for quickly analyzing three dimensional functional data. The code allows the user to choose from a variety of options or parameters in selecting an appropriate display of data. The flexibility of the code should be sufficient to satisfy a wide range of user needs. The code runs in an interactive mode so that the user can easily obtain the desired display of data. All options and parameters (such as hidden line removal) are selected from one of the two menus in the program. This report describes the basic operation procedure, structure and use of the PLOT3D computer graphics code. A description of the code is given in the first part of this manual followed by the description of the input parameters and the requirements for using the code. Some samples of the capabilities of the code are given at the end of this report.