Introduction
XYPLOT is a plotting and data analysis program for use
by students, teachers, scientists, and engineers. It displays
the results from your experiments or calculations in an
interactive graphical environment. Fast plotting and a
myriad of data manipulation and analysis features make
XYPLOT an invaluable tool for visualizing and working with
data. Under the Linux operating system, XYPLOT may also be
used as a graphical environment for custom data acquisition
applications and for performing animated plot displays.
Features
- Fast and easy to use with minimal fuss in loading and plotting a dataset
from a file.
- Arbitrarily large datasets may be loaded from files.
- Powerful built-in kForth programming
environment allows user to add their own functions to xyplot.
Available Forth modules include:
- Arithmetic between entire data sets
- Three-point smoothing
- Polynomial fitting
- Power spectrum
- Numerical derivative
- Peak finder
- Map functions
- Live data acquisition example
- Plot animation examples
- Export and import
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.agr files
- Selection of plot colors and symbols.
- Continuous display of x,y cursor coordinates.
- Multi-level zoom in/out to examine features of interest.
- Modify x or y values of a dataset using simple algebraic expressions.
- View and edit dataset headers.
- Compatible with DOS and Windows XYPLOT dataset files and workspace files.
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New! Provides same features as the Linux version (see above).
- Fast and easy to use with minimal fuss in loading and plotting
a dataset from a file.
- Arbitrarily large datasets may be loaded from files.
- Powerful built-in kForth programming
environment allows user to add functions.
Available Forth modules include:
- Arithmetic between entire data sets
- Three-point smoothing
- Polynomial fitting
- Power spectrum
- Numerical derivative
- Peak finder
- Map functions
- Selection of plot colors and symbols.
- Continuous display of x,y cursor coordinates.
- Multi-level zoom in/out to examine features of interest.
- Configure grid tics and lines.
- Configure aspect ratio, width, and height of the plot window.
- Modify x or y values of a dataset using
Expression.
- Copy Bitmap function copies the plot graphics to
to the Windows clipboard.
- Print function provides high resolution hardcopy output.
- View and edit dataset headers.
- Compatible with DOS XYPLOT dataset and workspace files.
- Datasets may be stored to ASCII files with specified output format.
- Extract subset of a dataset and save to a file.
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- Plotting Features
- Up to 9 plots may be created and viewed simultaneoulsy.
- Selection of plot colors and symbols available.
- Zoom in on features of interest.
- Continuous display of x,y cursor coordinates.
- A logarithmic or linear y axis may be selected.
- Math Features
- Generate and plot simple math
functions using built-in operations.
- Modify x or y values of a dataset using
the Rescale operation.
- Perform arithmetic between entire datasets in a single operation.
- Fit data to polynomials of up to 9th order.
- Perform numerical differentiation or integration on data.
- Smooth noisy data.
- Obtain the Fast Fourier Transform and its inverse on data.
- Data sets may be complex, i.e. y may have
real and imaginary parts.
- Workspace and File Features
- Up to 10 datasets may be loaded into memory.
- Up to 16,000 points may be stored in the buffer.
- Read data from/save to ASCII files.
- ASCII data files may contain text annotations.
- Entire workspace may be saved to a binary file.
- Export data to Lotus WK1 files.
- Other Features
- Data cursor provides quick, graphical means of examining
and editing data points.
- Datasets may be truncated, joined, or duplicated.
- Format of output files may be specified.
- Menus make the program easy to use and nearly all
functions have keystroke shortcuts.
- Comprehensive documentation with
examples is included.
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System Requirements
Linux Version
- x86 compatible PC (80486 or higher)
- X Windows
- GNU C, C++ compilers and GNU Assembler
- OpenMotif or
Lesstif GUI toolkit
run-time and development libraries
Windows Version
- PC (80486 or higher)
- Windows 95 or later OS
- 8 MB RAM minimum
DOS Version
- PC (All 80x86)
- DOS 3.x or higher
- 512 KB RAM available
- Graphics Card (CGA/EGA/VGA)
- Mouse and math co-processor are recommended