3D Plotters - programming output

[lordhaworth]

Hey all

I've written a really simple simulation - the output of which is a list of trajectories (in cartesian coords) and a corresponding wavelength (Programming in Fortran90). Does anyone know of a good 3D graph plotter so i can visually represent this output - if possible where i can alter the colour of the trajectory depending on the wavelength?

Cheers

Tom

[stumbleUpon]

You could write a simple shell script (or a subroutine in F90 itself) to produce povray (http://www.povray.org) files and then render the images.

There is a lot of flexibility in controlling color, texture ...etc

[slaanco]

try VisIt (https://wci.llnl.gov/codes/visit/)

[kaspar_silas]

I have two options for you. The easy road to a perfectly acceptable solution and the tough road to the perfect solution. Both options are more than capable of exactly what you want.

Firstly there is the very simple gnuplot
http://www.gnuplot.info/
which is very easy to use and probably the one I would recommend. Plus as you are generating your trajectories you can call gnuplot and plot it as you go.

Secondly there is OpenDX.
http://www.opendx.org/
This is the mother of scientific data visualization software. It can produce amazingly pretty plots of pretty much any type. However in my experience it has a learning curve like a rockets trajectory. However once mastered you will not need anything else.