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+#+TITLE:     Plotting Tools
+#+AUTHOR:    Anoop Jacob Thomas
+#+EMAIL:     info@fossee.in
+#+DATE:      2011-05-10 Tue
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+* GNUPlot
+** About the GNUPLOT
+
+GNUPlot is a portable command-line driven graphical utility for Linux,
+OS/2, MS Windows, OSX, VMS, and many other platforms. It was
+originally created to allow scientists and students to visualize
+mathematical functions and data interactively, but has grown to
+support many non-interactive uses such as web scripting. It is also
+used as a plotting engine by third-party applications like Octave.
+GNUPlot supports many types of plots in either 2D and 3D. It can draw
+using lines, points, boxes, contours, vector fields, surfaces, and
+various associated text. It also supports various specialized plot
+types.
+
+** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where GNUPLOT can be used
+   - Plotting 2D and 3D graphs
+   - Data Analysis and Visualization
+   - Vector Science
+   - Education, Science and Engineering
+   - Data transformations and filters
+   - Preparing/polishing graphs for final presentation
+   - Publishing graphs in print or on the Web
+   - Graphical Analysis
+
+** Learning Resources for GNUPLOT
+   - Documentations: http://www.gnuplot.info/documentation.html
+   - Tutorial Learnig and help: http://www.gnuplot.info/help.html
+
+* Xmgrace
+
+** About the Xmgrace
+
+Grace is a WYSIWYG tool to make 2D plots of numerical data. It runs
+under various (if not all) flavors of Unix with X11 and M*tif (LessTif
+or Motif). It also runs under VMS, OS/2, and Windows
+(95/98/NT/2000/XP). Its capabilities are roughly similar to GUI-based
+programs like Sigmaplot or Microcal Origin plus script-based tools
+like Gnuplot or Genplot. Its strength lies in the fact that it
+combines the convenience of a graphical user interface with the power
+of a scripting language which enables it to do sophisticated
+calculations or perform automated tasks.  Grace is derived from Xmgr
+(a.k.a. ACE/gr), originally written by Paul Turner.  From version
+number 4.00, the development was taken over by a team of volunteers
+under the coordination of Evgeny Stambulchik. You can get the newest
+information about Grace and download the latest version at the Grace
+home page.  When its copyright was changed to GPL, the name was
+changed to Grace, which stands for "Graphing, Advanced Computation and
+Exploration of data" or "Grace Revamps ACE/gr". The first version
+of Grace available is named 5.0.0, while the last public version of
+Xmgr has the version number 4.1.2.  Paul still maintains and develops
+a non-public version of Xmgr for internal use.  Xmgrace is available
+in Ubuntu repository.
+
+** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where Xmgrace can be used
+   - Plotting 2D Graphs
+   - Numerical Analysis
+   - Advanced Computation and Exploration of Data
+   - Scientific and Engineering
+
+** Learning Resources for Xmgrace
+
+   - User Guide: http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/doc/UsersGuide.html
+   - An Xmgrace Tutorial: http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/reu/grace.tutorial.html
+   - Forum: http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/phpbb/
+
+* Xfig
+
+** About Xfig
+Xfig is an interactive drawing tool which runs under X Window System
+on most UNIX-compatible platforms, including Mac OS X and any X server
+under Microsoft Windows.  In Xfig, figures may be drawn using objects
+such as circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc. It is also
+possible to import images in formats such as GIF, JPEG, EPS,
+etc. Those objects can be created, deleted, moved or
+modified. Attributes such as colors or line styles can be selected in
+various ways. For text, many fonts are available.  A three button
+mouse is recommended to work with Xfig, although, one/two button mouse
+can also be configured to work with Xfig.  It is possible to embed
+LaTeX mathematical formulae in block diagrams created using Xfig.
+
+** List of Courses/Subjects/Areas where Xfig can be used
+   - Xfig can be used in any area including engineering for creating drawing objects such as circles, boxes, lines, spline curves, text, etc.
+
+** Learning Resources for Xfig
+   - User Manual: http://www.xfig.org/userman/
+   - Spoken Tutorials: http://spoken-tutorial.org/Xfig_Spoken_Tutorials
+
+** Where Xfig is used
+
+   - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
+

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 | AutoCAd                                              | /no recommendations/        | [[file:autocad.org::sec-1][KiCAD]]          |
 |                                                      |                             | [[file:autocad.org::sec-2][Freecad]]        |
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-| Plotting tools                                       |                             | GNUPLOT        |
-|                                                      | /no recommendations/        | Xmgrace        |
-|                                                      |                             | XFIG           |
+| Plotting tools                                       | /no recommendations/        | [[file:plotting.org::sec-1][GNUPlot]]        |
+|                                                      |                             | [[file:plotting.org::sec-2][Xmgrace]]        |
+|                                                      |                             | [[file:plotting.org::sec-3][XFIG]]           |
 |------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
-| Cadence pSpice                                       | /no recommendations/        | ngspice        |
+| Cadence pSpice                                       | /no recommendations/        | [[file:pspice.org::sec-1][ngspice]]        |
 |------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------|
 | Pro/E                                                | /no recommendations/        | [[file:proe.org::sec-1][BRL-CAD]]        |
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