Subject: Re: scientific graphic software From: Pierre Divenyi <pdivenyi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:37:51 -0700Hi Pawel, Nothing beats Matlab, although the slope of the learning curve tends to be rather shallow. We also had fair results with Systat. Pierre At 07:39 PM 7/11/2006, Pawel Kusmierek wrote: >This is not going to be an exactly auditory question, but I hope that the >auditory scientific community will be able to help me. I am lookng for >suggestions on a decent scientific graphic package. I have an experience >with SigmaPlot, and I like it pretty much, but I would like to know other >options. > >Specifically I would love to have two features which are not available in >SigmaPlot. > >One is a possibility to create map or surface plots from non-rectangular >or incomplete data tables. SigmaPlot kind of allows for that, but it uses >a not very reliable (IMHO) interpolation for the missing points to force >the rectangular shape. > >The second thing is a possibility to run the program on Mac in addition to >Windows. This is however not so much important. > >The only program which appeared to fulfill my needs was DeltaGraph. I >tried it, and non-rectangular map graphs were available, there is also a >Mac version, apparently. The problem is that the demo crashed several >times during my 30-minute test drive. I would prefer something more >reliable. > >One more thing - I really prefer the program to be easily >graphical-interface driven, and fully WYSIWYG. No complicated scripts, >please. > >I would appreciate your suggestions, > >Pawel