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=Introduction= | =Introduction= | ||
Gnuplot is a command-line driven graphing utility that is copyrighted but freely distributed. Designed for efficient and interactive visualization of mathematical functions and data. It has the capacity for generating publication quality figures of 2 or 3 dimensions composed of lines, points, boxes, contours, vector fields, surfaces and texts. | Gnuplot is a command-line driven graphing utility that is copyrighted but freely distributed. Designed for efficient and interactive visualization of mathematical functions and data. It has the capacity for generating publication quality figures of 2 or 3 dimensions composed of lines, points, boxes, contours, vector fields, surfaces and texts. | ||
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− | Gnuplot is installed on most SHARCNET systems as part of the | + | Gnuplot is installed on most Compute Canada/SHARCNET systems as part of the default software stack. |
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+ | module avail gnuplot | ||
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+ | and then load the desired modules. | ||
=Example plots= | =Example plots= | ||
==Set up== | ==Set up== | ||
− | The following examples can be run | + | The following examples can be run Compute Canada systems. |
*Login to the system enabling X11 forwarding with the -Y option to ssh: | *Login to the system enabling X11 forwarding with the -Y option to ssh: | ||
− | + | $ ssh -Y your_username_here@graham.computecanada.ca | |
− | + | *Then launch the program: | |
− | + | <source lang="bash"> | |
− | + | $ gnuplot | |
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− | + | G N U P L O T | |
− | + | Version 5.0 patchlevel 3 last modified 2016-02-21 | |
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− | + | Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2016 | |
− | + | Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others | |
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− | + | gnuplot home: http://www.gnuplot.info | |
− | + | faq, bugs, etc: type "help FAQ" | |
+ | immediate help: type "help" (plot window: hit 'h') | ||
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+ | gnuplot> | ||
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Once that "gnuplot>" prompt is in the terminal (that is set to 'X11') the following examples can be pasted to generate the example figures. | Once that "gnuplot>" prompt is in the terminal (that is set to 'X11') the following examples can be pasted to generate the example figures. | ||
==Example 1: multiple axis scaling== | ==Example 1: multiple axis scaling== | ||
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+ | Put the code below into a file called ''example1.in'' | ||
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# Use the 3rd plot of the electronics demo to show off | # Use the 3rd plot of the electronics demo to show off | ||
# the use of multiple x and y axes in the same plot. | # the use of multiple x and y axes in the same plot. | ||
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set autoscale y2 | set autoscale y2 | ||
plot abs(A(jw)) axes x1y1, 180./pi*arg(A(jw)) axes x2y2 | plot abs(A(jw)) axes x1y1, 180./pi*arg(A(jw)) axes x2y2 | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
Call the script in gnuplot to generate the figure as follows: | Call the script in gnuplot to generate the figure as follows: | ||
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==Example 2: 3D surface== | ==Example 2: 3D surface== | ||
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set samples 21 | set samples 21 | ||
set isosample 11 | set isosample 11 | ||
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set yrange [-10:10] | set yrange [-10:10] | ||
splot x*y | splot x*y | ||
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==Example 3: 3D hidden surfaces== | ==Example 3: 3D hidden surfaces== | ||
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# Another example of pm3d hidden surface removal, | # Another example of pm3d hidden surface removal, | ||
# this time using pm3d depth-ordering | # this time using pm3d depth-ordering | ||
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unset multiplot | unset multiplot | ||
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o Demo Scripts for gnuplot version 5<br> | o Demo Scripts for gnuplot version 5<br> | ||
http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/ | http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/ | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 9 May 2019
Contents
Introduction
Gnuplot is a command-line driven graphing utility that is copyrighted but freely distributed. Designed for efficient and interactive visualization of mathematical functions and data. It has the capacity for generating publication quality figures of 2 or 3 dimensions composed of lines, points, boxes, contours, vector fields, surfaces and texts.
Versions
Gnuplot is installed on most Compute Canada/SHARCNET systems as part of the default software stack.
To see the latest versions available, run:
module avail gnuplot
and then load the desired modules.
Example plots
Set up
The following examples can be run Compute Canada systems.
- Login to the system enabling X11 forwarding with the -Y option to ssh:
$ ssh -Y your_username_here@graham.computecanada.ca
- Then launch the program:
$ gnuplot G N U P L O T Version 5.0 patchlevel 3 last modified 2016-02-21 Copyright (C) 1986-1993, 1998, 2004, 2007-2016 Thomas Williams, Colin Kelley and many others gnuplot home: http://www.gnuplot.info faq, bugs, etc: type "help FAQ" immediate help: type "help" (plot window: hit 'h') Terminal type set to 'x11' gnuplot>
Once that "gnuplot>" prompt is in the terminal (that is set to 'X11') the following examples can be pasted to generate the example figures.
Example 1: multiple axis scaling
Put the code below into a file called example1.in
# Use the 3rd plot of the electronics demo to show off # the use of multiple x and y axes in the same plot. # A(jw) = ({0,1}*jw/({0,1}*jw+p1)) * (1/(1+{0,1}*jw/p2)) p1 = 10 p2 = 10000 set dummy jw set grid x y2 set key center top title " " set logscale xy set log x2 unset log y2 set title "Transistor Amplitude and Phase Frequency Response" set xlabel "jw (radians)" set xrange [1.1 : 90000.0] set x2range [1.1 : 90000.0] set ylabel "magnitude of A(jw)" set y2label "Phase of A(jw) (degrees)" set ytics nomirror set y2tics set tics out set autoscale y set autoscale y2 plot abs(A(jw)) axes x1y1, 180./pi*arg(A(jw)) axes x2y2
Call the script in gnuplot to generate the figure as follows:

gnuplot> call "example1.in"
Example 2: 3D surface
Put the code below into a file called example2.in
set samples 21 set isosample 11 set xlabel "X axis" offset -3,-2 set ylabel "Y axis" offset 3,-2 set zlabel "Z axis" offset -5 set title "3D gnuplot demo" set label 1 "This is the surface boundary" at -10,-5,150 center set arrow 1 from -10,-5,120 to -10,0,0 nohead set arrow 2 from -10,-5,120 to 10,0,0 nohead set arrow 3 from -10,-5,120 to 0,10,0 nohead set arrow 4 from -10,-5,120 to 0,-10,0 nohead set xrange [-10:10] set yrange [-10:10] splot x*y
Call the script in gnuplot to generate the figure as follows:

gnuplot> call "example2.in"
Put the code below into a file called example3.in
# Another example of pm3d hidden surface removal, # this time using pm3d depth-ordering # set multiplot title "Interlocking Tori" set title "PM3D surface\nno depth sorting" set parametric set urange [-pi:pi] set vrange [-pi:pi] set isosamples 50,20 set origin -0.02,0.0 set size 0.55, 0.9 unset key unset xtics unset ytics unset ztics set border 0 set view 60, 30, 1.5, 0.9 unset colorbox set pm3d scansbackward splot cos(u)+.5*cos(u)*cos(v),sin(u)+.5*sin(u)*cos(v),.5*sin(v) with pm3d, \ 1+cos(u)+.5*cos(u)*cos(v),.5*sin(v),sin(u)+.5*sin(u)*cos(v) with pm3d set title "PM3D surface\ndepth sorting" set origin 0.40,0.0 set size 0.55, 0.9 set colorbox vertical user origin 0.9, 0.15 size 0.02, 0.50 set format cb "%.1f" set pm3d depthorder splot cos(u)+.5*cos(u)*cos(v),sin(u)+.5*sin(u)*cos(v),.5*sin(v) with pm3d, \ 1+cos(u)+.5*cos(u)*cos(v),.5*sin(v),sin(u)+.5*sin(u)*cos(v) with pm3d unset multiplot
Call the script in gnuplot to generate the figure as follows:

gnuplot> call "example3.in"
References
o Online Documentation
http://www.gnuplot.info/documentation.html
o A brief gnuplot tutorial by Henri Gavin
http://people.duke.edu/~hpgavin/gnuplot.html
o Demo Scripts for gnuplot version 5
http://www.gnuplot.info/demo/