Annotation of researchv10dc/man/adm/man1/view2d.1, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: .TH VIEW2D 1
                      2: .CT 1 graphics
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: view2d, regrid, vdata \- movie of a function f(x, y, t)
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B view2d
                      7: [
                      8: .I option ...
                      9: ]
                     10: .I file
                     11: .LP
                     12: .B regrid
                     13: [
                     14: .I option ...
                     15: ]
                     16: .I file
                     17: .LP
                     18: .B vdata
                     19: [
                     20: .I option ...
                     21: ]
                     22: .I file
                     23: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     24: .I View2d
                     25: displays a sequence of functional surfaces on a Teletype 5620 or 
                     26: frame buffer.
                     27: On the 5620, the surface is ruled with a square mesh
                     28: and projected isometrically;
                     29: on a frame buffer, the surface is viewed from above,
                     30: with height indicated by color.
                     31: The options are
                     32: .ta \w'\f5-t\fITS[,TE]  'u
                     33: .TP
                     34: .B -T5
                     35: Output on the 5620;
                     36: .TP
                     37: .B -Tc
                     38: Output on frame buffer (default);
                     39: .B -Tc
                     40: is assumed when
                     41: .L TERM
                     42: is not 5620.
                     43: .TP
                     44: .B -Tp
                     45: Produce input for
                     46: .IR plot (1)
                     47: to produce contour plots.
                     48: .TP
                     49: .BI -c n
                     50: Use
                     51: .I n
                     52: colors
                     53: .RI ( n =32
                     54: by default)
                     55: or contours (6 by default).
                     56: .TP
                     57: .BI -p s
                     58: Run movie for
                     59: .I s
                     60: seconds
                     61: .RI ( s =5
                     62: by default).
                     63: .PP
                     64: There are two supported ways to generate input for
                     65: .IR view2d .
                     66: .I Vdata
                     67: takes
                     68: .SM ASCII
                     69: input and allows scattered data;
                     70: .IR view2d (3)
                     71: can be called from a program that
                     72: already has data on a grid.
                     73: .PP
                     74: .I Regrid
                     75: changes the grid sizes in
                     76: .I view2d
                     77: binary files,
                     78: with options:
                     79: .TP
                     80: .B -b
                     81: Add a bar at the bottom of the image to indicate time.
                     82: .TP
                     83: .BI -n NX , NY
                     84: Output grid is
                     85: .IR NX\(muNY ;
                     86: .BI , NY
                     87: may be omitted.
                     88: .TP
                     89: .BI -f NF
                     90: Output will have
                     91: .I NF
                     92: frames.
                     93: .TP
                     94: .B -r
                     95: The plane of closest fit to the first frame
                     96: is subtracted from all the frames.
                     97: .TP
                     98: .BI -m fmin , fmax
                     99: Clip the data to the range
                    100: .I fmin,fmax.
                    101: .PP
                    102: One option applies to both
                    103: .I view2d
                    104: and
                    105: .IR regrid :
                    106: .TP
                    107: .BI -t TS , TE
                    108: Display frames from
                    109: .I TS
                    110: (default first frame time)
                    111: to
                    112: .I TE
                    113: (may be omitted, default last frame time).
                    114: .PP
                    115: .I Vdata
                    116: takes input in the following format and converts to input for
                    117: .IR view2d .
                    118: The first line of each frame has
                    119: the number of data points in the frame (an integer)
                    120: and the time (a floating point value).
                    121: The rest of the lines in the frame consist of blank-separated
                    122: .I x y z
                    123: triples.
                    124: The order of points is irrelevant.
                    125: The options are:
                    126: .TP
                    127: .BI -n NX , NY
                    128: Output grid is
                    129: .IR NX\(muNY ;
                    130: .BI , NY
                    131: may be omitted.
                    132: .TP
                    133: .B -c
                    134: Use piecewise constant rather than linear interpolation.
                    135: .TP
                    136: .B -s
                    137: Scatterplot the data on a black background.
                    138: .TP
                    139: .B -i
                    140: The data is already on a square grid,
                    141: in the order
                    142: .I x
                    143: and
                    144: .I y
                    145: ascending with
                    146: .I x
                    147: varying fastest.
                    148: .SH FILES
                    149: .F /usr/lib/view2d/*
                    150: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                    151: .IR view2d (3), 
                    152: .IR view2d (5), 
                    153: .IR plot (1)
                    154: .br
                    155: .F /n/bowell/usr/lib/view2d/howto
                    156: for more options and how to run equipment.

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