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#Winplot for mac how to#
#Winplot for mac install#
#Winplot for mac windows#

The formula for the function appears in the top left corner of the graphing window.

If you click a function in the inventory and then equa, to bring back its graph, click the function and graph again. If you click a function and next graph, the graph is erased but the function remains in the inventory To delete a function from the inventory, click it and then delete. You can edit any of these by clicking its formula and then edit. The inventory window lists all the functions you have already graphed. Indeed, you can draw many graphs on the same screen. To draw another graph on the same screen, go back and repeat steps 3 & 4. Then click edit and make the changes in the edit window.Ĭlick OK and the graph is modified accordingly. To make changes to the function you typed in, click it in the inventory window, (See later instructions for changing this interval.) Winplot will draw the graph in a window extending over the the x-interval. When you are finished with this window, click OK to draw the graph. usually there is no reason to fiddle with these. The pen width and plotting density boxes affect the thickness and density of the graph but if you do fill in endpoints, you must check the lock interval box to activate them.įor graphs in polar coordinates you will probably want to accept the default values of low t = 0, high t = 2p = 6.28318.). (For equations y = f(x) this is usually unnecessary, as normally there is no reason to restrict the graphing interval the endpoints of the interval where the function is to be graphed. If you wish you can click color to choose the color of the graph.įor explicit formulas, you may fill in low x and high x (or low t and high t) The remaining items in the window are optional. In the function window, type the formula for the function you want to graph.

Polar for an equation r = f(t) in polar coordinates (t represents the angle q).

Implicit for a function defined implicitly by an equation involving x and y,.

Parametric for parametric equations x = f(t), y = g(t),.

Explicit for an equation of the form y = f(x),.

Double-click the yellow Winplot icon to begin the program.

Here is a step-by-step procedure for getting a quick preliminary graph of an equation in two variables.įor most equations you will probably want to make later refinements to the graph. (These instructions apply to the August 22, 2008, version of Winplot.) It is assumed that the reader has already installed the program in Microsoft Windows,Īnd is familiar with the basic workings of that operating system. They discuss some techniques of two-dimensional plotting, useful in an algebra or calculus class. These instructions expand on those found in the program's help menus Winplot is a graphing program written by Richard Parris, a teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.Īlthough the program is free, it is of top quality and easy to use.

#Winplot for mac how to#

Read the instructions below to learn how to draw graphs. You may have to resize the window to your liking. Your C:\winplot directory will now contain a program winplot.exe, represented by a yellow icon.ĭouble click the yellow Winplot icon on your desktop to start the program.

#Winplot for mac windows#

(With earlier versions of Windows you might have to use an unzipping program.) Windows XP will unzip this file unzip it into your C:\winplot directory. Navigate to your C:\winplot directory, and double-click your downloaded file wp32z.exe.

Create a directory on your C drive and name it "winplot".Ĭlick on the Winplot link at the top of the Winplot website.ĭownload and save the file wp32z.exe into your new directory C:\winplot.

#Winplot for mac install#

The Winplot software consists of a single program, winplot.exe.įollow these instructions to download and install the program on your home computer: