NESC9692 PLOTLIB.

PLOTLIB, Graphics Library for FR80 and TMDS and RJET Systems

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: PLOTLIB.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
PLOTLIB	NESC9692/01	Tested	20-OCT-1988

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NESC9692/01	CRAY X-MP	CRAY X-MP

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

PLOTLIB is a basic graphics library which allows the user to plot lines and text to the FR80, RJET, and TMDS systems. With PLOTLIB a user can receive microfiche from the FR80, print Versatec output with RJET, and display TMDS output. In PLOTLIB, line plots may be a series of disjoint line segments or a connected line, and text plots may be text or markers.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

Line and text appearance are determined by selection from a large number of available global attributes; and after all the lines and text are plotted, the picture can be displayed or printed.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

PLOTLIB can plot up to 16 view surfaces at one time and can record a maximum of 16 view surface identifiers.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME:

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM:

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS:

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NESC9692/01	20-OCT-1988	Screened

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10. REFERENCES:

NESC9692/01, included references:

- J. Moulden, L. Stringer, M. Blair, J. Kohn :
  PLOTLIB Users's Manual
  LCSD-439 (February 1985)
- W.S. Derby, J.T. Engle, J.T. Martin:
  LRLTRAN Language used with the CHAT and CIVIC compilers
  LCSD-302, Rev. 1 (1 June 1982)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS:

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NESC9692/01	LLNL-FORTRAN

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED:

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

PLOTLIB consists of three types of subroutines: low-level, high- level, and three-dimensional. The low-level subroutines are small, single-function subroutines which, for example, initialize a view surface, set a buffer size, or plot a line. The high-level routines are larger, multi-function routines which, for example, plot vectors, a reference grid, a filled polygon, or a contour map. The three-dimensional routines are a prototype extension of the library to plot lines and text in three dimensions or a surface with hidden lines removed.

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

  L.M. Stringer, M. Blair, J. Kohn, E. Mueller, G. Cronshagen, and
  K. O'Hair:
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Livermore, California, U. S. A.

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NESC9692/01

File name	File description	Records
NESC9692_01.001	INFORMATION FILE	41
NESC9692_01.002	PLOTLIB SOURCE	30509
NESC9692_01.003	PLOTLIB COMPILER CLICHE	337
NESC9692_01.004	PLOTLIB NOGOTOS CLICHE	553
NESC9692_01.005	FONT TABLE LIBRARY	576

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17. CATEGORIES

N. Subsidiary Calculations

Keywords: computer graphics, computer output devices, display devices, plotters, three-dimensional.