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Is there a GUI based software that I can use to plot functions in 3D under Linux?

Something with no frills but numerically correct, for example the "grapher" application under Mac OS is handy, but is often times incorrect and generating weird graphs.

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  • How strict is your GUI restriction? And are you willing to pay for it?
    – Bernhard
    Mar 30, 2014 at 14:20
  • @Bernhard I have to investigate the numerical behaviour of some formulas, mainly about trigonometry and linear algebra, I don't know what you mean with "GUI restriction" but I would like to have no clutter, just a box where I put my formulas and a section where the the software will display the resulting 3D plot, I don't think I'll need nothing more than that. My focus is also on parametric surfaces and parametric construction of 3D objects, so I really need to visualize that. Mar 30, 2014 at 14:33
  • Well, gnuplot has no GUI, but you noted in one of your comments that it would be an alternative. I don't see what is wrong with Gnuplot by the way.
    – Bernhard
    Mar 30, 2014 at 14:43
  • @Bernhard gnuplot offers a GUI, it's limited, but you can do the basic stuff, like rotating or moving the 3D object. Also gnuplot, for what I know, uses octave as a backend for the computation, which means that you can you octave in the first place and obtain pretty much the same numerical results since octave now offers a native GUI too. Mar 30, 2014 at 14:47
  • Ah, that is what you mean by GUI. Than I would add it as an answer, but seems a bit unnecessary. Gnuplot does not use Octave by the way. (maybe the other way around?)
    – Bernhard
    Mar 30, 2014 at 15:07

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You can use GNU Octave:

  • free
  • works with Windows/Macintosh/Linux
  • has a GUI since Octave 3.8

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  • this is octave workshop, it's not octave. Mar 29, 2014 at 20:21
  • @user2485710 image fixed Mar 29, 2014 at 20:32
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You can use Wolfram Alpha:

  • free (unless you need advanced features)
  • web service

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If you want to use it off-line, you can use Wolfram Mathematica:

  • non-free
  • works with Windows/Macintosh/Linux

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  • no thanks, this doesn't meet my requirements Mar 29, 2014 at 20:20
  • @user2485710 Which requirement isn't met? Mar 29, 2014 at 20:30
  • the first it's an online solution that doesn't cut it and surely it's not an IDE, The second one is certainly not a good option either since it's cumbersome a not free, at this point I would just go with octave or gnuplot. Mar 29, 2014 at 20:31
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    @user2485710 add free as a requirement then. Mar 29, 2014 at 20:32
  • @user2485710 Gnuplot does not have a GUI.
    – Bernhard
    Mar 30, 2014 at 14:21
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You can use GeoGebra:

  • Free (+ portable version available)
  • Works with Windows/Mac/Linux (even Android/iPhone/Windows Phone as well as in Google Chrome)

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mathmod https://sourceforge.net/projects/mathmod/

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Description MathMod is a mathematical modeling software that visualize and animate implicit and parametric surfaces. MathMod supports: 3D and 4D plotting and animation OBJ output file format Scripting language in JSON file format Textue and pigmentation support Noise and Turbulence effects support Large set of scripted examples

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http://k3dsurf.sourceforge.net/

image K3DSurf is a program for visualizing and manipulating multidimensional surfaces by using Mathematical equations. It's also a "modeler" for POV-Ray in the area of parametric surfaces. It features 3D, 4D, 5D, and 6D HyperObjects visualization, full support for all functions (like the C language), support for mouse events in the drawing area, animation and morph effects, Povscript and mesh file generation, and support for VRML2 and OBJ files. More than 100 examples are provided.

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