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{{Infobox software
{{Infobox software
| name = Winplot
| name = Winplot
| logo = Winplot icon.svg
| logo = Winplot icon.svg
| logo size = 30px
| logo size = 30px
| logo alt = Graph of y = 2.25 - (x - 1.5)^2
| screenshot = ParabHyper.png
| screenshot = ParabHyper.png
| screenshot size = 200px
| screenshot size = 200px
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| author = Richard "Rick" Parris
| author = Richard "Rick" Parris
| developer = Rick Parris
| developer = Rick Parris
| released = 1985<ref name="matGreTro">According to the description at [http://www.gregosetroianos.mat.br/softwinplot.asp Winplot] ([[Portuguese language|portuguese]])</ref>
| released = {{Start date and age|1985}}<ref name="matGreTro">According to the description at [http://www.gregosetroianos.mat.br/softwinplot.asp Winplot] ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]])</ref>
| discontinued = yes
| latest release version = 1.55
| latest release version = 1.55
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|09|13|df=yes}}
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2012|09|13|df=yes}}
| latest preview version =
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| latest preview date =
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] (until 2001), [[C++]]<ref name="matGreTro" /><ref>See history of versions: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720074705/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2001.html 2001], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720102558/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2002.html 2002], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160719173945/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2003.html 2003], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160719195124/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2004.html 2004], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720055104/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2005.html 2005], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720122820/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2006.html 2006], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160719185026/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2007.html 2007], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160731072855/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2008.html 2008], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160720095657/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2009.html 2009], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160719200254/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2010.html 2010], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160719200702/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2011.html 2011], [https://web.archive.org/web/20121129102918/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/wpnew.html 2012]</ref><ref name="faq">{{cite web
| frequently updated =
|url=http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/faq.html
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| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]] (until 2001), [[C++]]<ref name="matGreTro" /><ref>See history of versions: [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2001.html 2001], [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2002.html 2002], [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2003.html 2003], [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2004.html 2004], [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2005.html 2005], [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2006.html 2006], [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2007.html 2007], [http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot2008.html 2008]</ref><ref>[http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/faq.html FAQ]</ref>
|url-status=dead
|title=Peanut Software FAQ
|last=Parris
|first=Richard
|website=Peanut Software
|publisher=Phillips Exeter Academy
|access-date=2019-04-07
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303120239/math.exeter.edu/rparris/faq.html
|archive-date=2013-03-03}}</ref>
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| platform =
| platform =
| size = 1.86 Mb
| size = 1.86 Mb
| language = Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish
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| language = English and others<ref name="official" />
|language count = 15
| status = Active
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|language footnote = <ref name="official" />
| genre = [[List of graphing software|Plotting]]
| genre = [[List of graphing software|Plotting]]
| licence = [[Freeware]]
| licence = [[Freeware]]
| website = {{URL|math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot.html}}
| website = {{URL|http://faculty.madisoncollege.edu/alehnen/winptut/Install_Winplot.html}}
}}
}}


'''Winplot''' is a general-purpose plotting utility for [[Microsoft Windows]] that can draw (and animate) [[curve]]s and [[surface (mathematics)|surface]]s presented in a variety of formats.<ref name="official">[http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot.html Official website]</ref>
'''Winplot''' is a general-purpose plotting utility for [[Microsoft Windows]] that can draw (and animate) [[curve]]s and [[surface (mathematics)|surface]]s presented in a variety of formats.<ref name="official">{{cite web|url=http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot.html|title=Winplot for Windows 95/98/ME/2K/XP/Vista/7 (846K)|last=Parris|first=Richard|date=2012-09-13|website=Peanut Software|publisher=[[Phillips Exeter Academy]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129141451/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot.html|archive-date=2012-11-29|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref>

{{As of|2015}}, Winplot can run on Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and likely 8 and 10. It is released as [[freeware]], with no [[source code]] available.<ref name="official" />


The final 2012 release of Winplot can run on Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7.<ref name="official"/> It may also run on Windows 8, 10, and 11. It is a [[32-bit application]]. It is released as [[freeware]], with no [[source code]] available, as its author, Rick Parris, did not want to relinquish control of development, and felt his code was lengthy and badly documented.<ref name="faq" />
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The author of Winplot, Rick Parris, died on October 23, 2012. He was 67.<ref name="obituary">[https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/richard-l-parris-78]</ref>


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Rick Parris died on October 23, 2012. He was 67.<ref name="obituary">{{cite web
The official link to the tool does not seem to work anymore.
|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/richard-l-parris-78
|url-status=live
|title=Richard L. Parris *78
|website=Princeton Alumni Weekly
|date=2013-05-15
|access-date=2019-04-07
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407233620/https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/richard-l-parris-78
|archive-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> Some time after his death, [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] stopped hosting his official Winplot website, so an alternative link is provided.


== Features ==
== Features ==
Winplot can generate both 2D and 3D plots of functions and sequences. It can also animate these plots using up to 23 variables and their corresponding sliders. As of 2012, only one slider may be animated at a time. It also has various export options including EPS, SVG, PiCTeX, Metafile, and simple copying to the Windows clipboard.
Winplot can generate both 2D and 3D plots of functions and [[Sequence|sequences]]. It can also animate these plots using up to 23 variables and their corresponding sliders. Only one slider may be animated at a time. It also has various export options including [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]], [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]], [[TeX|PiCTeX]], [[Enhanced metafile|Metafile]], and simple copying to the Windows [[Clipboard (computing)|clipboard]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/wp2help.html#filemenu|title=File Menu|last=Parris|first=Rick|website=Peanut Software|publisher=[[Phillips Exeter Academy]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414065104/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/wp2help.html#filemenu|archive-date=2013-04-14|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref>


A notable strength is Winplot's ability to plot graphs that are typically unavailable on other (especially free) plotting software, such as implicit functions, slope fields, and intrinsic curves (curvature defined by arclength). Also, several standard calculus operations can be performed on the functions, including generating graphs of cross-sectional solids and solids of revolution, tracing trajectories on slope fields given an initial point, and calculating line and surface integrals.
Unlike most other free plotting software{{Citation needed|reason=Software may have improved since this claim was first made|date=April 2019}}, Winplot can plot [[Implicit function|implicit functions]], [[Slope field|slope fields]], and [[Intrinsic curve|intrinsic curves]], and perform several standard calculus operations on the functions, such as generating graphs of cross-sectional solids and [[Solid of revolution|solids of revolution]], tracing trajectories on slope fields given an initial point, and calculating [[Line integral|line]] and [[Surface integral|surface integrals]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot.html}}
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20121129141451/http://math.exeter.edu/rparris/winplot.html}}


[[Category:Plotting software]]
[[Category:Plotting software]]
[[Category:Free plotting software]]
[[Category:Discontinued software]]




Latest revision as of 13:13, 28 July 2024

Winplot
Original author(s)Richard "Rick" Parris
Developer(s)Rick Parris
Initial release1985; 39 years ago (1985)[1]
Final release
1.55 / 13 September 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-13)
Written inC (until 2001), C++[1][2][3]
Operating systemWindows
Size1.86 Mb
Available in15 languages[4]
List of languages
Chinese (traditional), Croatian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish
TypePlotting
LicenceFreeware
Websitefaculty.madisoncollege.edu/alehnen/winptut/Install_Winplot.html

Winplot is a general-purpose plotting utility for Microsoft Windows that can draw (and animate) curves and surfaces presented in a variety of formats.[4]

The final 2012 release of Winplot can run on Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7.[4] It may also run on Windows 8, 10, and 11. It is a 32-bit application. It is released as freeware, with no source code available, as its author, Rick Parris, did not want to relinquish control of development, and felt his code was lengthy and badly documented.[3]

Rick Parris died on October 23, 2012. He was 67.[5] Some time after his death, Phillips Exeter Academy stopped hosting his official Winplot website, so an alternative link is provided.

Features

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Winplot can generate both 2D and 3D plots of functions and sequences. It can also animate these plots using up to 23 variables and their corresponding sliders. Only one slider may be animated at a time. It also has various export options including EPS, SVG, PiCTeX, Metafile, and simple copying to the Windows clipboard.[6]

Unlike most other free plotting software[citation needed], Winplot can plot implicit functions, slope fields, and intrinsic curves, and perform several standard calculus operations on the functions, such as generating graphs of cross-sectional solids and solids of revolution, tracing trajectories on slope fields given an initial point, and calculating line and surface integrals.

References

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  1. ^ a b According to the description at Winplot (Portuguese)
  2. ^ See history of versions: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
  3. ^ a b Parris, Richard. "Peanut Software FAQ". Peanut Software. Phillips Exeter Academy. Archived from the original on 2013-03-03. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  4. ^ a b c Parris, Richard (2012-09-13). "Winplot for Windows 95/98/ME/2K/XP/Vista/7 (846K)". Peanut Software. Phillips Exeter Academy. Archived from the original on 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  5. ^ "Richard L. Parris *78". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2013-05-15. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  6. ^ Parris, Rick. "File Menu". Peanut Software. Phillips Exeter Academy. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
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