User Guide

Interactive Plot Builder
The Interactive Plot Builder is a point-and-click interface to the Maple
plotting functionality. The interface displays plot types based on the expres-
sion you specify. The available plot types include plots, interactive plots,
animations, or interactive animations. Depending on the plot type you select,
you can create a:
• 2-D / 3-D plot
• 2-D / 3-D conformal plot of a complex-valued function
• 2-D / 3-D complex plot
• 2-D density plot
• 2-D gradient vector-field plot
• 2-D implicit plot
Using the Interactive Plot Builder, you can customize and display a plot
by selecting from the numerous plot types and applying plot options without
any knowledge of plotting command syntax. The output from the Interactive
Plot Builder is a plot of the expression or the command used to generate
the plot in the document.
To launch the Interactive Plot Builder:
• From the Tools menu, select Assistants, and then Plot Builder. Note:
The Tools menu also offers tutors to easily generate plots in several
academic subjects. For more information, see Teaching and Learning
with Maple (page 180).
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