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Re: how to draw vector fileld and potential field? [message #43643] Tue, 19 April 2005 14:24
Benjamin Hornberger is currently offline  Benjamin Hornberger
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lixiaoyao wrote:
> Can you give the book's name to me?
> Thanks
>

"IDL Programming Techniques", by David W. Fanning
"Practical IDL Programming", by Liam E. Gumley

Both are available at amazon.com, for example.

Benjamin
Re: how to draw vector fileld and potential field? [message #43644 is a reply to message #43643] Tue, 19 April 2005 14:15 Go to previous message
lixiaoyao is currently offline  lixiaoyao
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Can you give the book's name to me?
Thanks
Re: how to draw vector fileld and potential field? [message #43646 is a reply to message #43644] Tue, 19 April 2005 13:46 Go to previous message
Benjamin Hornberger is currently offline  Benjamin Hornberger
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lixiaoyao wrote:
> hey
> In fact,I have spend a long time for this question by reading
> reference,but for a beginer,it is not easy to work it out.Thanks

For a beginner, the manuals which come with IDL are not the best
material to start with. Again, I recommend either David Fanning's or
Liam Gumley's book. David's is more tutorial-style, Liam's more
reference-style in my opinion. Spend a few days going through the
introductory chapters of one of them (and type the examples yourself!).
Then you should understand the greater picture of how IDL works, and
you'll be able to work out the details from the IDL help system or by
asking specific questions here on the newsgroup.

Benjamin


> Haje Korth wrote:
>
>> I do not want to sound rude, but I am starting to wonder whether you
>
> are
>
>> using the right software package for your purpose. With IDL you WILL
>
> HAVE TO
>
>> do some programming yourself which requires actually reading some of
>
> the
>
>> user guides, book and tutorials you were directed to in other posts.
>
> If you
>
>> are not willing to do this you might want to try Origin, Sigmaplot,
>
> Surfer,
>
>> IGOR, or any of the other software packages that do not require
>
> programming.
>
>> Cheers,
>> Haje
>>
>>
>> "lixiaoyao" <lixiaoyao5880@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1113933167.352659.13250@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> I have a file,it has five columns,the first two columns represent
>
> the
>
>>> position (x,y),the third column represents the pontential energy
>
> and
>
>>> the last two columns
>>> represent the force in the (x,y) direction.how to draw a vector
>
> field
>
>>> and also draw
>>> the contour for the potential field?
>>> Thanks
>>>
>
>
Re: how to draw vector fileld and potential field? [message #43649 is a reply to message #43646] Tue, 19 April 2005 13:21 Go to previous message
lixiaoyao is currently offline  lixiaoyao
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Member
hey
In fact,I have spend a long time for this question by reading
reference,but for a beginer,it is not easy to work it out.Thanks
Haje Korth wrote:
> I do not want to sound rude, but I am starting to wonder whether you
are
> using the right software package for your purpose. With IDL you WILL
HAVE TO
> do some programming yourself which requires actually reading some of
the
> user guides, book and tutorials you were directed to in other posts.
If you
> are not willing to do this you might want to try Origin, Sigmaplot,
Surfer,
> IGOR, or any of the other software packages that do not require
programming.
>
> Cheers,
> Haje
>
>
> "lixiaoyao" <lixiaoyao5880@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1113933167.352659.13250@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> I have a file,it has five columns,the first two columns represent
the
>> position (x,y),the third column represents the pontential energy
and
>> the last two columns
>> represent the force in the (x,y) direction.how to draw a vector
field
>> and also draw
>> the contour for the potential field?
>> Thanks
>>
Re: how to draw vector fileld and potential field? [message #43651 is a reply to message #43649] Tue, 19 April 2005 12:24 Go to previous message
Haje Korth is currently offline  Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
Senior Member
I do not want to sound rude, but I am starting to wonder whether you are
using the right software package for your purpose. With IDL you WILL HAVE TO
do some programming yourself which requires actually reading some of the
user guides, book and tutorials you were directed to in other posts. If you
are not willing to do this you might want to try Origin, Sigmaplot, Surfer,
IGOR, or any of the other software packages that do not require programming.

Cheers,
Haje


"lixiaoyao" <lixiaoyao5880@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1113933167.352659.13250@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> I have a file,it has five columns,the first two columns represent the
> position (x,y),the third column represents the pontential energy and
> the last two columns
> represent the force in the (x,y) direction.how to draw a vector field
> and also draw
> the contour for the potential field?
> Thanks
>
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