I am searching a program to draw, with a good quality, a potential curve of a reaction to be added to an article. Which is the usual way to draw it, which programs do you use?
Thank you very much
Dear Joaquim,
I think for drawing both 2D and 3D plot s,best option is MATLAB. It is really easy to use (uses at max 3-5 line of commands for drawing a 3d plot) and can produce really high quality image. Lots of customization options are also available. One of the PES image made in MATLAB is attached below.
Dear Joaquim,
Generally for papers, I draw potential energy surface (PES) using Paint program and the figures are accepted without negative comments.
Attached please find an example for such published curves.
Hoping this will be helpful,
rafik
For 2D curves I usually also use some graphic-editing software (mostly Photoshop) or ChemDraw and do them manually, like Rafik. It takes a bit longer, but you have full control over the final look.
For 3D surfaces I use GnuPlot.
gnuplot is indeed very powerful. If you need more mathematic and statistical capabilities, the R programming language is a nice alternative.
Dear Joaquim,
I think for drawing both 2D and 3D plot s,best option is MATLAB. It is really easy to use (uses at max 3-5 line of commands for drawing a 3d plot) and can produce really high quality image. Lots of customization options are also available. One of the PES image made in MATLAB is attached below.
Dear Joaquim Mª Rius Bartra and Turbasu Sengupta any tutorials for beginners for MATLAB and R programming.
I have used MATLAB for solving equations but I never done any plotting in MATLAB.
I am new for R programming but I have used GNUPLOT. I want to learn R programming from where I should start.
Dear Shilendra,
Matlab has an excellent manual for all types of plot including advanced graphical techniques. Please follow the link:
http://courses.washington.edu/css485/graphg.pdf
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