Maple 9 Learning Guide - Maplesoft

5 PlottingMaple can produce several forms of graphs. Maple accepts explicit, implicit,and parametric forms, and recognizes many coordinate systems.In This Chapter• Graphing in two dimensions• Graphing in three dimensions• Animation• Annotating plots• Composite plots• Special plots• Manipulating graphical objects• Code for color plates• Interactive plot builderPlotting Commands in Main Maple LibraryThe command-line plotting feature of Maple contains plotting functionsin the main library and in packages. The plot and plot3d commandsreside in the main Maple library. These functions can be called any timeduring a Maple session. For details about these commands, refer to the?plot and ?plot3d help pages.Plotting Commands in PackagesMany functions reside in the plots and plottools packages. These packagesmust be accessed by using the long or short form in the commandcalling sequence. For details about these packages, refer to the ?plotsand ?plottools help pages. For command calling sequence information,refer to the ?UsingPackages help page.103