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Plotting grid data

2-D grids should be plotted by an interactive visualization code PlotMTV. PlotMTV is a freeware code developed by Kenny Toh. It can be downloaded off many web sites in source or binary form.

3-D grids can be produced in two formats: megapovplus and gausscube (see GRID_FORMAT). First is used to render high-quality images with a program MegaPov (version 0.5). MegaPov is an unofficial patch for a ray-tracing code POV-Ray. Information on MegaPov can be found at http://nathan.kopp.com/patched.htm. Gaussian Cube files can be processed by a number of programs. We cannot recommend any particular program for that purpose here.



T. Daniel Crawford 2009-02-16