WolframLang: Plot and Visualization

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

This is a basic tutorial on WolframLang graphics system.

This tutorial teaches you:

or you can watch a video:

Xah Talk Show 2022-02-06 Intro to WolframLang Mathematica Graphics and Programing Graphics

There are two major types of builtin plotting functions:

Plotting Math Functions

Note, most plotting function's names contains the word “Plot”, but not all. For example BarChart, PieChart, Histogram, BoxWhiskerChart, etc.

To get a list of builtin functions for plotting, type any one of the following to get a list:

or see

for example:

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Plot3D[ Sin[x] Sin[y], {x,0,10}, {y,0,10} ]

Functions for Data Visualization

See

example

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WolframLang PieChart3D 2022-02-09 q74Z
PieChart3D[{3, 10, 1}, ChartLabels -> {"a", "b", "c"}]

Options for Plot Functions

Type Options[ FunctionName ] to get a list of options for the function. Example:

Options[ Plot ]
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Options for Plot

Type ?Name to get the documentation for the option name.

?Axes
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Click the info icon to goto the full documentation.

Commonly Used Options for 2D Graphics

Commonly Used Options for 3D Graphics

Commonly used options for 3d plot functions that plots surface of math function. For example: Plot3D, ParametricPlot3D

example:

ParametricPlot3D[
{Cos[u]*(2 + Cos[v]), Sin[u]*(2 + Cos[v]), Sin[v]} ,
{u, 0, 5},
{v, 0, 6},
 PlotPoints -> 100,
 Axes -> False,
 Boxed -> False,
 BoundaryStyle -> Directive[Black, Thin],
 PlotStyle -> Directive[White, Opacity[0.7], Specularity[10, 20]],
 Lighting -> "Neutral"]
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