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    Need to draw sine waves using C

    I want to draw lot of electrical signals like sine wave with phase shifts, cos wave and 3 phase currents and voltages. i want to use C to draw and visualize this graphs. i know it has been asked several times but please tell me how should i proceed. I read that openGL is available and also C supports graphics. which one shall i use? I don't want to spend too much time on C code but the analysis of this waveform and also to present to someone. please help.

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    Which OS and compiler are you using?

    Are you free to choose and install 3rd party libraries if necessary?
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    I am using windows and mingw (gcc). Yes i can install 3rd party libraries provided they are free softwares.
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    If you want to avoid the discomfort of talking directly to windows GDI, then perhaps one of these
    Cairo (graphics) - Wikipedia
    Direct2D - Wikipedia
    Skia Graphics Engine - Wikipedia

    Study a few examples of each, and see which is easiest for you to plot lines, points, curves or whatever.
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    awesome thank you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Satya View Post
    I want to draw lot of electrical signals like sine wave with phase shifts, cos wave and 3 phase currents and voltages. i want to use C to draw and visualize this graphs. i know it has been asked several times but please tell me how should i proceed. I read that openGL is available and also C supports graphics. which one shall i use? I don't want to spend too much time on C code but the analysis of this waveform and also to present to someone. please help.
    Please take a look at this question:

    Graphics library in C - Stack Overflow

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    You could use gnuplot.

    Example:
    Code:
    set xrange [0:6.28]
    set xtics ("0" 0, "0.5{/Symbol p}" pi/2, "{/Symbol p}" pi, \
               "1.5{/Symbol p}" 1.5*pi, "2{/Symbol p}" 2*pi)
    set xzeroaxis
    set yrange [-2:2]
    plot sin(x),cos(x),tan(x)
    Need to draw sine waves using C-plot-png

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    Vow eager to learn quickly.

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    I recommend Cairo, I have used both the native C library and the Python interface. Very good, IMO. +1 for Cairo!

    I actually once got quite into it, and ended up writing a (very simple) graphing class in Python, which allowed the user to graph different kinds of functions (rectangular, polar, and parametric -- defined in Python, of course), that were then ultimately superimposed and rendered to a .PNG image.

    I'll be glad to post the code if anyone is interested...
    Last edited by MacNilly; 05-20-2017 at 12:15 AM.

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