gbData description
Provides colorful plots of 3D surface data.

gbData application was designed to provide colorful plots of 3D surface data.

gbData allows the user to create a 3D plot data entered in a spreadsheet format. Excel97 files containing the data may be opened directly or values may be values may be entered manually into the built-in spreadsheet.

Here are some key features of "gbData":


3D Data Plotting
· Colorful VRML display (color gradient tied to data values)
· Spreadsheet entry of plot data (also reads Excel files)
· Edit and save plot data
· 100x100 maximum data points
· True Color resolution gradient coloring
· Onscreen color legend, including user defined legend limits
· Data filtering (generate plots based on comparison of 2 sets of data)
· Show multiple plots in the same image, with user controlled separation
· 256x256 maximum data points
· Automatic plot refresh when data changes
· Automatic plot refresh when changing to new worksheet

3D Display Features
· Point, wireframe and surface images
· Image anti-aliasing
· Automatic enclosure of image (vertical walls surrounding the 3D image)
· View VRML source
· Adjustable scalefactor and data spacing
· One-click setting of data scalefactor and data spacing to default value
· Automatic image rotation on startup
· Automatically open the last working file
· Automatic display of Data window on startup
· Rotation and zoom
· On-screen positioning controls
· Mouse control of image position
· Home positioning
· Return image to home position

General Display Features
· Option of solid or color gradient display for each equation
· Separate color scheme for each spreadsheets (up to 3 spreadsheets)
· Use of registry to store viewing options
· VRML source code viewer
· Automatic re-opening of most recently viewed file
· Single property window from which to adjust all settings
· Random image generation on startup
· On top positioning of Data window
· Navigational tools for moving about within spreadsheets
· Automatic width control over multiple columns
· Toolbar with most frequently used features
· Resizable image window
· Floating data window
· 3D image background color selection

Export Options
· Set wallpaper to 3D image
· Automatic renumbering of saved BMP images
· Send image to clipboard
· Save image as BMP file
· Save image as WRL (VRML) file

Help Options
· Online Help web page
· Online update to latest version