ZGrapher

Let’s face it, math is a pretty difficult subject in school, especially if not thought through proper means. Luckily, the computer can help a lot in this regard. For instance, ZGrapher gives you the possibility to build graphs from different functions, edit, apply various formulas, and print out the generated graph.

You first need to go through a setup process to ensure the proper deployment of the application. Once launched, you’re taken to a blank canvas, and you can directly start to add some values to build the graph. The visual design is pretty intuitive, even though the set of features is wrapped around a classic window frame.

There’s the possibility to build graph from different value sets, including custom functions. On the one hand, you can write a formula with different parameters with ranges, including graph visual designs in the form of line types to use, thickness, and even color.

On the other hand, you can build a graph from a table. Sadly, there’s no possibility to load an existing table with values, so you need to manually fill in the couple of columns as you see fit. The same visual styles can be applied here as well, and come in handy for easily identifying multiple graphs in a single canvas.

General navigation functions allow you to zoom in and out, or even on a custom region. There’s a bit more to the application than that, and you’re able to also perform several operations with the help of dedicated tools like derivative, function calculus, value table, tangent or normal, integration, as well as regression. When done, it’s possible to export a picture with the built graph.

ZGrapher is a powerful graph building application which can generate graphs from either formulas or tables of values. The interface quickly gets you up and running through its simple design. Graphs are accurate, and you can save more on a single plane, and export pictures in the end.