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Asymptote is a powerful script-based vector graphics language.
Asymptote is a powerful script-based vector graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for technical drawing.
Asymptote has labels and equations that are typeset with LaTeX, for high-quality PostScript output.
A major advantage of Asymptote over other graphics packages is that it is a programming language, as opposed to just a graphics program: it can therefore exploit the best features of script (command-driven) and graphical user interface (GUI) methods.
Here are some key features of "Asymptote":
· inspired by MetaPost, with much cleaner, powerful C++-like programming syntax and numerics;
· mathematically oriented (e.g. rotation of vectors by complex multiplication);
· LaTeX typesetting of labels (important for document consistency);
· compiles figures into virtual machine code for speed without sacrificing portability;
· uses simplex method and deferred drawing to solve overall size constraint issues between fixed-sized objects (labels and arrowheads) and objects that should scale with figure size;
· high-level graphics commands are implemented in the Asymptote language itself, allowing them to be easily tailored to specific applications;
· provides a standard for typesetting mathematical figures, just as TeX/LaTeX has become the standard for typesetting equations.
What's New in This Release:
· A global latexusage.asy file is no longer generated, in favour of individual latexusage-*.asy files.
· Global and local values can be given for the inline and attach asymptote.sty (version 1.15) options.
· Underscores were removed from the inlinetex .pre and .tex file names.
· Latexmk support was added for compiling changed figures only; this requires that the inline option be used for 3D figures.
· The asy() function was fixed.
· A multiple fraction bar bug in texpath was fixed.
· Portability issues were addressed.
· A frame label alignment problem was fixed.
· XeLaTeX PDF animations are now supported.
Asymptote is a powerful script-based vector graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for technical drawing.
Asymptote has labels and equations that are typeset with LaTeX, for high-quality PostScript output.
A major advantage of Asymptote over other graphics packages is that it is a programming language, as opposed to just a graphics program: it can therefore exploit the best features of script (command-driven) and graphical user interface (GUI) methods.
Here are some key features of "Asymptote":
· inspired by MetaPost, with much cleaner, powerful C++-like programming syntax and numerics;
· mathematically oriented (e.g. rotation of vectors by complex multiplication);
· LaTeX typesetting of labels (important for document consistency);
· compiles figures into virtual machine code for speed without sacrificing portability;
· uses simplex method and deferred drawing to solve overall size constraint issues between fixed-sized objects (labels and arrowheads) and objects that should scale with figure size;
· high-level graphics commands are implemented in the Asymptote language itself, allowing them to be easily tailored to specific applications;
· provides a standard for typesetting mathematical figures, just as TeX/LaTeX has become the standard for typesetting equations.
What's New in This Release:
· A global latexusage.asy file is no longer generated, in favour of individual latexusage-*.asy files.
· Global and local values can be given for the inline and attach asymptote.sty (version 1.15) options.
· Underscores were removed from the inlinetex .pre and .tex file names.
· Latexmk support was added for compiling changed figures only; this requires that the inline option be used for 3D figures.
· The asy() function was fixed.
· A multiple fraction bar bug in texpath was fixed.
· Portability issues were addressed.
· A frame label alignment problem was fixed.
· XeLaTeX PDF animations are now supported.
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