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IDL

Description

IDL (Interactive Data Language) is designed for various kinds of scientific visualization and animations. IDL is an OpenGL-based object oriented graphics language that allows reconstruction of 3-D scenes with spatial perspective and view plane based rendering for interactive visualizations.

Location

  /usr/local/pkg/idl/current

Usage

 Run one of the following commands:
    % idl
    % idlde

The two commands differ in their display capabilities. The non-graphical, command line oriented version of IDL is called by the idl command. The idlde command brings up a graphical interface. If you need help getting the program to display remotely, please contact User Support.

More Information

 

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