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MATFOR v4.1

Special Academic Discount pricing is good through June 30, 2007

"The Absoft Fortran compiler family v10 demonstrates high-performance, high-reliability and completeness in language support for 64-bit environments. The Absoft compilers support multiple platforms, allowing MATFOR to excel in multi-platform environments and enhancing performance by a noteworthy gain. Absoft Fortran compilers are definitely a highly valued companion of MATFOR."
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Simon Su, CTO, AnCAD, Inc.

Product Overview

NEW The MATFOR v4.1 Numerical and Visualization Libraries are available with Absoft's Pro Compiler Suite for Windows and now available with the new Absoft Fortran V10 compilers for Linux. MATFOR contains a set of numerical and visualization libraries developed especially for scientists and engineers. MATFOR may be applied to various fields, including wave propagation, fluid dynamics, and solid mechanics. The functions enhance your Fortran and C++ programs with dynamic visualization capabilities, shorten your numerical codes and speed up your development process. More...


Key Benefits


MATFOR v4.1 is the advanced visualization toolkit built on Fortran and C++ specifically designed for programmers in the scientific computing field.

MATFOR v4.1includes a collection of high-level graphical procedures developed with the mission of accelerating software development.

MATFOR v4.1 provides the ability to perceive modelling results with enhanced visualization and animation capabilities.

  • Advanced 2D/3D visualization
  • Instant visualization
  • Movie-like presentation
  • Real-time animation
  • Matlab-like syntax

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MATFOR demo

  View Sample MATFOR Visualization


Key Features

Advanced 2D/3D visualization:
MATFOR's graphics library contains high-level graphical procedures that support x-y plot, vector plot, contour, mesh plot, surface plot, isosurface plot, streamline, slicing plot, molecules plot and more. This variety of graphical procedures allows you to use different representation methods depending on what you want to emphasize on your simulation model.

Instant visualization:
MATFOR's Graphics Viewer displays high quality graphs with no need of Windows programming and graphics initialization. This visualization capability enables you to display graphs instantly with only a couple of lines of programming.

Movie-like presentation:
MATFOR's mfPlayer transforms computed data to movie-like animation and allow you to do additional graphical manipulations on it. This presentation capability makes you the director of your simulated animation that is to be presented to your audiences.

Real-time animation:
MATFOR's Graphics Viewer cooperates with its Data Viewer to display intermediate data during program execution. This real-time program monitoring mechanism significantly reduces the time and effort you spent on program development.

Matlab-like syntax:
MATFOR's mfArray provides dynamic data typing and dimensioning and it acts as the basic of MATFOR. This fundamental data structure brings simplicity as it enables you to use Matlab-like syntax in Fortran and C++ environment.

Numerical library:
MATFOR's numerical procedures are designed to be intuitive and simple to use. Using the numerical functions, you can solve many technical computing systems, especially those involving linear algebra system, in a fraction of the time it would take to write a program traditionally in Fortran or C++.

Product Description

MATFOR is a set of Fortran 90/95 and C/C++ libraries that enhances your program with dynamic visualization capabilities, shortens your numerical codes and speeds up your development process.

By adding a few lines of MATFOR codes to your Fortran program, you can easily visualize your computing results, perform run-time animations, or even produce a movie presentation file as you execute your program.

Debugging is facilitated with the debugging facilities provided by MATFOR Graphics Viewer. You can pause an animation, view the current data using MATFOR Data Viewer, and examine any aberrations.

MATFOR numerical procedures are designed to be intuitive and simple to use. Using the numerical procedures, you can solve many technical computing systems, especially those involving linear algebra system, in a fraction of the time it would take to write a program traditionally Fortran.

MATFOR v4.1 contains the following components:

  • MATFOR Numerical Library
  • MATFOR Graphics Library - This library is based on VTK 4.2
  • MATFOR Data Viewer
  • MATFOR Support Utility
  • MATFOR Demo and examples
  • Documentation:
    • MATFOR in Fortran Reference Guide
    • MATFOR in Fortran User's Guide

What's New

For What's New in version 4.1 click here.

MATFOR includes many new features:

Overall

  • Material and Transparency control editor and API
  • Axis and appearance editor and API
  • Colormap editor and API
  • Object position, rotaion and Eular angle manipulations
  • Bitmap exporting API
  • Axis grid, wall and ticks manipulations
  • Texture mapping on the surface object
  • User-defined windows position and size

Graphics

  • Ribbon
  • Tube
  • SolidContour, SolidContour3
  • Conour with labels
  • Outline
  • SliceXYZ, SliceIJK, SlicePlane, GetSliceXYZ, GetSliceIJK, GetSlicePlane
  • StreamTube, StreamRibbon, StreamDashedLine
  • TriCotour
  • Point Set
  • Delaunay, Delaunay3-D
  • Image, ImRead, ImWrite
  • ShowMessage, InputString, InputValue, Input Vector, InputMatrix
  • AxisMark
  • Quiver3 with cone glyphs

Data Viewer

  • Multi-dimensional array data supporting
  • data snapshot
  • data histogram
  • data selection filter
  • statistic analysis
Visualization Sample

Sample visualization created by MATFOR:

 

MATFOR Demo
Data courtesy of Prof. Ruey-Beei Wu/ Kuang-Hua Hsueh,
PhD Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University.

Ease of Use

MATFOR is a set of Fortran 90/95 and C/C++ libraries that enhances your program with dynamic visualization capabilities, shortens your numerical codes and speeds up your development process.

By adding a few lines of MATFOR codes to your Fortran program, you can easily visualize your computing results, perform run-time animations, or even produce a movie presentation file as you execute your program.

The MATFOR libraries offer developers great features such as Material and Transparency control, Axis and appearance, Colormap, Object position, rotaion and Eular angle manipulations, Bitmap exporting, Axis grid, wall and ticks manipulations and Texture mapping on the surface objects. Using these libraries allows developers more time to focus on specific application development and research rather than creating functions from scratch.

Availability Date

 

January 31, 2006

  • MATFOR now available bundled with Absoft Fortran for x86 and x64 Linux
  • MATFOR available bundled with Absoft Fortran forWindows

Terms and Conditions

Agreement: Absoft Software License Agreement.

Limited warranty applies: Yes

Warranty: Absoft and its Licensors warrant that the media on which the software is supplied shall be free of defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of 90 days from the date of purchase. For additional warranty information, see the Absoft Software License Agreement.

Introductory Software Maintenance applies: From date of purchase until version is no longer current; charges may apply afterwards.

Absoft branded products include Premier Technical Support and Initial Software Maintenance at no additional charge from the time of purchase for as long as the purchased version remains the current release version.

Premier Technical Support

Premier Technical Support includes free technical assistance for routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to) questions, limited code-related questions, access to the Absoft user forum and FAQ's and access to friendly technical support engineers via fax, email or telephone during normal support hours. Premier Technical Support is at no charge is as long as the purchased product version is current or the customer is still under Initial or Continuing Software Maintenance.

Initial Software Maintenance (ISM)

Initial Software Maintenance includes free electronic downloads of all interim Service Packs and Quick Fixes from Absoft. Version upgrades require separate purchase but at discounted prices.

Continuing Software Maintenance (CSM)

At the conclusion of the Initial Software Maintenance term (i.e. when a new version of the purchased product is released) customers may either purchase a Product Upgrade or within 30 days of the new product release, purchase Continuing Software Maintenance (CSM) for an additional 12 month maintenance term. Continuing Software Maintenance includes all elements of Premier Technical support plus all Product Upgrades issued during the 12 month Continuing Software Maintenance term. Annual renewals of Software Maintenance will be made available at low-cost to customers who renew within their unexpired Maintenance term.

For users electing not to renew Continuing Software Maintenance and having expired maintenance terms but later wishing to rejoin CSM, Reinstatement Software Maintenance (RSM) terms may be purchased.

Third party products distributed by Absoft are subject to license terms and policies of their respective manufacturers.

Please contact Absoft directly for further details or questions on Technical Support or Software Maintenance.

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MaxFlex· Flexible Licensing available: No

Floating Network Licenses available: No

Copy and use on home/portable computer: Yes, contact Absoft for details

Volume orders: Yes.  Contact Absoft sales directly.

System Requirements

MATFOR 4.1 is compatible with the new Absoft Fortran Compiler version 10.0

  • Linux
  • Pentium III
  • 256MB RAM
  • 128MB free HD space
  • Up to 4 CPUs only

MATFOR 4.1 is compatible with Pro Fortran Compiler Suite v9.0 and v10.0

  • Windows 2000/NT/XP/Vista
  • 256MB RAM
  • 128MB free HD space
  • Absoft Pro Fortran 10.0 or above

An OpenGL-accelerated card is highly recommended. MATFOR Graphics Library may not run without an OpenGL graphics card.

Try and Buy

Please email sales@absoft.com to request an evaluation copy.

You can view the following slideshow and animations to see what MATFOR can do for you.

Compatibility and Companion Products


Additional third party products can be found on Fortran resources.

Technical Support

Full technical support from friendly technicians is included at no additional charge with each new product from Absoft. To ensure your software continues running at maximum efficiency, all registered Absoft customers can download service packs and quick fixes at no charge.  Customers and partners can subscribe to Absoft's free electronic mailing list to receive electronic bulletins and update notices advising of new updates, changes in product releases, new product announcements, and other news.


Documentation

All versions include the MATFOR in Fortran Reference Guide,
the MATFOR in Fortran User's Guide, and the
MATFOR in Fortran Quick Start Guide.


Debugger Options

N/A
Additional Information / Notices

None


Pricing for MATFOR
Academic Pricing for MATFOR

Single User Licenses (Academic Pricing for Pro Fortran & MATFOR for Windows & Linux)

Special Academic Discount pricing below is good through June 30, 2007

Product Compiler Version
Part Number
Price Order
Absoft Standard Fortran / Linux + MATFOR 4.0 10.0 MATL2ESS41 $1579.00 Buy now
Pro Fortran / Windows + MATFOR 4.0
10.0
MTFW1ESS41
$1279.00 Buy now

All prices above reflect discount bundled with compiler.

Commercial / Government Pricing for MATFOR

Single User Licenses (Commercial Pricing for Pro Fortran & MATFOR 4.1 for Windows)

Product Compiler Version
Part Number
Price Order
Absoft Standard Fortran / Linux + MATFOR 4.0 10.0 MATL2CSS41 $2599.00 Buy now
Pro Fortran / Windows + MATFOR 4.0
10.0
MTFW1CSS41
$2499.00 Buy now

All prices above reflect discount bundled with compiler.