Is there any 'out-of-the-box' 2D/3D plotting library for C++? [closed]

Answer 1

Just an idea: Use Python as embeddable scripting language to plot your graphs. Python has a plethora of plotting libraries.

Answer 2

I'm all about ROOT for these needs. Pretty heavy if you don't need all the analysis support, though.

Answer 3

OpenGL. It WILL be hard and possibly rewriting the wheel, though. Keep in mind that OpenGL is a general 3D library, and not a specific plot library, but you can implement plotting based on it.

Answer 4

We use an ancient version of ComponentOne Chart.

Answer 5

I found the game library Allegro easy to use back in the day. Might be worth a look.

Answer 6

I programmatically provide required input files to GNUPlot executable and invoke it using system() function. It is suitable to my situation since I only want to visualize my data during research. But if you want the plotting functionality integrated into your executable file, maybe this is not for you :)