METAGRAF download - METAGRAF 5-01 / 6-01

METAGRAF - Drawing application for TeX trough MetaPost.

Updated by smuelas on Tuesday, May 08th 2007.

A new compilation of Metagraf for use with Java6 is already available.

The last release of METAGRAF is available for download. It is a totally revised version with very important changes that makes its use a lot more friendly and simply to use.It includes viewers to see continuously the modified graphic.As always, it is the best translator available for graphic-Metapost. Now with new sophisticated objects as Nurbs and Beta-Splines included.Working under the last version of the Java Virtual Machine, it outputs the Java file in XML format.

Licence : GPL

Version : 5-01 / 6-01 [Stable]

Platforms : ALL

Requirements : TeX package with Metapost, Java1.5

Metagraf recommendations

by Anonymous on Dec 06, 2002

The idea of using the power of metapost in MetaGraf is excellent and I have to congratulate the author for this great effort. I am including the following comments to help improve this piece of software.

1- Metagraf suffers from a robustness problem (especially when running on windows platforms). I am not sure if this is inherited from the robustness problems of java when it comes to running on different platforms, or it is just due to poor programming.

2- It lacks a menu. Using menus is very convenient and most softwares offer such a convenience.

3- It lacks an "undo" feature. This is very important!!!

4- It lacks a good manual.

5- It is a "big" project/software done by just one person so far. Most of the open source softwares (usually under GNU license) draw their success from their being the effort of a group of dedicated people. Each person helps within his or her expertise. Like that, the overall work is guaranteed to have the finest quality possible. As an example, the vast majority of the projects hosted by sourceforge.net are like that.

I wish you all the luck and success.

New version

by Anonymous on Aug 27, 2002

I don't know which are the "corresponding keys" so I'm having a hard time using the program. It's very frustrating to push buttons and nothing happens. I see the arrows after the file is compiled, but I don't see them after selecting. In fact I think the whole arrow choosing mechanism is very confusing and unhappy. I appreciate all the work that has been done but it still doesn't seem to work. I've pressed the "ghost" button (on the old version---on the new version nothing happens) and a lot of text flys by too fast to read but there must have been errors since nothing displays. It's all very discouraging.

Installation

by Anonymous on Jul 03, 2002

Although I have a fairly new version of Sun's Java VM installed, the install program of Metagraf complains that it cant't find the VM.

Suggestions

by Anonymous on May 17, 2002

Points not on the grid are can't be moved. (Should be fixed or at least configurable)

When trying to move one of an object's points it often occures, that the whole object is accidentally moved. This could be prevented by adding the need of a modifer-key (like Alt, Strg) for point-moves. (really annoying when objects are dense)

File Save / Open - Dialogs should remember last directory.

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Don't get me wrong. The current state of the project is pretty satisfying. I do not know any software, that produces cleaner MetaPost-output nor does support LaTeX-formated text!

Metagraf

by Anonymous on Mar 16, 2002

Excellent program. I use it all the time to produce simple diagrams and figures for economics.

I have followed it form the beginning, when it was extremely difficult to use. Nowadays, it has become easy to use and very powerful.

METAGRAF 5-01 / 6-01