Brock University Department of Physics

Introduction to physica for Physics students

First-time readers of this document should probably follow the normal sequence of sections, from first to last. As you become more experienced, or if you are returning to a previously interrupted tutorial session, you can jump directly into the section of interest.

This is a very simple introduction; you will soon outgrow it. At that time, on-line help facility should prove to be quite useful.

• 1. What is physica?
• 2. What am I supposed to know?
• 3. Hardware
• 4. A simple example
  • 4.1 Reading data into physica
  • 4.2 Programming with physica macros
  • 4.3 Getting help
  • 4.4 Hardcopy
• 5. Generating your own data
• 6. Changing the default settings
• 7. Surfaces, contours, and other 3D plots
  • 7.1 Generating 3D data
• 8. Real programming: if's and do's
• Appendix: On the Unix end

On-line help facility and index of commands

A two-page description of main features is available as a PostScript file.