New Capabilities

ElementsVersion 9.1 has new capabilities that extend existing capabilities.

  • Faster floating-point operations.
  • More mathematical special functions.
  • Better rendering of self-intersecting surfaces.
  • More plot types that include xy, xyz, log, loglog, scatter, polar, pie, bar, and ribbon plots.
  • One-point (initial-value) geodesic computation.
  • Unified manifold and geodesic dialog box that allows the user to set many graph properties.
    Manifold dialog
  • Elements' document has no size limit other than total computer virtual memory.
  • Elements' document is an ActiveX container client that allows insertion of components from other programs, such as EleRender, ElePlot, and Equation Editor.
  • Multiple documents types besides the Elements' document. EleScript and EleData are text files of user-written scripts and data respectively. EleWorkspace collects other documents into a workspace for simultaneous opening and saving.
  • Better dialog boxes including an improved way to set options.
  • An install-uninstall setup program that is Windows 95/98 compliant.
  • More efficient memory management using reference counting.
  • Send Elements documents by email.