Asymptote is a powerful descriptive 2D and 3D vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. It provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Asymptote is a programming language as opposed to just a graphics program. It can exploit the best features of script (command-driven) and graphical user interface (GUI) methods. High-level graphics commands are implemented in the language itself, allowing them to be easily tailored to specific applications.
Changes: The 3D perspective sizing routines were improved. The offset in transformed 3D labels with render=0 and 3D planar arrowhead gaps were fixed. Pen width envelope contributions were fixed. The contour algorithm was improved. Default font problems were fixed. The size of pngalpha images was fixed. The -alpha Off default convert option was removed in favor of convertOptions="-alpha Off". Inlinetex support for xelatex was updated. Transformations are now respected by latticeshade. The Bessel functions were renamed to Jn and Yn. The expression % expands to the last interactive result.
Release Tags: major bug fixes
Tags: Scientific/Engineering, Visualization, education, Text Processing, Markup, TeX/LaTeX, Mathematics, multimedia, Graphics, Editors, Vector-Based, 3D Modeling
Licenses: LGPLv3