KnotPlot 14Dec06 review

KnotPlot is freeware to visualize, manipulate, and physically simulate mathematical knots.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: Robert Scharein Price: $0.00 Updated: 15 Dec 2006

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KnotPlot is freeware to visualize, manipulate, and physically simulate mathematical knots. Knots can be loaded from a database of almost 1 knots and links or sketched by hand in three dimensions. Also, knots may be constructed via the Conway notation or using a tangle calculator. A number of special knot types (torus knots, knot chains, Lissajous knots) may be created on the fly.

Finally, new knots can be created from old knots using a number of transformations.

The Mac OS X version, like all versions of KnotPlot, assumes a three button mouse, a workaround for this may be coming some day.

What's New:
Celtic Knotting
This feature has been available in a hidden form for a long time (over a year), but now it is directly available off of the Sketch panel.
Also included are a few example Celtic knot grids.