Abstract

IBM DX (Data Explorer) is the data-visualisation package recommended by Starlink, particularly for the visualisation of three-dimensional scalar and vector data. This cookbook provides a set of simple recipes for performing common operations using DX. No prior knowledge of DX is required. You can use the recipes as they are provided, if they are suitable for your purposes, or alternatively you can use them as a starting point for generating your own visualisations.

The cookbook also contains a brief summary of the DX data model. It is useful to have at least some understanding of this data model in order to use DX effectively.

This edition of the cookbook applies to Version 3.1 of DX.