Scilab Features

Scilab has been designed to be an open system where the user can define new data types and operations on these data types by using overloading.

A number of toolboxes are available with the system:

• 2-D and 3-D Graphics, Animation
• Linear algebra, Sparse matrices
• Polynomials and Rational functions
• Interpolation, Approximation
• Simulation: ODE solver and DAE solver
• Xcos:  Hybrid Dynamic Systems Modeler and Simulator
• Classic and robust control, LMI optimization
• Differentiable and Non-Differentiable Optimization
• Signal Processing
• Image Processing
• Metanet: Graphs and Networks
• Parallel Scilab
• Instruments Modeling and Control
• Data analysis and Statistics, Data Handling
• Aerospace Blockset, CelestLab
• Serial Communication
• Education
• GUI Builder
• Physics
• Real-time simulation
• Number Theory and numerical maths
• Interface with Computer Algebra: Maple package for Scilab code generation
• Interface with Fortran, Tcl/Tk, C, C++, Java, LabVIEW
• Many more contributions for various domains.

A large number of contributions can be downloaded from Scilab Web site.

Scilab has been built using a number of external libraries.

Scilab works on most Unix systems (including GNU/Linux) and Windows (9X/2000/XP/Vista).
It comes with source code, on-line help and English user manuals.

Binary versions are available.