Need application to graphically plot 2D paths

I personally don't know any applications that let you do that but I'm sure other folks will provide links to programs that do it for you.
However, it's quite easy to programmatically plot a curve and use interpolation to gather points along the curve. For example, here is a function I use that interpolates a cubic bezier curve:


Vec2 cubicBezierInterpolate(Vec2 P0, Vec2 P1, Vec2 P2, Vec2 P3, float t)
{
float u = 1.0f - t;
float tt = t * t;
float uu = u * u;
float uuu = uu * u;
float ttt = tt * t;
Vec2 p = P0 * uuu; // first term
p = p + (P1 * 3.0f * uu * t); // second term
p = p + (P2 * 3.0f * u * tt); // third term
p = p + (P3 * ttt); // fourth term
return p;
}


This function requires that you provide four control points for the curve and an interpolation value between 0 and 1.

If you just want to plot a circle or a simple curve, I recommend you check out this great article on cos and sin: http://www.helixsoft.nl/articles/circle/sincos.htm

Thank you for the code and the article. I found both of them to be very useful. I managed to cobble together a function that fit my needs for animation with it. It almost felt like I was in school again!

And if anyone knows any graphical program used to plot animation, please post or pm me. I'd really appreciate it.