A sample Notebook

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N[Pi, 200]

Plot3D[Sin[Sqrt[2  x^3 + y^3 + 12]], {x, 0, 4}, {y, 0, 3}, 
        PlotPoints -> {50, 50}];

ContourPlot[Sin[Sqrt[2  x^3 + y^3 + 12]], {x, 0, 4}, {y, 0, 3}, 
        PlotPoints -> {50, 50}, ColorFunction -> Hue];

s = 
      Integrate[LegendreP[2, x] Exp[-a x^2], {x, -1, 1}]

Plot[s, {a, 0, 20}, 
        PlotStyle -> {Dashing[{ .02,  .02}], RGBColor[1, 0, 0], 
            Thickness[ .01]}];

These are all Encapsulated PostScript (full vector) graphics.

Variables

al = 3 x^2 - y^3

q = Sqrt[al]

Extensibility

<< Graphics`ContourPlot3D`

ContourPlot3D[
      Cos[Sqrt[x^2 + y^2 + z^2]], {x, -2, 2}, {y, 0, 2}, {z, -2, 
        2}]

ContourPlot3D

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