Re: Q: smooth 3Dplot with big mesh
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- Subject: [mg20860] Re: Q: smooth 3Dplot with big mesh
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 01:09:37 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi Christoph,
CylindricalPlot3D[{Sin[5 f], EdgeForm[]}, {r, 2, 4}, {f, 0, 2 Pi},
PlotPoints -> {18, 36}]
will remove the polygon outlines.
Hope that helps
Jens
Christoph Handel wrote:
>
> howdy,
>
> i need to plot this function (Cylindrical Coordinates)
>
> Sin[5 f]
>
> So i load the package <<Graphics`ParametricPlot3D` an use
>
> CylindricalPlot3D[
> Sin[5 f],
> {r,2,4},
> {f,0,2 Pi}
> ]
>
> I would like to have a smooth curve, so i add
>
> PlotPoints -> 100 (ok now its real smooth ;-)
>
> but now there is an ugly black mesh drawn on the graphic. I can't see
> anything. Is there a way to make a smooth plot with y cylindrical mesh
> having reasonable spaces (e.g. drawing the mesh for every 6th
> calculatet point or something like that)
>