Re: Q: smooth 3Dplot with big mesh
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- Subject: [mg20869] Re: [mg20837] Q: smooth 3Dplot with big mesh
- From: "David Park" <djmp at earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 01:09:45 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
> 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) > >Greetings > Christoph > >PS: its Mathematica 3 under NT > >-- >the adress is valid >for faster reply use handel at the same host > > Christoph, You just need to use a different number of plot points for the two coordinates. This gives a nice plot. CylindricalPlot3D[Sin[5 f], {r, 2, 4}, {f, 0, 2 Pi}, PlotPoints -> {8, 71}]; David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/