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Re: Asking you how to...

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• Subject: [mg19550] Re: Asking you how to...
• From: David Annetts <dannetts at laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au>
• Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 23:06:55 -0400
• Organization: CRCAMET/Macquarie University
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Hi Huberto 
> 
> Dear Sir,
> 
> I am having a hard time to find out how to use Mathematica to plot
> experimental Physics results which consist of a set of lines with
> three measured numbers each, respectively corresponding to
> 
>      DataX  DataY  DataZ[DataX,DataY]
> 
> that is, where DataZ is a measured quantity whose two-dimensional
> dependence on variables DataX and DataY should be graphically
> displayed through three-dimensional and contour plots of DataZ as a
> function of DataX and DataY. Please note, however, that DataX and
> DataY are not evenly spaced, so that I cannot just take DataZ as an
> array and use ReadList and ListPlot3D or ListContourPlot to draw
> graphics showing DataZ dependence on DataX and DataY.
> 
> I am using Mathematica Version 2.2. Please, tell me how to do it.

There are at least three methods.

Firstly, you can use functions in DiscreteMath`ComputationalGeometry`.  In V4,
it comes with the online help.  For V2.2,  Shaw & Tigg's book runs through the
gory details.

The second method is to use functions in Wickham-Jones' ExtendGraphics`
package.  This is on MathSource.

If neither of these appeals, try ListSurfacePlot3D.  This one lives in
Graphics`Graphics3D.

Regards,


Dave.

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