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Re: 3D vector plots and shading

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg21521] Re: 3D vector plots and shading
• From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
• Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 02:43:37 -0500 (EST)
• Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
• References: <85cnln$lip@smc.vnet.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi Keith,

you can't look inside the box. The best way is to draw only 3 faces
(build from polygons) of your box and/or draw the outlines of the
remainign faces.

Hope that helps
  Jens

Keith wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been trying to plot a 3D vector field inside a box
> with one half shaded gray. I have tried combining the
> ListPlotVectorField3D output and a cuboid (GrayLevel[0.8])
> using the Show command but the cuboid obscures the
> vector field. Does anyone have any idea as to how I could
> display the vector field on TOP of the shaded cuboid?
> Is there another way to shade 1/2 of the region of the vector
> field?
> 
> Thanks much,
> 
> Keith
>