Re: Question on Generating Solids of Revolution
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg40879] Re: Question on Generating Solids of Revolution
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 01:15:43 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi, what may the standard package Graphics`SurfaceOfRevolution` do ? Draw a surface of revolution ? may be If you revolve a curve like y==x^2 you will never get a solid but Mathematica doen not know what a solid is .. Regards Jens Chee Lim Cheung wrote: > > Hi, > > How do I use Mathematica to plot 3D graphs of solids of revolution? > > Example: > A curve y=x^2 is revolved about the y-axis. How do I use Mathematica to > generate the solid of revolution? > > Chee