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Re: Thicker line in ParametricPlot3D?

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  • Subject: [mg45203] Re: Thicker line in ParametricPlot3D?
  • From: Bill Rowe <readnewsciv at earthlink.net>
  • Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 05:56:10 -0500 (EST)
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On 12/19/03 at 6:57 AM, sampo.smolander+newsnspam at helsinki.fi (Sampo Smolander) wrote:

> Is there a "normal" way to adjust the line thickness in
> ParametricPlot3D?

> I can adjust the line thickness by doing it like this:

>    fig = ParametricPlot3D[{t, t^2, t^3}, {t, 0, 1}];
>    fig[[1]] = Prepend[fig[[1]], Thickness[0.02]];
>    Show[fig]

> I'm just being curious, is there any easier way?

Yes.

Try ParametricPlot3D[{t, t^2, t^3}, {t, 0, 1}, Thickness@.02];

I don't know why, but directives to control plot color etc are included as a third argument to ParametricPlot3D rather than as a rule directive like other plotting functions.
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