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Re: Intersection of coordinate axes in origin (3d plot)

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• Subject: [mg57095] Re: [mg57066] Intersection of coordinate axes in origin (3d plot)
• From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 03:03:51 -0400 (EDT)
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How do you make a "variable name" with a blank in it?


On 5/14/05, Gernot Pfanner <pfannerg at stud.uni-graz.at> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Is there a way to produce "cross"-style axes (hence which intersect in
> the origin [0,0,0]) in 3d-plots?
> Since this doesn't seem to implemented in standard-Mathematica, I thought
> of combining Line[]'s with the actual plot. But this doesn't work.
> Concretely:
> 
> <<Graphics'ParametricPlot3D';
> 
> Plot_px=SphericalPlot3D[(Abs[SphericalHarmonicY[1,1,theta,phi]])**2,
>         {theta,0,Pi},{phi,0,2*Pi}];
> grd=Graphics3D[Line[{{-1,0,0},{1,0,0}}]];
> 
> Show[{grd,Plot_px}];
> 
> results in:
> 
> "Show::gcomb: An error was encountered in combining the graphics objects
> in Show[{-Graphics3D-,Plot_px}]
> 
> In this spirit
> With thanks in advance
> Yours Gernot
> 
> 


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    • From: Gernot Pfanner <pfannerg@stud.uni-graz.at>