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Re: Possible mistake in ListPointPlot3D?

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  • Subject: [mg79855] Re: Possible mistake in ListPointPlot3D?
  • From: WetBlanket <Wyvern864 at gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 01:26:42 -0400 (EDT)
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On Aug 4, 5:09 am, Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gull... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Curtis Osterhoudt wrote:
> > Hi, all,
>
> >    I haven't investigated this nearly so extensively as I probably should, but
> > try the following:
>
> >  ListPointPlot3D[
> >  {{1, 2, 3}, {1, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 0}},
> >  Filling -> Automatic]
>
> >     The 3D scatter plot is produced correctly, with no stems from the points
> > to anywhere (as expected). However, the error message
> > generated, "Filling::invfilling: Automatic must be Axis, Top, Bottom,
> > Automatic, \
> > a numerical or a list of valid Filling entries.",  doesn't make sense to me,
> > especially since "Automatic" *is* what is specified. The other possibilities
> > for this option do seem to work for me.
>
> >     I might just be totally missing the point of even having "Automatic" as an
> > option in this function. I might also not have interpreted the error message
> > correctly.
>
> >    This is on
>
> >  $Version
>
> > "6.0 for Linux x86 (32-bit) (June 19, 2007)"
>
> I witness the same behavior on my Wintel system (plot correctly
> displayed in all cases, error message whenever Automatic is used, no
> message when other options are used).
>
> In[6]:= $Version
>
> Out[6]= "6.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (June 19, 2007)"
>
> Regards,
> Jean-Marc

I get the same result on my Windows XP system.



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