Re: Problems updating Graphics3D Polygons
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- Subject: [mg77620] Re: Problems updating Graphics3D Polygons
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:17:09 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <f4ol3r$6uj$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hi,
this will prbably fail with Mathematica 6
but
ExpandZ[g_, ratio_] :=
g /. Polygon[pts_] :> Polygon[#*{1, 1, ratio} & /@ pts];
should do it in version 5.x
Regards
Jens
chuck009 wrote:
> Hello guys. Can you help me write a function which takes a Graphics3D object and multiplies the z-coordinate of each point of all the polygons by a ratio. This is what I have so far but it's not working:
>
> In[473]:=
> ExpandZ[g_,ratio_]:=
> g/.Polygon[pts_]:>Polygon[{#[[1]],#[[2]],#[[3]]*ratio}& /@pts];
>
> When I test it with this simple Graphics3D object:
>
> gobject=Graphics3D[{Polygon[{{0.,0.5,1.28},{0.,0.,1.},{0.5,0.,1.28},{0.5,
> 0.5,1.64}}],Polygon[{{
> 0.5,0.5,1.64},{0.5,0.,1.28},{1.,0.,2.71},{1.,0.5,3.49}}]}];
>
> It doesn't do anything:
>
> g2=Expand[gobject,2]
> InputForm[g2]
>
> Out[475]=
> â??Graphics3Dâ??
>
> Out[476]//InputForm=
> Graphics3D[{Polygon[{{0., 0.5, 1.28}, {0., 0., 1.},
> {0.5, 0., 1.28}, {0.5, 0.5, 1.64}}],
> Polygon[{{0.5, 0.5, 1.64}, {0.5, 0., 1.28},
> {1., 0., 2.71}, {1., 0.5, 3.49}}]}]
>
> I'll keep working on it. Thanks!
>