Re: General::obspkg and "Compatibility Guide"???
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- Subject: [mg75620] Re: General::obspkg and "Compatibility Guide"???
- From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 05:26:36 -0400 (EDT)
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In 5.2:
"TranslateShape[graphics3D, {x, y, z}] translates
the three-dimensional graphics object by the specified vector."
In 6:
Translate[g,{x,y,\[Ellipsis]}]
represents graphics primitives g translated by the vector {x,y,\
[Ellipsis]}.
--David
http://scientificarts.com/worklife
On May 6, 2:12 am, beckman <bc.beck... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello -- I'm trying to get my old notebooks to work in Mathematica 6. I use
> "TranslateShape," for instance, just about everywhere.
> "TranslateShape" used to be defined in Graphics`Shape`. But that's now
> obsolete, and I get the following error message
>
> <<Graphics`Shapes`
>
> General::obspkg: Graphics`Shapes` is now obsolete. The legacy version
> \
> being loaded may conflict with current Mathematica functionality. See
> \
> the Compatibility Guide for updating information.
>
> If I highlight "TranslateShape" and press F1, I get a search
> failure ... (Transforming XML (XML Package Tutorial)
>
> If I highlight General::obspkg and press F1, I get a search
> failure ... (did not match any documents)
>
> If I search for "Compatibility Guide" I get nothing
>
> I'm completely hosed. The old stuff I needed for everything is just
> *poof* gone without a trace.
>
> Clues, anyone?