Re: Contour Lines
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- Subject: [mg83627] Re: Contour Lines
- From: Oliver Ruebenkoenig <ruebenko at uni-freiburg.de>
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:46:13 -0500 (EST)
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Perhaps imsFindContour or imsFindContourElements can help you http://www.imtek.uni-freiburg.de/simulation/mathematica/IMSweb/imsTOC/Utlities/Graphics/UnstructuredPlotDocu.html Oliver On Fri, 23 Nov 2007, Wyn Evans wrote: > > How do you extract the coordinates of points making up a Contour Line as > a List? > > This has been dealt with before in the archive (see e.g., ) > but the code there seems no longer to work. For example, the following is > suggested > > f[x_, y_] := x^2 + 2y^2 > plot1 = ContourPlot[f[x, y], {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}, Contours -> {1}, > ContourShading -> False, PlotPoints -> {30, 30}]; > f[x_, y_] := x^2 + 2y^2 > plot1 = ContourPlot[f[x, y], {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2}, Contours -> {1}, > ContourShading -> False, PlotPoints -> {30, 30}]; > > Convert the ContourGraphics to Graphics and then extract the first part > and you will see how Mathematica represents the contours. > > contour = First@Graphics@plot1 > (output omitted) > > > I can see that the data I want (the actual coordinates) is there, but I > can't figure how to extract it as a matrix or list. > > > > Oliver Ruebenkoenig, <ruebenko AT uni-freiburg.de>