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Re: Sub-division of surface plotting by PlotPoints->{m,n}

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  • Subject: [mg85653] Re: Sub-division of surface plotting by PlotPoints->{m,n}
  • From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
  • Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:23:30 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <fp675t$5ao$1@smc.vnet.net>

Use a combination of PlotPoints and MaxRecursion to control the subdivision 
of the surface.
Use Mesh -> All to see what Mathematica is actually doing.

ParametricPlot3D[{u Cos[t], u Sin[t], t}, {u, 1, 2}, {t, 0, Pi},
 PlotPoints -> {2, 3},
 MaxRecursion -> 4,
 Mesh -> All]

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David Park
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"Narasimham" <mathma18 at hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:fp675t$5ao$1 at smc.vnet.net...
>I need to further sub-divide some skew quadrilaterals dividing each
> side again, say into 10 sub-divisions for each straight edge.Thanks in
> advance for such an  indication.
>
> ParametricPlot3D[ {u Cos[t], u Sin[t], t}, {u,1,2}, {v,0,Pi},
> PlotPoints-> {2,3} ]
>
> Narasimham
> 



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