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Re: Mathematica 7 is now available

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• Subject: [mg93683] Re: Mathematica 7 is now available
• From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:09:34 -0500 (EST)
• References: <gg0qf8$c6$1@smc.vnet.net> <gg3c6m$k2t$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Nov 21, 11:34 am, Helen Read <r... at math.uvm.edu> wrote:
> Szabolcs wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I would like to know if the two bugs mentioned here (and in other
> > messages) are still present in 7.0:
>
> >http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_...
>
> I'd like to know if the ability to set a RevolutionAxis (which was
> present in the old SurfaceOfRevolution, and is sorely missing in
> RevolutionPlot3D) has been added to RevolutionPlot3D.
>

Hello Helen,

RevolutionPlot3D does have a RevolutionAxis option in Mathematica
6.0.3.  Does it differ in any way from the RevolutionAxis option of
SurfaceOfRevolution?

Try this:

RevolutionPlot3D[Cos[x], {x, 0, Pi}, RevolutionAxis -> {1, 1, 0}]