Re: countour plot (in 3D)
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- Subject: [mg105340] Re: [mg105308] countour plot (in 3D)
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:08:39 -0500 (EST)
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This is easy with the Presentations package. Since you didn't give us sample data, here is an example for a regular contour plot with several colored spheres added to flesh out a true 3D plot. The operative function is RaiseTo3D. It also calculates and includes the VertexNormals so the color shading will be smooth. (In this case the contour plot was placed at the z==0 level, but it could have been placed at any z value. The contour plot could also have been raised to a curved surface.) Needs["Presentations`Master`"] Draw3DItems[ {(* Draw the contour plot in 2D and raise it to 3D *) Opacity[.7], ContourDraw[Sin[x] + Sin[y], {x, -5, 5}, {y, -5, 5}, ColorFunction -> ColorData["StarryNightColors"]] // RaiseTo3D[0 &], (* Add two colored spheres *) Opacity[1], Yellow, Sphere[{\[Pi]/2, \[Pi]/2, 1}, 1], Darker[Blue], Sphere[-{\[Pi]/2, \[Pi]/2, 1}, 1]}, NeutralLighting[0, .5, .1], NiceRotation, ImageSize -> 400] David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/ From: Claus [mailto:clausenator at gmail.com] Hi, I have a set of 720 measurements at locations (x,y,z), each associated with a value (f). The y is constant for all locations. So I can generate a ListContourPlot quite easily and nicely. Now I want to show the contour in 3D. This means essentially I want to show a contoured plane in 3D. I want to do this in 3D because I want to add other sets of measurements which are at different (x,y,z) locations (other planes), subsequently. How can this be done? I tried ListContourPlot3D, however it tells me this (which I don't understand): ListContourPlot3D::invpts: "\!\(\* StyleBox[\"\"\", \"MT\"]\)-- Message text not found -- Can anybody tell what this message means (or what I am doing wrong)? What excatly can I adjust with the option Contours? The help says "how many or what contour surfaces to show". Does that mean, for my first try with the one set of 720 measurements I would put Contours->{1}? Thank you, Claus