Re: Ragged region boundary
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- Subject: [mg123294] Re: Ragged region boundary
- From: Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:23:10 -0500 (EST)
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Hi,
you have to install the XCode-tools separately, but they should be on
one of the DVDs you got. I always get XCode when buying an Apple.
But you don't have to use necessarily the "C" option. Just use Compile
and it should be faster.
Cheers
Patrick
On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 08:06 -0500, Chris Young wrote:
> This looks like a great idea. Thanks very much. Unfortunately, I can't
> seem to find a C compiler on my Mac. Maybe Apple is charging for the
> development package now, I don't know. I'll look into it.
>
> In[80]:= Needs["CCompilerDriver`"]
> In[86]:= CCompilers[]
> Out[86]= {}
>
> On 2011-11-29 12:10:24 +0000, Patrick Scheibe said:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > first you could compile your torus-function and compare the runtimes
> >
> > torus[c_, a_, u_, v_] := {(c + a Cos[v]) Cos[u], (c + a Cos[v]) Sin[u],
> > a Sin[v]};
> > torusCompiled =
> > Compile[{{c, _Real}, {a, _Real}, {u, _Real}, {v, _Real}},
> > {(c + a Cos[v]) Cos[u], (c + a Cos[v]) Sin[u], a Sin[v]},
> > CompilationTarget -> "C"];
> >
> > In[38]:= First[
> > AbsoluteTiming[Do[#[1.3, 0.3, 2.3, 4.5], {1000000}]]] & /@ {torus,
> > torusCompiled}
> >
> > Out[38]= {5.190318, 0.863473}
> >
> > and then you could set MaxRecursion to a higher value. Since then the
> > runtime drops further, you could use ControlActive to use a very fast
> > version, when you use the sliders. See the code at the end.
> >
> > Your "equator" is not the only unwanted boundary, but you don't see the
> > other one. These are the lines where your PlotRange ends. The doc to
> > BoundaryStyle says
> >
> > "For 3D graphics, it is also used at the boundary of regions defined by
> > PlotRange."
> >
> > So these lines are at 0 and 2Pi for both of your variables. I have no
> > idea how to turn them off.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Patrick
> >
> > Manipulate[
> > ParametricPlot3D[
> > torusCompiled[c, a, u, v], {u, 0, 2 \[Pi]}, {v, 0, 2 \[Pi]},
> > MeshFunctions -> {{x, y, z, \[Theta], \[Phi]} \[Function]
> > z + Tan[tilt] x},
> > RegionFunction -> ({x, y, z, \[Theta], \[Phi]} \[Function]
> > z <= -Tan[tilt] x),
> > Mesh -> mesh,
> > MaxRecursion -> ControlActive[0, 5],
> > MeshStyle -> {Lighter[Yellow], Tube[tubeR]},
> > BoundaryStyle -> {Lighter[Red], Tube[tubeR]},
> > PlotStyle -> {Orange, Opacity[opac]},
> > PlotPoints -> ControlActive[10, plotPts],
> > Axes -> True,
> > AxesLabel -> {"x", "y", "z"},
> > PlotRange -> {{-4, 4}, {-4, 4}, {-3, 3}},
> > BoxRatios -> {8, 8, 6},
> > ViewPoint ->
> > {
> > viewR Cos[view\[Theta]] Sin[view\[Phi]],
> > viewR Sin[view\[Theta]] Sin[view\[Phi]],
> > viewR Cos[view\[Phi]]
> > },
> > PerformanceGoal -> "Quality"
> > ],
> >
> > {{c, 3}, 0, 4},
> > {{a, 1}, 0, 3},
> > {{sphereR, 0.1}, 0, 0.5},
> > {{tubeR, 0.05}, 0, 0.5},
> > {{opac, 0.5}, 0, 1},
> > {{mesh, 0}, 0, 16, 1},
> > {{tilt, N[ArcSin[a/c]]}, 0, \[Pi]/2, \[Pi]/36},
> > {{plotPts, 50}, 0, 200, 5},
> > {{viewR, 100}, 0, 100, 5},
> > {{view\[Theta], \[Pi]/2}, 0, 2 \[Pi], \[Pi]/36},
> > {{view\[Phi], \[Pi]/2}, 0, \[Pi], \[Pi]/36}
> > ]
>
>