Re: Axes in Plot3D and ListPlot3D
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg131234] Re: Axes in Plot3D and ListPlot3D
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:44:12 -0400 (EDT)
- Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@mail-archive0.wolfram.com
- Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@wolfram.com
- Delivered-to: mathgroup-outx@smc.vnet.net
- Delivered-to: mathgroup-newsendx@smc.vnet.net
Thanks. I was basically looking for confirmation that I hadn't overlooked something in the documentation. The transposition of the first two dimensions, compared to their interpretation in Plot3D, is something that I think ought to be mentioned explicitly as the second item in the Details section of the documentation, imediately after In ListPlot3D[array], array must be a rectangular array. Each element can be either a single real number representing a z value, or an {x,y,z} triple. ----- Tomas Garza <tgarza10 at msn.com> wrote: > The explanation lies in how Table constructs the array. > The definition in the Help browser says > > Table[expr,{i,Subscript[i, min], Subscript[i, max]}, > {j,Subscript[j, min], Subscript[j, max]}, ] gives a nested list. > The list associated with i is outermost. > > This is, I agree, contrary to what happens with a double integral, > where the inner integral goes first. And, of course, > it is not consistent with the way Plot3D works. > > -Tomas > >> From: koopman at sfu.ca >> Subject: Axes in Plot3D and ListPlot3D >> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:25:11 -0400 >> >> Plot3D[Sin[x + y^2],{x,-3,3},{y,-3,3},AxesLabel->{"x","y","z"}] >> >> gives a plot that I thought I could duplicate by creating a table >> >> z = Table[Sin[x + y^2],{x,-3,3,1/4},{y,-3,3,1/4}]; >> >> and then using ListPlot3D: >> >> ListPlot3D[z,AxesLabel->{"x","y","z"},MeshRange->{{-3,3},{-3,3}}] . >> >> That gives a different view of the same surface, with the wrong labels >> on the axes. To duplicate the Plot3D result I must transpose the array: >> >> ListPlot3D[Transpose@z,AxesLabel->{"x","y","z"},MeshRange->{{-3,3},{-3,3}}] >> >> That seems unreasonable. What have I missed? >> Is it mentioned somewhere in the documentation?