Re: Mathematica Art
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- Subject: [mg8186] Re: [mg8120] Mathematica Art
- From: Fabian Haas <b5hafa at rz.uni-jena.de>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 03:07:09 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
fractalier at aol.com (Fractalier) wrote: >I have recently been given access to Mathematica 2.2 but have little >knowledge about it's use and syntax, etc... The professor who turned me >on to it intimated that it had a rather steep learning curve so I thought >I would approach all of you first.... > >I am very interested in generating interesting 3D solids for texture >mapping and rendering...I have used another system quite a lot in the past = and >have done quite a bit with Spherical-Harmonics-type 3D forms in both >spherical and cylindrical coordinates. Please visit www.lifesmith.com to >see what I mean. > >What I need is some simple instruction, code fragments, pointers, >suggestions, anything that allows me to hit the ground running so to >speak...My old prof raves about this program and its >wonderful graphics capabilities but doesn't have the time to devote to >me.... > >Thank you very much in advance. Kindly post your replies here or e-mail >me at fractali at www.lifesmith.com. > >Take care, > >Jeff Berkowitz, M.S. >Fractalier/Owner >Lifesmith Classic Fractals Jeff, well for the basics just get the Mathematica Handbook which contains almost= everthing on Graphics primitive, options etc. It also includes small= program examples, so you can learn the syntax. If you professor has the= full version then he must have this book otherwise look in the library. The= Author is Stephen Wolfram, its thick and black. The next step is Tom Wickham-Jones Mathematica Graphics which goes much= more into detail but you will need a little understanding of the code= before. Should also be available in a good library. (If you need details to= get it write me). Also you could try http://www.wolfram.com/index.html and http://www.mathsource.com/ There you should be able to find further hints on graphics and fractals. Last but not least I programmed a few filters which translate Mma Graphics= in DXF and Rotater files. Hope that helps =46abian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.Biol. Fabian Haas, MPhil Institut f=FCr Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie Erbertstr. 1 D-07743 Jena b5hafa at pop3.uni-jena.de http://www.zoo.uni-jena.de/~fabian/ Deutschland / Germany TEL ++ 49 3641 630 424 =46AX ++ 49 3641 630 392 :-) (-: -------------------------------------------------------------------------