Plotting Solids in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg8321] Plotting Solids in Mathematica
- From: djoseph at unlgrad1.unl.edu (deepu s joseph)
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 13:24:36 -0400
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello I am new to Mathematica. Could any one give a suggestion on how to plot a solid and distort it in mathematica. Suppose I have a cube , I know how every point (x,y,z) of the cube (let us consider this as the undeformed solid) is going to transform into a new set of ppoints (X,Y,Z) (so as to form the deformed solid). I have the analytical expressions transforming guess(x,y,z)->(X,Y,Z). So I guess the deformed solid is kind of parametric depending on the undeformed coordinates (x,y,z) I know that there are some functions to plot 3D Surfaces. So what I was thinking was is work out the equations of the bounding surfaces of the solid and then plot them together in the same graph to get the solid. This looks a bit cumbersome. Is there any other way to generate solids if we know their (x,y,z) set or something. Any response will be appreciated Thanks a lot Deepu -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Res: 628, South 12 street, Apt# 5 Lincoln, NE-68508