Re: scaling 3D axes?
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- Subject: [mg7112] Re: [mg7086] scaling 3D axes?
- From: seanross at worldnet.att.net
- Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 02:57:12 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Bill Simpson wrote: > > I am doing a 3D surface plot using TriangularSurfacePlot. > I am using Mathematica 2.2.2. > > Needs["DiscreteMath`ComputationalGeometry`"] > > pts=Table[{ {0.6,0.02,0.08}, {0.6,0.05,0.16}, {0.6,0.10,0.21}, > {0.6, 0.25, 0.28}, > {0.6,0.50,0.36}, {0.6,1.00,0.54},{1.5,0.02,2.0}, {1.5,0.05,2.0}, > {1.5,0.10,2.7}, {1.5,0.25,2.4}, {1.5,0.50,1.3},{1.5,1.00,2.7}, > {3.0,0.02,4.2}, {3.0,0.05,2.8}, {3.0,0.10,3.9}, {3.0,0.25,3.6}, > {3.0,0.50,3.1}, {3.0,1.00,3.7}, > {12,0.02,0.81},{12,0.05,1.1},{12,0.10,1.9}, > {12,0.25,3.8}, {12,0.50,3.5}, {12,1.00,3.9}, {18,0.02,0.36}, > {18,0.05,0.55}, {18,0.10,0.77}, {18,0.25,1.5}, {18,0.50,2.9}, > {18,1.00,3.7}, {24,0.10,0.52}, {24,0.25,0.71}, {24,0.50,1.3}, > {24,1.00,2.9}, {30,0.25,0.40}, {30,0.50,0.67}, {30,1.00,1.2}, > {36,1.00,0.71} }] > > myplot=TriangularSurfacePlot[pts] > > Problem: > The plot is extremely squished on the y axis. Mathematica seems to > assume that all axes have to be on the same scale. Is there any > way to make the plot look like a cube, with the axis scales changed > accordingly? (PlotRange doesn't do this) > > Thanks very much for any help. > > Bill Simpson There are a few cases where the AspectRatio->Automatic option malfunctions in mathematica. The cure is simply to set it manually. As a general rule, when a function gives you something unexpected, type ??function to see what all the possible options are. That will give you a place to start from by trying them out and seeing what they do.