Re: Line thickness for ParametricPlot3D
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- Subject: [mg7333] Re: [mg7302] Line thickness for ParametricPlot3D
- From: jpk at max.mpae.gwdg.de
- Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 22:27:03 -0400 (EDT)
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> From elsner at avalon.msfc.nasa.gov Fri May 23 10:29:34 1997
> Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 01:41:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From: elsner at avalon.msfc.nasa.gov (Ron Elsner)
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Subject: [mg7333] [mg7302] Line thickness for ParametricPlot3D
>
> in 3.0, I am composing a Graphics3D object in order to
> illustrate an experimental concept, and am representing
> photons with wiggly lines using ParametricPlot3D. How
> do I change the thickness of lines drawn with Parametric-
> Plot3D? The usual options LineStyle or PlotStyle aren't
> recognized by Graphics3D objects.
>
> --Ron Elsner
> ES84, NASA MSFC
> Huntsville, AL 35812
>
Hi Ron,
here is one solution
Make the picture
pltpic=ParametricPlot3D[
{Sin[8*u]*Sin[u],Cos[8*u]*Sin[u],Cos[u]},
{u,0,2Pi},PlotPoints->200];
and make the lines thicker
Show[Graphics3D[{Thickness[0.015],First[pltpic]}]];
Hope that helps
Jens