Re: a visualization problem in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg38345] Re: a visualization problem in Mathematica
- From: Martin Kraus <Martin.Kraus at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 01:37:03 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Stuttgart
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Borut L wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have the following problem. Given two random points on a sphere, I would
> like to connect them with a curve that goes 'approximately' on the sufrace
> of the spehere. I wrote approximately, because the curve would be made of
> line segments.
>
> Connecting the points with a straigh line is achived by Line[{pt1,pt2}].
>
> I am failing to get good ideas on how to approach the problem, would
> appreciate any hint / trick / tip.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Borut Levart
>
> Slovenia
Hi,
see this example (needs Java):
http://wwwvis.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/~kraus/LiveGraphics3D/examples/parametrized/greatcircle.html
Cheers
Martin
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