Re: Vector Diagrams
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- Subject: [mg33518] Re: Vector Diagrams
- From: TerryH <tharter at attglobal.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 01:45:00 -0500 (EST)
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Hi Kevin: Could you please send me a copy of your routine for a 3D Arrow? Is it a package? Also, do you know of anything equivalent in MathSource? Many thanks in advance! ....Terry "Kevin J. McCann" wrote: > There is no 3D equivalent of Arrow; however, I have written a small routine > called Vector3D[{x1,y1,z1},{x2,y2,z2},HeadLength] that draws a line and an > inverted cone for the head of the vector. It works, but I usually have to > fiddle with the size of the cone through HeadLength to make it look right. > If you would like, I will send it to you. > > Kevin > > "Yas" <y.tesiram at pgrad.unimelb.edu.au> wrote in message > news:a7cspe$i17$1 at smc.vnet.net... > > Hi all, > > Can someone point me the right direction on how to go about drawing > > vector diagrams in Mathematica or if it can be done at all. I would like > > to draw several vectors in a sphere. Specifically I want the xy plane as > > a shaded ellipse and the three axes, originating from the centre of the > > ellipse with the z-axis vertical along the page and y-axis, horizontally > > along the page. In this frame I then want to draw vectors from the > > origin to various points within this sphere. > > Thanks > > Yas > > > >