Re: ParametricPlot3D
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- Subject: [mg61718] Re: [mg61693] ParametricPlot3D
- From: "Jose Luis Gomez" <jose.luis.gomez at itesm.mx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 05:01:46 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello Maurits
You just need to write Evaluate[ToPlot] instead of ToPlot, here it is:
ToPlot = {{Cos[f] Sin[t], Sin[t] Sin[f], Cos[t]}, {Cos[f] Sin[t] + 1, Sin[t]
Sin[f], Cos[t]}};
ParametricPlot3D[Evaluate[ToPlot], {t, 0, 3.1415}, {f, 0, 2 3.1415}];
Bye!
Jose Luis
http://homepage.cem.itesm.mx/lgomez/
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Maurits Haverkort [mailto:Haverkort at ph2.uni-koeln.de]
Enviado el: Miércoles, 26 de Octubre de 2005 12:02 a.m.
Para: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
Asunto: [mg61693] ParametricPlot3D
Dear all
I want to plot several surfaces in one plot and used for that
ParametricPlot3D. Everything works fine if I enter the definitions for the
functions inline. If I define however a variable (list) that holds the
different functions it does not work anymore. Does anybody know a way out?
The functions I want to plot are for example two spherse of unit radia
centered at 000 and 100. (I need in the end to plot funcitons (R[t,f]
centered at different orrigens)
If I write it inline it works fine
ParametricPlot3D[{{Cos[f] Sin[t], Sin[t] Sin[f], Cos[t]}, {Cos[f] Sin[t] +
1, Sin[t] Sin[f], Cos[t]}}, {t, 0, 3.1415}, {f, 0, 2 3.1415}];
If however I first define my functions and then try to plot:
ToPlot = {{Cos[f] Sin[t], Sin[t] Sin[f], Cos[t]}, {Cos[f] Sin[t] + 1, Sin[t]
Sin[f], Cos[t]}};
ParametricPlot3D[ToPlot, {t, 0, 3.1415}, {f, 0, 2 3.1415}];
I get the error:
ParametricPlot3D::ppfun : Argument ToPlot is not a list with three or four
elements. More.
Since the function I need to plot is a result of a calculation I rather need
to input it as a variable. Any sugestions?
Thanks,
Maurits