Re: Plot Truncation in RealTime3D
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- Subject: [mg65509] Re: Plot Truncation in RealTime3D
- From: "Narasimham" <mathma18 at hotmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 06:51:49 -0400 (EDT)
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Peter Pein wrote:
> Narasimham schrieb:
> > a) How to make ParametricPlot3D to plot in the required PlotRange for
> > top half surface only?
> > b) How to omit/hide circumferential circles or parameter lines of al
> > in Show[pos,neg] ? TIA
> >
> > <<RealTime3D`
> > pos=ParametricPlot3D[ {Cosh[th] Cos[th+al], th, Cosh[th]Sin[th+al]},
> > {th,-1.2, 1.2 }, {al,0, 2 Pi} ,PlotRange-> { { -2,2},{2,0},{0,2} } ];
> > neg=ParametricPlot3D[ {Cosh[th] Cos[th+al], th, -Cosh[th]Sin[th+al]},
> > {th,-1.2, 1.2 }, {al,0, 2 Pi} ,PlotRange-> { { -2,2},{2,0},{0,2} } ];
> > Show[pos,neg] ;
> > <<Default3D`
> >
> Well, I guess you want
>
> In[1]:=
> clipLine[pts_Line] := Module[{p2 = Sort[pts[[1]], #1[[3]] > #2[[3]] & ]},
> If[p2[[1,3]] < 0, Unevaluated[Sequence[]],
> If[p2[[2,3]] < 0, p2[[2]] = p2[[1]] + (p2[[1,3]]*Subtract @@ p2)/(p2[[2,3]] - p2[[1,3]])];
> Line[p2]]]
>
> In[2]:=
> {pos, neg} = Block[{$DisplayFunction = #1 & },
> (Table[ParametricPlot3D[{Cosh[th]*Cos[th + al], th, #1*Cosh[th]*Sin[th + al]},
> {th, -1.2, 1.2}], {al, 0, 2*Pi, Pi/12}] & ) /@ {1, -1} /. l_Line :> clipLine[l]];
>
> In[3]:=
> << "RealTime3D`"
>
> In[4]:=
> Show[pos, neg]
Can now orient only the needed lines by mouse,and it comes out so
wunderschön. Thanks, Narasimham