Re: Trying to animate the rotation of a plane about an axis using dynamic visualizer - MoviePlot3D.nb (0/1)
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- Subject: [mg64108] Re: Trying to animate the rotation of a plane about an axis using dynamic visualizer - MoviePlot3D.nb (0/1)
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 05:05:31 -0500 (EST)
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- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, you need to specify the "PlotRange" option. Daniel Math Novice wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to use dynamic visualizer 1.1 to graph a MovePlot3D > expression showing the rotation of a plane but I keep getting error > messages like "MathLink Parsing Error: Couldn't Parse a valid MathLink > Expression for MovePlot3D". I have included the Mathematica notebook > of the MoviePlot3D expression I'm trying to graph as an attachment > with this post (I hope that's allowed). > > What I am trying to do is visualize how the plane of a car's wheel > changes as the semi-trailing arm it is attached to rotates from, say, > q=0 degrees (parallel to ground) to q= -90 degrees (trailing arm > rotated up 90 degrees). > > http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9034/semitrailingarm25ui.jpg > > I am able to graph it using just Mathematica 5.0 after loading > <<Graphics`Animation` but Mathematica doesn't use the same scale for > each individual graph (for example, the z range might be 10 for one > graph and 400 for another) so that you can't get an accurate picture > of how the plane's orientation really changes as the trailing arm > rotates. So my question is, can I use dynamic visualizer to animate > how the wheel's plane changes as the trailing arm rotates like you > could, for example, with a CAD program? >
