Re: Possible mistake in ListPointPlot3D?
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- Subject: [mg79788] Re: Possible mistake in ListPointPlot3D?
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 05:58:28 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <f8v147$d73$1@smc.vnet.net>
Curtis Osterhoudt wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I haven't investigated this nearly so extensively as I probably should, but
> try the following:
>
> ListPointPlot3D[
> {{1, 2, 3}, {1, 1, 1}, {0, 0, 0}},
> Filling -> Automatic]
>
> The 3D scatter plot is produced correctly, with no stems from the points
> to anywhere (as expected). However, the error message
> generated, "Filling::invfilling: Automatic must be Axis, Top, Bottom,
> Automatic, \
> a numerical or a list of valid Filling entries.", doesn't make sense to me,
> especially since "Automatic" *is* what is specified. The other possibilities
> for this option do seem to work for me.
>
> I might just be totally missing the point of even having "Automatic" as an
> option in this function. I might also not have interpreted the error message
> correctly.
>
> This is on
>
> $Version
>
> "6.0 for Linux x86 (32-bit) (June 19, 2007)"
>
>
I witness the same behavior on my Wintel system (plot correctly
displayed in all cases, error message whenever Automatic is used, no
message when other options are used).
In[6]:= $Version
Out[6]= "6.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (June 19, 2007)"
Regards,
Jean-Marc