Re: Irregular Behavior of TranslateShape and RotateShape
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- Subject: [mg73032] Re: [mg73013] Irregular Behavior of TranslateShape and RotateShape
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:48:16 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
Works fine with version 5.2 on Mac OS 10.4.8
Might be a version-specific problem.
Bob Hanlon
---- battlecry3289 at yahoo.com wrote:
> Irregular Behavior of TranslateShape and RotateShape with
> ParametricPlot3D
>
> I have been successful in creating desired shapes with
> ParametricPlot3D and then using TranslateShape and RotateShape on
> them. Next time I start Mathematica TranslateShape and RotateShape do
> not recognize the ParametricPlot3D as a graphics object and error
> out. Sometimes it works again. For instance this sample code from
> the Wolfram website errors out:
>
> Needs["Graphics`ParametricPlot3D`"]
> Needs["Graphics`Shapes`"]
>
> Show[TranslateShape[SphericalPlot3D[2, {theta, 0, Pi}, {phi, 0, 2Pi},
> \
> DisplayFunction -> Identity], {1, 2, -2}], DisplayFunction -> \
> $DisplayFunction];
>
> TranslateShape is not a type of graphics.
>
> This is so frustrating. Can anybody give me any hints where to start
> troubleshooting this?
>
> Thanks
>