Re: Trouble with Rotate
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- Subject: [mg83359] Re: Trouble with Rotate
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:49:09 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <fhmh8n$adj$1@smc.vnet.net>
Sergio Miguel Terrazas Porras wrote:
> I am having trouble with Rotate.
>
> Here is the problem:
>
> I have a Graphics3D object called circ1 (obviously a circle in 3D space).
>
> r=1;q=p/4;
>
> circ1=ParametricPlot3D[{r*Sin[q]*Cos[f],r*Sin[q]*Sin[f],r*Cos[q]},{f,0,2 p}]
>
> Now I want to rotate it by some angle about the vector eje={1,0,0} or
> whatever vector.
>
> y=p/4;eje={1,0,0};p={0,0,0};
>
> Graphics3D[Rotate[circ1,y,eje]]
>
> What I get is the message "Rotate is not a Graphics3D primitive or
> Directive" (??)
<snip>
Because *Rotate* expects a set of 3D graphics primitives (like
*Cuboid[]* or Cylinder[]) as first argument and not a full *Graphics3D*
object (that is a curve and its axes and all its options, etc.).
From the online help:
"Rotate[g,\[Theta],w] rotates 3D graphics primitives by \[Theta] radians
around the 3D vector w anchored at the origin."
Also, "ParametricPlot3D returns Graphics3D[GraphicsComplex[data]]."
Regards,
--
Jean-Marc