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Re: Re: Scalar plot in 3D

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• Subject: [mg96473] Re: [mg96409] Re: Scalar plot in 3D
• From: Franco Milicchio <franco.milicchio at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:10:21 -0500 (EST)
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On Feb 13, 2009, at 9:41am, dh wrote:

> Hi Franco,
>
> here is an example where the z-value is color coded:
>
> ParametricPlot3D[{{4 + (3 + Cos[v]) Sin[u], 4 + (3 + Cos[v]) Cos[u],
>    4 + Sin[v]}}, {u, 0, 2 Pi}, {v, 0, 2 Pi},
>  ColorFunction -> Function[{x, y, z}, Hue[z]]]
>
> her another one where the distance from the origin defines the color:
>
> ParametricPlot3D[{{4 + (3 + Cos[v]) Sin[u], 4 + (3 + Cos[v]) Cos[u],
>    4 + Sin[v]}}, {u, 0, 2 Pi}, {v, 0, 2 Pi},
>  ColorFunction -> Function[{x, y, z}, Hue[Norm[{x, y, z}]]]]
>
> hope this helps, Daniel



Hi Daniel,

Thanks, that helped a lot! It is quite strage to me that ColorFunction  
needs a unitary interval [0, 1], so I will scale down my domain and  
then use the Nearest[] function to find the scalar value "near" to a  
given point.

Thanks!

-- 
Franco Milicchio <franco.milicchio at gmail.com>

DiS - Dept. of Studies on Structures
DIA - Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
University Roma Tre
http://plm.dia.uniroma3.it/milicchio/

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  • Re: Scalar plot in 3D
    • From: dh <dh@metrohm.com>