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Re: ListPointPlot3D not composable?

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  • Subject: [mg97464] Re: ListPointPlot3D not composable?
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:33:50 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: Uni Leipzig
  • References: <gpdaam$jpn$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de

Hi,

Epilog can only contain 2d graphics objects, not 3d ones.

Regards
   Jens

congruentialuminaire at yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello MathGroup:
> 
> I want to annotate my 3D point plot, so I start with some Epilog
> statements (e.g. Point[]). An example is:
> 
> ListPointPlot3D[ReplacePart[Partition[Range[100], 10]
>    , {{3, 3} -> None, {5, 7} -> I, {8, 4} -> Missing["NotAvailable"]}]
>    , PlotStyle -> PointSize[Large]
>    , Epilog -> Point[{6, 6, 50}]
>    ]
> 
> I kept getting a message like:
> 
> "Array {6, 6, 50} has the wrong dimensions for a graphics coordinate
> list."
> 
> This does not make sense since this works fine:
> 
> Graphics3D@Point[{6, 6, 50}]
> 
> Now since the help for ListPointPlot3D[] says: "returns Graphics3D[]"
> I decided to try a list of Graphics3D[{e1,e2}] and then I get stuck
> on:
> 
> (* no Epilog statement now! *)
> q1 = ListPointPlot3D[ReplacePart[Partition[Range[100],
>      10], {{3, 3} -> None, {5, 7} -> I, {8, 4} ->
>       Missing["NotAvailable"]}], PlotStyle -> PointSize[Large]];
> Head@q1
>>> Graphics3D
> Graphics3D[q1]
>>> "Graphics is not a Graphics3D primitive or directive."
> Show@Graphics3D[q1]
>>> "Graphics is not a Graphics3D primitive or directive."
> q1
> (* output displays fine *)
> 
> So should this work? What I am doing seems simple. I am trying to
> think of another workaround for this. Is there some other way to make
> this work?
> 
> TIA.
> 
> Roger Williams
> Franklin Laboratory
> 


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