Re: Manipulate Issue - resend with code
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- Subject: [mg99638] Re: [mg99610] Manipulate Issue - resend with code
- From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 05:14:14 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: jfultz at wolfram.com
On Sat, 9 May 2009 03:20:59 -0400 (EDT), Kevin J. McCann wrote:
> Below is the "Neat Example" from the Manipulate Help. My issue is that
> when one of the charges is dragged around, the contour plot is really
> crummy, i.e. very low res, until you take your finger off the mouse.
> Similarly when the manipulate is allowed to run movie-style. Any ideas
> about how to get this to "look nice"?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
>
> Manipulate[
> ContourPlot[
> q1/Norm[{x, y} - p[[1]]] + q2/Norm[{x, y} - p[[2]]], {x, -2,
> 2}, {y, -2, 2}, Contours -> 10], {{q1, -1}, -3, 3}, {{q2, 1}, -3,
> 3}, {{p, {{-1, 0}, {1, 0}}}, {-1, -1}, {1, 1}, Locator},
> Deployed -> True]
This is done to speed up the Manipulate. It's controlled by the
PerformanceGoal option, which is set to a variable that changes while
the Manipulate is being changed. You can override the option manually. E.g.,
Manipulate[
ContourPlot[
q1/Norm[{x, y} - p[[1]]] + q2/Norm[{x, y} - p[[2]]], {x, -2,
2}, {y, -2, 2}, Contours -> 10,
PerformanceGoal -> "Quality"], {{q1, -1}, -3, 3}, {{q2, 1}, -3,
3}, {{p, {{-1, 0}, {1, 0}}}, {-1, -1}, {1, 1}, Locator},
Deployed -> True]
but the resulting Manipulate will be much slower.
Sincerely,
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.