Re: AspectRatio unpredictable
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- Subject: [mg121456] Re: AspectRatio unpredictable
- From: Christopher Young <cy56 at comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:45:48 -0400 (EDT)
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Thanks very much. It looks like BoxRatios is what I was after.
Together with SphericalRegion -> True, this makes the bounding box keep
the same shape, which is what I was after. I think I should not set
AspectRatio, because when I'm turning the cube, the two-dimensional
bounding box may have to change size to accommodate the rotating cubic
bounding box.
A lot of details to work out, but the two things, BoxRatios set at 1,
and SphericalRegion set to true seem to guarantee the kind of stability
I was looking for when rotating the graphic.
Chris
saddleStepPlot2[es_] :=
DiscretePlot3D[
x * y,
{x, -2, 2},
{y, -2, 2},
PlotRange -> {{-4, 4}, {-4, 4}, {-4, 4}},
BoxRatios -> {1, 1, 1},
SphericalRegion -> True,
ExtentSize -> es,
AxesOrigin -> {0, 0, 0},
AxesLabel -> {"x", "y", "z"},
PlotStyle -> Opacity[0.5],
ColorFunctionScaling -> False,
ColorFunction -> (Hue[0.35 (#3 + 4)/8 ] &)
];
On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:46 AM, Heike Gramberg wrote:
> n my version of Mathematica (8.0.1 for OS X) the boxes stay the same
shape when I rotate the graphs in your examples, but you could try
setting BoxRatios->{1,1,1} if you want the bounding box to be a cube. To
keep the size of the graph the same when rotating it you could try
setting SphericalRegion->True.
>
> Heike
On Sep 14, 2011, at 8:03 AM, David Park wrote:
> If you had Presentations you could have used the NiceRotation option set.
> This is actually equivalent to:
>
> Sequence[SphericalRegion -> True, RotationAction -> "Clip"]
>
> Or, after you produce your plot, zoom first (Ctrl and move mouse) and then
> rotate.
On Sep 14, 2011, at 4:19 PM, John Fultz wrote:
> What do you mean that the bounding box is "cube-shaped"? AspectRatio controls
> the two-dimensional bounding box, in your case, making it as *square* as
> possible. There are also three-dimensional factors coming into play, such as
> BoxRatios, which determine how much of that 2D area can actually be usefully
> filled with an image.
>
> You might better benefit by sticking to adjusting the 3D parameters...in this
> case, I think BoxRatios and SphericalRegion are options you would find useful.
> I can only speculate, but perhaps something like this is what you were hoping
> for:
>
> DiscretePlot3D[x*y, {x, -2, 2}, {y, -2, 2},
> PlotRange -> {{-4, 4}, {-4, 4}, {-4, 4}}, SphericalRegion -> True,
> BoxRatios -> {1, 1, 1}, ExtentSize -> 0.75,
> AxesLabel -> {"x", "y", "z"}, PlotStyle -> Opacity[0.5],
> ColorFunctionScaling -> False,
> ColorFunction -> (Hue[0.35 (#3 + 4)/8] &)]
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:12:08 -0400 (EDT), Christopher O. Young wrote:
>> When I rotate this plot, the size and shape of the bounding box jumps
>> around pretty wildly. It goes from cube-shaped, the way it should be, to a
>> flattened box.
>>
>> There are pictures at http://home.comcast.net/~cy56/AspectRatio%20OK.pdf
>> and http://home.comcast.net/~cy56/AspectRatio%20bug.png
>>
>> DiscretePlot3D[
>> x * y,
>>
>> {x, -2, 2},
>> {y, -2, 2},
>>
>> PlotRange -> {{-4, 4}, {-4, 4}, {-4, 4}},
>> AspectRatio -> 1,
>>
>> ExtentSize -> 0.75,
>>
>> AxesLabel -> {"x", "y", "z"},
>> PlotStyle -> Opacity[0.5],
>> ColorFunctionScaling -> False,
>> ColorFunction -> (Hue[0.35 (#3 + 4)/8 ] &)
>> ]
>>
>> Here's a simpler example (which I should have done first):
>>
>> Plot3D[
>> x y,
>>
>> {x, -2, 2},
>> {y, -2, 2},
>>
>> AspectRatio -> 1
>> ]
>>
>> Again, the bounding box starts off the wrong shape (not as tall as it is
>> wide) and when you try to rotate it, the shape and size jump around
>> unpredictably. It's only a cube, the way it should be, about half the time
>> you're rotating it.
>>
>> Chris Young
>> cy56 at comcast.net
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