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ClaudioPedrazzi12-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
Feb 12, 2018 2:36 PM UTC
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Plotting boxes in 3D

Hi everyone!

I am trying to find a better solution (working for many more "boxes") for the problem exemplified in the attachment. I have a list of "boxes", defined in a matrix of X,Y,Z coordinates.  I would like to get a 3D representation of the boxes. What I have attached works, of course, but it would be much better if one could represent the "walls" of the boxes, without all the points inside.  Is this too much for MathCAD?  what do you think?

Thanks a lot for any hints!

Regards

Claudio

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Werner_E
Werner_EAnswer
25-Diamond I
Feb 12, 2018 11:33 PM UTC

Here is my second attempt. This time all boxes represent just one single plot, but the boxes are now connected by a line which is of course disturbing. Only way to get rid of this is to do without potting the wireframe lines.

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But at least you won't run into some kind of limitations and don't have to go through the hassle of having to format the style of every box at its own. See here a sample plot with 100 random boxes:

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Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
Feb 12, 2018 3:19 PM UTC

I guess you would have to dig into

https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad-Questions/Creating-Amazing-Images-with-Mathcad-14/td-p/441375

Still the bible when it comes to plotting in Mathcad

 

 
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    ClaudioPedrazzi12-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    Feb 12, 2018 3:32 PM UTC

    Hey Werner, thanks!  I wasn't aware of this. The E-book is really the exe-file attached to the post? it is somehow an unusual format ... 

    Regards 

    Claudio

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    Werner_E
    Werner_E25-Diamond I
    25-Diamond I
    Feb 12, 2018 3:58 PM UTC

    You might also be interested in the article of uni (Viacheslav N. Mezentsev ) - see the last post in this thread:

    https://community.ptc.com/t5/PTC-Mathcad-Questions/Ploting-finite-triangle-and-rectangle-in-3D-plot/td-p/327681

    Its in russian but the pictures of the first few pages should give you a hint how to create a box.

     

     
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    Werner_E
    Werner_E25-Diamond I
    25-Diamond I
    Feb 12, 2018 5:15 PM UTC

    Here is my first attempt using some data structure from the "amazing images".

    Unfortunately it creates a separate plot for each box which may make you run into some limitation if you'd like to plot a lot of boxes (apart from having to set the appearance for each box in an extra step.

    In the E-book there are routines which can make it just one single plot (if you have the time to dig into and experiment).

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    Werner_E25-Diamond IAnswer
    25-Diamond I
    Feb 12, 2018 11:33 PM UTC

    Here is my second attempt. This time all boxes represent just one single plot, but the boxes are now connected by a line which is of course disturbing. Only way to get rid of this is to do without potting the wireframe lines.

    Bild.png

    But at least you won't run into some kind of limitations and don't have to go through the hassle of having to format the style of every box at its own. See here a sample plot with 100 random boxes:

    Bild2.png

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      ClaudioPedrazzi12-AmethystAuthor
      12-Amethyst
      Feb 13, 2018 8:04 AM UTC

      I wish to thank you very much, Werner, both for making me aware of the "Amazing Images" E-Book (it works! 🙂 and for even programming the requested solution for me!  I certainly had required more time! I was still wondering at the book ... 

      Regards and thanks a lot again

      Claudio

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