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Here is a quick utility function which creates the number of slices demanded and also takes care that they all have equal height.
It will work OK only if the function provided is monotone. Otherwise there might be different regions of x values with the same z-values which would make creating the slices much more difficult. So the function assumes that the min and max values for z are found at either end of the x-range provided.
@bobg100x wrote:
I want to use Mathcad 6.0 to create a color-coded mesh surface plot of a hemispherical dome whose height ranges between 0 and 1.0 as defined by the function cos(πx/2a), 0 ≤ x ≤ a, with a = 300. The surface is “swept out” by taking this curve [plotted along the x axis] and rotating it a full 360 degrees about x= 0.
I don't have much experience with Prime 3D plots, but AFAIA, you can't apply a colormap to a 3D surface. I'm glad to be corrected on this.
However, it is possible to (partially) code a surface by building it up in strips. Use the CreateMesh function to create the strips and then individually type the name of each strip into the 3DPlot placeholders and set the characteristics you want.. I've got Prime 7, so posting the worksheet won't help you.
It would be straightforward in Mathcad 15.
Stuart
For instance, I don't understand how "Curve(a, b)" defined in the worksheet relates to the cosine function I'm working with;
It doesn't relate to your cosine function at all. Stuart demonstrated the cumbersome method of creating a couple of colored stripes using a normal sphere with radius 1.
also what does "K" denote?
You asked for a "color-coded mesh surface plot" and it was interpreted as if you would like it to be colored coded by height. Prime does not offer the ability to coloring a surface using a (more or less) continuous color map like Mathcad 15 and below do.
So Stuart suggested a workaround by putting together the sphere by a couple of slices of equal height. Each of theses slices must be plotted separately and can be colored differently from the other.
K simply is the number of slices you want to use. If you change K, you also must change the arguments in the plot and color them the way you like.
Here is the hemisphere with your cosine function. To slice the dome I simply divided the x-range into K equal parts and I added a slice by changing K from 4 to 5. Be aware that by simply dividing the x-range into equal part the heights of the slices are not equal as you can clearly see in the plot!
I guess you are not expecting equal scale on all axis. Otherwise you would have to manually change the axis limits and the dome with height 1 would look like this 😈:
(the bottom brown slice is hardly visible)
Prime 6 sheet attached
@bobg100x wrote:
The variant with slices of equal height is exactly what I wanted- -thank you very much!
You are welcome
Would it be possible to change the slice colors to [all bright colors, from top to bottom] red, yellow, green, blue, purple?
Yes, you can color each of the slices individually using the normal Plot menu. But as PTC decided not to implement a decent color picker, you are limited to the 60 predefined colors.
Also, can a contour plot be created using the same colors I requested?
Nope. Using Primes contour plot limits you to one of six predefined color schemes. But at least you are allowed to edit the first, second and last value in the color legend. The rest is equally spaced corresponding to equal heights (which fortunately is what you are looking for anyway). In the pic below I set the limits to 0 and 1 and the second value to 0.1 which means a total of 10 slices.
If you find a color scheme which fits you needs you can try to simulate the same colors in the 3D plot.
Another option might be to use the normal 3D plot instead of the contour plot and fiddle around until you have the final view - quite difficult and you also loose the color legend.
Thanks again for applying your obvious expertise to my question, Werner. Just wondering... Could you use the same methodology to create a color-coded mesh plot of an exponential decay-type of surface whose height ranges between (almost) 0 and 1.0 as defined by the function
@bobg100x wrote:
Thanks again for applying your obvious expertise to my question, Werner. Just wondering... Could you use the same methodology to create a color-coded mesh plot of an exponential decay-type of surface whose height ranges between (almost) 0 and 1.0 as defined by the function
Are yout talking about the built-in contour plot or about Stuarts approach of creating the 3D plot using a couple of slices?
In any way you simply have to switch the cosine function for the new exp function as Luc just had shown (you have to recalculate his sheet to see the results).
In case of the 3D plot with slices you may notice that the slices won't have equal heights - this would require additional changes.
Here is a quick utility function which creates the number of slices demanded and also takes care that they all have equal height.
It will work OK only if the function provided is monotone. Otherwise there might be different regions of x values with the same z-values which would make creating the slices much more difficult. So the function assumes that the min and max values for z are found at either end of the x-range provided.
Here's the plot requested by the OP, though modified in the sense that I changed a=300 to a=3, in Mathcad 6 (Yes, I fired up an old machine with Mathcad 6 plus installed).
Success!
Luc
Nice, but the OP request the cosine curve to be rotated not about the x-axis but about x=0, which means an axis orthogonal to the x-axis. As he described the surface as a "dome" I supposed that the axis of rotation should be vertical.
BTW, when I open your sheet in MC15, I see this
When I create a new plot and format appropriate, I can duplicate your plot
Here's the corrected plot.
The difference between Mathcad 6 versus 11 and higher is that mathcad 6 requires the three matrices X, Y and Z to be separately placed in the 3d graph, while Mathcad 11 and higher require them to be enclosed in parentheses.
Luc
@ValeryOchkov wrote:
The easiest way!
In Mathcad<=15, yes. However, when I plot it, I get this after applying a colormap with the default settings:
Not only is the hemisphere in an unusual orientation for a hemisphere (unusual not incorrect, obviously), but the coloring also doesn't accord with the normal "vary by hemisphere height" display. An easy way to fix the colouring problem is to change the colormap direction:
Alternatively, change the coordinate ranges:
(And just for completeness, here's the default cylinder)
Stuart
I would suggest a change in the
