How to display a point on 3D Plot in Mathcad Prime?

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May 12, 2023
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Hello,

For 2D Plot:

For 3D Plot:

I want to plot the point f1(2,1)=2, so the point where x=2 and y=1 on the 3D plot, and to display the point as it is showed in 2D Plot.
Is it possible to do this?

Mathcad Prime 8 file attached.
Thank you.

2_Point_on_3D_Plot.zip

Best answer by JeffH1

Points can be plotted as a 3-column [ x, y, z ] matrix. However, there have to be at least two rows in the matrix. So, for your case, just repeat the same point twice as shown below. Then change the Plot parameters for the Matrix to be points, no lines, a contrasting color, and increased line thickness. Like this:

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JeffH1

Answer

16-Pearl

Points can be plotted as a 3-column [ x, y, z ] matrix. However, there have to be at least two rows in the matrix. So, for your case, just repeat the same point twice as shown below. Then change the Plot parameters for the Matrix to be points, no lines, a contrasting color, and increased line thickness. Like this:

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Werner_E

25-Diamond I

The easiest way was already shown by Jeff.

A bit more elaborate is to create a constant vector function and use it for plotting 😉

You may also use "CreateSpace" to create a structure similar to what Jeff had created "by hand". Its a nested vector, though.

A nested vector like this was the only way you could plot a polygon in MC15, but that version would allow for a single point as well.
It may be see as a bug that Prime needs to double that single point. On the other hand its nice that we can use a simple matrix in Prime and don't necessarily need that nested structure.

EDIT:

Of course you don't need to double the point coordinates if you plot more than one point in one go

Es you can see the new symbolic in Prime is not able to deliver all zeros asked for, so I had to create the matrix which "solve" should have returned manually.

Here is what it looks like in Mathcad