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Prime does not support implicit plots, but you could use a contour plot.
You must type multiplication signs between a variable an a parenthesis as otherwise Prime assumes you are typing a function.
As a follow-on from Werner's, here's a CreateMesh option. Using high enough mesh density the colors vanish (I assume because mathcad gets confused at the convergence point) but a possible advantage for you. MF's solution works also but you'll get some gaps on the right end of the ellipse at times.
@DJF wrote:
As a follow-on from Werner's, here's a CreateMesh option. Using high enough mesh density the colors vanish (I assume because mathcad gets confused at the convergence point)
Normally the mesh density does not has much effect on the colors but in this case it obviusly has. Funny effect for a mesh size of 80 to 90. Alas, its Prime. Mathcad wasn't perfect in no way but we still had more way to infuence the plot (like number of iso lines, see the pic) but 3D-plots in Prime really suck.
Who claims that Mathcad can't do implicit plots?
Thanks to Viacheslav N. Mezentsev even Prime can do it 😉
Can anyone explain how Mathcad is able to plot this implicit (ala Werner via Mezentsev) graph? The data isn't sequential yet we get a smooth curve plotted. (I had some crazy thoughts of fitting some b-splines to it, but hit some immediate snags given the format)
@ValeryOchkov wrote:
@DJF wrote:
Can anyone explain how Mathcad is able to plot this implicit graph?
KISS - Keep It simple, Stupid!
We can plot 2D and 3D implicit curves by help simple scanning! (Or useing Maple!)
And solve others not simple problem - this for example:
How? See the picture 3 here
Sorry - the Mathcad 15 sheet in attach.
It is very interesting problem: it's symbolic solution get us not correct answer in Mathcad? Maple and Mathematica!
How does this question apply to this old thread? 😉
Its an error which has to do with the way "gmean" (and also "hmean") is implemented in Mathcad.
As a workaround you may redefine those functions (for the use with exactly three arguments). I tried it in three different ways and all of them work OK.
The last one isn't the preferred one, but its just an attempt to directly simulate the formula given in the help.
Be aware that the MC15 help has an error in that formula (but the implementation is OK) and this error is even fixed in the Prime help (wow, surprise!).
I found the reason for this error.
One of your lengths you calculate the mean may be zero and neither "gmean" nor "hmean" accept 0 as an argument. Allowed are only positive values.
There is no reason for this limitation in "gmean" and even "hmean" could be rewritten (at least for a distinct number of scalar arguments 😞
Instead of redefining "gmean" and "hmean" you may also change your functions like this
You just need an equation for lambda, which fortunately mathcad can provide for you with symbolics. Then it's just like the previous examples (which I won't perform for you since the example has been provided, i.e. those with the implicit2d function)
@Stoledano wrote:
Sorry for asking again.Maybe I didn't learn well...
I need to plot something similar to the last one, but this time (for me ;)) it is more difficult...
You just provide some, on first sight, unrelated formulas, provide a picture of a plot which does not show which quantities you apply on the respective axes and you expect us to put together all the missing information?
DJF seems to have polished his crystal ball and collected the loose ends correctly.
If you don't show, which way you wanted to go and where you failed its hard to help.
You never commented on the various suggestions to solve your first problem so we cannot know which approach you gave a try.
You marked the suggestion with the upper and lower half of the curves as being the "solution", so we can conclude that this is the approach which you liked most. A similar approach can be applied here, too. You will not succeed in solving the equation for M, but you can use a solve block to do so. Depending on the guess value you get a point on the upper half or the lower half (M1 and M2 in the picture below).
I gave it a try and it worked, but nevertheless I'd prefer the approach using uno's "implicitplt2D", as its faster and more versatile. But you get the result you are looking for with both methods. Guess you can forget about the 3D-contourplot approach because 3Dplots in Prime really are too mediocre.
@DJF wrote:
So what's the best way to get the area inside one of these (or similar) closed curves?
Why?
One possible way is shown in the pic below. The method to find the rightmost phi value is a bit shaky, to say the least. Improvements welcome.
Really would like to see the Monte Carlo you suggested in action using the very implicit function(s) in discussion here (and without using my M1, M2 functions 😉 Give it a try!
Ok, here's my take on area calculations. First I had to create some tools to sort the Implicit2D output into unique points and then sort them into order. I used nearest-neighbor approach which won't always work. Then I calculated area using trapezoidal rule. Then for fun I added some b-splines through them. And to be complete I did one Monte Carlo area calculation.
5.0 and pdfs attached.
Nice approach!
You may consider turning the single calculations into utility functions so you don't have to copy them again and again for different examples.
Here's a slightly simpler way to determine the area of a polygon:
