Rotating 3-D graphs



On 05/03/2008, Joost Witteveen <joosteto at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just checked using Debian (maxima 5.10), and rotating works when I
>  draw using gnuplot directly, but not when I use gnuplot via maxima.
>  However, this does work:
>
>  (%i14) set_plot_option([plot_format, mgnuplot]);
>  (%i15) plot3d(sin(x)*sin(y),[x,0,6],[y,0,6]);
>
>  (This will give a tcl window with scales to rotate the curve)
>  However, now the d3pm argument doesn't seem to have any effect:(
>

Thanks, this works as you describe. I have a second window with
controls that allow me to rotate the graph. However, like you mention,
the d3pm parameter no longer colours in the graph.

Should I ask on the gnuplot list about this?

Dotan Cohen

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