3D plotting data, where ??



On 04/05/2013 05:14 PM, Henry Baker wrote:
> Maxima uses gnuplot for its plotting, correct?
>
> Q: If I 'plot' a 3D surface, can I capture the tesselated/triangulated surface from the gnuplot file?
>

A: After the plot3d command, a file maxout.gnuplot_pipes in your home 
directory will have the data given to Gnuplot. If you would rather have 
a complete file with gnuplot commands and data, add the option
[plot_format, gnuplot] to the plot3d command and look for a file called 
maxout.gnuplot

Regards,
Jaime