Maxima 3d Plotting
- Function: plot3d (expr, xrange, yrange,..., options,...)
- Function: plot3d ([expr1,expr2,expr3], xrange, yrange,..., options,...)
When viewed with the netmath plotting routines, you can rotate the object
by dragging with the right mouse button depressed.
- plot3d(2^(-u^2+v^2),[u,-2,2],[v,-2,2]);
would plot z = 2^(-u^2+v^2) with u and v varying in [-2,2] and
[-2,2] respectively, and with u on the x axis, and v on the y axis.
- a moebius band uses the second pattern of arguments
plot3d([cos(x)*(3+y*cos(x/2)), sin(x)*(3+y*cos(x/2)), y*sin(x/2)],
[x,-%pi,%pi],[y,-1,1],['grid,40,15]);
parametrized by the 3 expressions given as the first
argument to plot3d. An additional optional argument [grid,50,15]
gives the grid number of rectangles in the x direction and y
direction.
- A Riemann surface: Real part of z^1/3
plot3d(r^.33*cos(th/3),[r,0,1],[th,0,6*%pi],
['grid,12,80],
['transform_xy,polar_to_xy]);
- a Klein bottle:
plot3d([5*cos(x)*(cos(x/2)*cos(y)+sin(x/2)*sin(2*y)+3.0) - 10.0,
-5*sin(x)*(cos(x/2)*cos(y)+sin(x/2)*sin(2*y)+3.0),
5*(-sin(x/2)*cos(y)+cos(x/2)*sin(2*y))],
[x,-%pi,%pi],[y,-%pi,%pi],['grid,40,40]);
- a torus
plot3d([cos(y)*(10.0+6*cos(x)),
sin(y)*(10.0+6*cos(x)),
-6*sin(x)],
[x,0,2*%pi],[y,0,2*%pi], ['grid,20,20]);