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Re: Why can't IDL do simple things...? [message #2664 is a reply to message #2657]

Thu, 25 August 1994 06:55

thompson
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grunes@imsy1.nrl.navy.mil (Mitchell R Grunes) writes:

> In article <1994Aug24.143231.8722@fys.ruu.nl> hartman@fys.ruu.nl (Jan Willem Hartman) writes:
>> ..or rather, probably, why can't I make IDL do simple things..
>>
>> This is what I want: I have this bunch of data: x,y,z. So I want IDL
>> to plot just these points (eventually the points may be connected, but
>> let's not get too difficult) in 3D. So just like SURFACE, but with no
>> surface. Any idea??? Thanks in advance...
>> JanWillem Hartman.
>>

> plot,[x,y,z]

> If you really mean (x1,y1), (x2,y2), (x3,y3) I think you want something
> like

> plot,[x1,x2,x3],[y1,y2,y3]

No, what I think he really wants to be able to do is to say

plot, X, Y, Z

where (X(i), Y(i), Z(i)) represents a point in 3D space. (One would have to
define a viewing angle, of course.) Sounds like a reasonable idea to me.
Unfortunately, I don't think IDL can do this at the moment, at least not so
straightforwardly.

Bill Thompson

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		Re: Why can't IDL do simple things...? By: hartman on Fri, 26 August 1994 00:23
		Re: Why can't IDL do simple things...? By: ryba on Thu, 25 August 1994 13:50
		Re: Why can't IDL do simple things...? By: ryba on Thu, 25 August 1994 13:44
		Re: Why can't IDL do simple things...? By: thompson on Thu, 25 August 1994 06:55
		Re: Why can't IDL do simple things...? By: grunes on Thu, 25 August 1994 06:33

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