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Re: Draped Contours? [message #68995 is a reply to message #68974]

Wed, 09 December 2009 14:40

David Fanning
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JD Smith writes:

> I was playing with iSurface (shocking, I know), and found very useful
> the ability to "drape" contours interactively on top of the surface,
> similar to raised relief maps with contour lines. It occurs to me I
> have no idea how to do this; probably some object graphics thing.
> Does anyone have a short example of forming such a draped contour? I
> did consider using the SHADES keyword for shade_surf to color various
> levels black, but I prefer lighting-based shading, and (ideally)
> vector contours for output.

Can you give us a picture of what you mean, or at least
describe what you did with iSurface? I have an example
of a contour plot cutting through a surface at any
level. I have a feeling that program can be easily
adapted if I had a better idea of what you had in mind.

http://www.dfanning.com/misc/surf_contour.pro

Cheers,

David

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		Re: Draped Contours? By: penteado on Thu, 10 December 2009 10:23
		Re: Draped Contours? By: David Fanning on Thu, 10 December 2009 09:59
		Re: Draped Contours? By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 10 December 2009 09:48
		Re: Draped Contours? By: JDS on Thu, 10 December 2009 09:06
		Re: Draped Contours? By: David Fanning on Wed, 09 December 2009 14:40
		Re: Draped Contours? By: JDS on Tue, 05 January 2010 15:06
		Re: Draped Contours? By: Michael Galloy on Thu, 10 December 2009 10:43
		Re: Draped Contours? By: penteado on Thu, 10 December 2009 10:34

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