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Re: Plotting 3D trajectory orbit [message #10002]

Mon, 29 September 1997 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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Ed Wright writes:

> I would like to know how to plot a 3d trajectory (an orbit path)
> on a single graphic via IDL.
>
> IDL is still fairly new to me. I have figured out how to read in
> 3 X n data sets (x,y,z) and plot any column vs any other. I need to
> plot all three columns on a 3D axis. IDL's docs are quite informative
> concerning surface plots, but I can't get x-y-z trajectory plots to
> function.
>
> Anyone know how to do this?

Have a look at the 3D graphics section of my IDL Programming
Tips page. There is an article called Plotting Particle Trajectories
in 3D Space.

Cheers,

David

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