How to color a 3d plot by z-level?

asked 2012-05-09 23:27:40 +0100

calc314
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updated 2012-05-09 23:28:35 +0100

I'd like to color a 3d plot based on z-level. I think this is easy to do in Maple or Mathematica, but I've been searching the web for help on doing this in Sage and can't find anything to help with plot3d or implicit_plot3d.

Here's the implicit_plot3d I'm using.

var('x,y,z')    
implicit_plot3d(x^2-y^2*z == 0,(x,-4,4),(y,-4,4),(z,-4,4)).show(mesh=True)

Also, are there color maps in Sage that produce plots with colors and lighting similar to the default in Mathematica?

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Niles also eventually opened up the possibly relevant http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/12212

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answered 2017-01-10 14:00:38 +0100

FrédéricC

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updated 2017-09-14 14:43:53 +0100

This is now possible as follows.

var('x,y,z')
cm = colormaps.autumn
f = (z/4).function(x,y,z)
implicit_plot3d(x^2-y^2*z == 0,(x,-4,4),(y,-4,4),(z,-4,4), color=(f,cm))

where cm is a chosen colormap among those available. Beware that the coloring function f must take values between 0 and 1.

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Nice! Thanks!

calc314 ( 2017-01-10 14:44:27 +0100 )edit

(In fact, apparently it's been available for well over a year! Nice necro-post, Frédéric!)

kcrisman ( 2017-01-10 15:46:23 +0100 )edit

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answered 2012-05-10 10:32:53 +0100

niles
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updated 2012-05-10 10:35:19 +0100

I asked a similar question about using a colormap for implicit_plot3d almost a year ago, and it is still open. @schilly did show how to use matplotlib colormaps for plot3d though, and it's pretty cool:

sage: var('r v')
sage: cmsel = [colormaps['autumn'](i) for i in sxrange(0,1,0.05)]
sage: p = plot3d(0.2*(r**2 + v**2) + cos(2*r)*sin(2*v),(r,-2,2), (v,-2,2), adaptive=True, color=cmsel)
sage: p.show(aspect_ratio=(1,1,1), figsize=[7,3])

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And, as @jason-grout said, you can see all of the available colormaps with colormaps.keys().

If you do figure out some way to use colormaps with implicit 3d plots, I would love to hear about it!

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Wow! That does a great job. It would still be great to have it built into the plot3d and implicit_plot3d commands so that it is more friendly and intuitive.

calc314 ( 2012-05-10 11:30:11 +0100 )edit

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answered 2012-05-10 00:21:01 +0100

Shashank

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Have a look at this. Is this what you are looking for? You can run matplotlib scripts in sage.

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/exa...

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That code does produce some good looking plots. However, it is too involved for me to use with calculus students without writing some sort of wrapper for it. Also, I definitely cannot take this as a solution to a colleague who is not an expert programmer. Are there simpler options to get this result?

calc314 ( 2012-05-10 10:26:40 +0100 )edit

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