Surface Plotter - Settings
Surface Plotter supports two functions, named z1(x,y) and z2(x,y).
The checkboxes next to function input lines are used to mark the function "active".
Only active functions are calculated when user click the "calculate" button, and only
active functions are displayed.
You can calculated two functions and display only one of them by checking out one function
at display time (i.e: when calculations were finished), but you cannot display a function
without first calculate it.
Checkboxes
- Delay regeneration:
Disables auto-image-regeneration when being dragged. Regeneration starts as soon as mouse button is released.
- Boxed: Displays graph's bounding box.
- X-Y Mesh: Displays X-Y mesh.
- Face Grids: Displays face grids. This option is common for all x,y,z faces.
- Scale Box: Surface Plotter will try to scale box according to the ratio of x,y and z ranges.
Edit boxes
- Divisions: Number of divisions to be calculated and to be displayed. In wireframe mode,
Surface Plotter uses both "calculate" and "display" values to generate surface.
- Minimums, Maximums: Sets the range of x,y, and z variables. Only x and y ranges update needs
recalculation. When calculations are finished, Surface Plotter displays the min and max of calculated z values.
Use these values to update the z variable range and then just click the surface graph to regenerate it.
Choices
- Plot mode:
- Wireframe: Displays a suface as a wireframe model. (this is the fastest)
- Hidden surface: Displays only the visible parts of a surface but do not render it.
- Color spectrum: Renders a surface using color that varies from violet to red as the height increases.
- Gray level: Renders a surface using color that varies from black to white as the height increases.
- Dual shades: Renders the first surface using yellow level & the second one using blue level.
- Ticks options: Select ticks to be displayed
Buttons (Commands)
- Calculate: Calculates and generates a new surface using new function definition.
- Stop: Stops the calculation or regeneration process.
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