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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><br></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 12px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">*********************************************************************************************************</font></p><div>However, when I comment out all the "action=draw**" commands and replace them with "action=none, name=<>"</div><div>and also uncomment the solidmemory at the start and the \psSolid[object=fusion,... as well as \compose Solid,</div><div>as shown below, I get the error message that follows the code:</div><div><div>% !TEX TS-program = latex</div><div>\listfiles</div><div>\documentclass[11pt]{article}</div><div>\usepackage{pst-solides3d, pst-3dplot, pst-math,pstricks-add}</div><div>\usepackage{pst-3d}</div><div>\begin{document}</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\begin{pspicture}(-0.5,-2)(3,3)</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psset{solidmemory}</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psset{lightsrc=50 20 50, viewpoint=15 60 70 rtp2xyz,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Decran=50}</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psSurface[</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> fillcolor=gray,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> incolor=green,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> ngrid=0.1 0.1,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> algebraic,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> grid,% comment it out to see meaning of ngrid</div><div>%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> action=draw**,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>action=none,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>name=graphsurf,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>](-1,-1.5)(1,1.5){ (x^2-3*y^2)/2 }</div><div>%</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\defFunction[algebraic]{curvey}(t){t}{1} {0.5*t^2-1.5}</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psSolid[%</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>object=courbe,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>r=0.01,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>range=-1.0 1.0,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>resolution=720,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>linecolor=blue,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>linewidth=1pt,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>function=curvey,</div><div>%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>action=draw**,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>action=none,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>name=curvey,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>]%</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\defFunction[algebraic]{curvex}(t){0.5}{t} {0.125-1.5*t^2}</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psSolid[%</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>object=courbe,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>r=0.01,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>range=-1.5 1.5,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>resolution=720,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>linecolor=lightgray, </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>linewidth=1pt,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>function=curvex,</div><div>%<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>action=draw**,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>action=none,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>name=curvex,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>]%</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\psSolid[</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>object=fusion,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>action=draw**,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>base=graphsurf curvey curvex,</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>]</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\composeSolid</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>\end{pspicture}</div><div>\end{document}</div></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Error: /typecheck in --get--</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Operand stack:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "> --nostringval-- -1 1 S1 -1.5 0</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Execution stack:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "> %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1862 1 3 %oparray_pop 1861 1 3 %oparray_pop 1845 1 3 %oparray_pop 1739 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- %errorexec_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 --nostringval-- %repeat_continue --nostringval--</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Dictionary stack:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "> --dict:1150/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:80/200(L)-- --dict:779/1012(L)-- --dict:175/300(L)-- --dict:38/200(L)-- --dict:184/200(L)-- --dict:779/1012(L)-- --dict:2/11(L)-- --dict:2/5(L)--</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Current allocation mode is local</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Last OS error: 2</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">Current file position is 409582</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">GPL Ghostscript 8.70: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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