<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><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 face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">################################################################</font></p><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">% !TEX TS-program = latex</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\listfiles</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\documentclass[11pt]{article}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\usepackage{pst-solides3d, pst-3dplot, pst-math,pstricks-add}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\usepackage{pst-3d}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\usepackage{graphicsmacros}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\begin{document}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\begin{center}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\begin{pspicture}(-0.5,-3.5)(3,3.5)</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psset{solidmemory}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psset{lightsrc=50 40 30, viewpoint=15 30 50 rtp2xyz,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Decran=50}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\defFunction[algebraic]{SurfFunction}(x,y){}{} { (x^2-3*y^2)/2 }</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=surface,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> fillcolor=lightgray,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> incolor=green,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> ngrid=0.1 0.1,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> base=0 1.5 0 1.0,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> function=SurfFunction,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> grid,% comment it out to see meaning of ngrid</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> action=draw**,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=none,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">name=graphsurf,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">]</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=plan,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">definition=normalpoint,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">args={1.0 0.5 0.125 [-1.0 1.5 1]},</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">fillcolor=red!50,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">opacity=0.1,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">base=-0.75 0.75 -0.5 0.5,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=draw**,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=none,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">name=tanplane,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">]</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=fusion,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=draw**,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">base=graphsurf tanplane, </font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">]</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\composeSolid</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\end{pspicture}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\end{center}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\end{document}</font></div></blockquote>#############################################################</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><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 --length--</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-- S result 528 1.0</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-- 0 --nostringval-- %repeat_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --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:782/1012(L)-- --dict:175/300(L)-- --dict:38/200(L)-- --dict:184/200(L)-- --dict:782/1012(L)-- --dict:2/11(L)-- --dict:5/5(L)-- --dict:2/3(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 423569</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; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; ">### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.76541-1280150661/pst3d test 1.3.7.pdf ()</div></blockquote><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Monaco; "><br></div></div></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">#######################################################################</font></p><div>I recall reading in the docs that object=plan creates two distinct objects, one of type plan,</div><div>the other of type solid. Is this the root of the problem? Somehow I don't think so; if instead of the plane</div><div>I try an object vecteur, I get a similar error message. So what is it I am doing wrong?</div><div>######################################################################</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">% !TEX TS-program = latex</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\listfiles</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\documentclass[11pt]{article}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\usepackage{pst-solides3d, pst-3dplot, pst-math,pstricks-add}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\usepackage{pst-3d}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\usepackage{graphicsmacros}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\begin{document}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\begin{center}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\begin{pspicture}(-0.5,-3.5)(3,3.5)</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psset{solidmemory}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psset{lightsrc=50 40 30, viewpoint=15 30 50 rtp2xyz,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Decran=50}</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\defFunction[algebraic]{SurfFunction}(x,y){}{} { (x^2-3*y^2)/2 }</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=surface,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> fillcolor=lightgray,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> incolor=green,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> ngrid=0.1 0.1,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> base=0 1.5 0 1.0,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> function=SurfFunction,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> grid,% comment it out to see meaning of ngrid</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> action=draw**,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=none,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">name=graphsurf,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">]</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=vecteur,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">linecolor=red,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">definition={[.05 0.3]},</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">args=-1.0 1.5 1,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=draw**,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=none,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">name=normalvector,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">] (1.0,0.5,0.125)</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\psSolid[object=fusion,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">action=draw**,</font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">base=graphsurf normalvector, </font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">]</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">%</font><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\composeSolid</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\end{pspicture}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\end{center}</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">\end{document}</font></div></blockquote>################################################################</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-- -1.0 --nostringval-- 1.5 S1 1 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; 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<br><div><div>On Jul 25, 2010, at 15:36, Herbert Voss wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br>use \psSurface only when you want to draw a single<br>3d function. When using a fusion then use always<br>\psSolid:<br><br>\listfiles<br>\documentclass[11pt]{article}<br>\usepackage{pst-solides3d, pst-3dplot, pst-math,pstricks-add}<br>\usepackage{pst-3d}<br>\begin{document}<br>\begin{pspicture}(-0.5,-2)(3,3)<br>\psset{lightsrc=50 20 50, viewpoint=15 60 70 rtp2xyz,<br>Decran=50}<br>\defFunction[algebraic]{Func}(x,y){}{}{ (x^2-3*y^2)/2 }<br>\psSolid[<br> object=surface,<br> fillcolor=lightgray,<br> incolor=green,<br> ngrid=0.1 0.1,<br> base= -1 1 -1.5 1.5,<br> function=Func,<br> action=none,<br> name=graphsurf]<br>\defFunction[algebraic]{curvey}(t){t}{1} {0.5*t^2-1.5}<br>\psSolid[%<br> object=courbe,<br> r=0.01,<br> range=-1.0 1.0,<br> resolution=720,<br> linecolor=blue,<br> linewidth=1pt,<br> function=curvey,<br> action=none,<br> name=curvey,<br>]%<br>\defFunction[algebraic]{curvex}(t){0.5}{t}{0.125-1.5*t^2}<br>\psSolid[%<br> object=courbe,<br> r=0.01,<br> range=-1.5 1.5,<br> resolution=720,<br> linecolor=white,<br> linewidth=1pt,<br> function=curvex,<br> action=none,<br> name=curvex,<br>]%<br>\psSolid[<br> object=fusion,<br> action=draw**,<br> base=graphsurf curvey curvex,<br>]<br>\composeSolid<br>\end{pspicture}<br><br>\end{document}<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>