[OS X TeX] Asymptote tutorial?

[David Arnold]

Some wonderful examples:

http://www.piprime.fr/files/res/geometry_en.pdf

http://www.piprime.fr/asymptote/

http://marris.org/asymptote/

D.

On Apr 20, 2013, at 10:08 AM, J. McKenzie Alexander wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone know of there any detailed tutorials for Asymptote available online? I've found the following web resource:
> 
> http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/Asymptote_%28Vector_Graphics_Language%29
> 
> but, aside from that, all I have is the full Asymptote manual, which isn't particularly easy-going for a novice...
> 
> The problem I'm trying to solve arises from the following diagram, which illustrates a neighborhood of a point on the unit 2-simplex. I'm trying to figure out how to transform the labels U and \sigma so that they are drawn in the plane of the simplex. (The way it's done now looks weird if you rotate the diagram to a different perspective in Adobe Reader.)
> 
> \begin{asy}
> import three;
> import graph3;
> unitsize(1cm);
> size(4.5cm);
> currentprojection=orthographic(5, -2, 3); 
> xaxis3( Label("$s_1$"), 0, 1.25, Arrow3);
> yaxis3( Label("$s_2$"), 0, 1.25, Arrow3);
> zaxis3( Label("$s_3$"), 0, 1.25, Arrow3);
> 
> path3 simplex = (1,0,0)--(0,1,0)--(0,0,1)--cycle; 
> draw( surface(simplex), gray+opacity(.5) );
> draw( simplex );
> draw( circle((.3,.4, .3), .2, (1,1,1)), linetype( new real[] {4,4}) );
> dot( (.3,.4,.3) );
> label("$\sigma$", (.3,.4,.3), S );
> label( "$U$", (.27,.27,.46), N );
> \end{asy}
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jason
> 
> --
> Dr J. McKenzie Alexander
> Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
> London School of Economics and Political Science
> Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
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