[pstricks] conic sections

Herbert Voss LaTeX at zedat.fu-berlin.de
Fri Jun 3 21:58:22 CEST 2005


Paul Smith wrote:
> On 6/3/05, Herbert Voss <LaTeX at zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
>>>Before of all, I am sorry if my question has been prompted before; it is
>>>my first try with this list.
>>>
>>>Woud it be possible that any of you can help me to draw via pstricks the
>>>classic illustrations of the conic sections i. e. a right circular cone
>>>and its intersection with a plane?
>>
>>here is an example with pst-vue3d
> 
> 
> Beautiful example, Herbert. However, with pst-pdf, the picture is cut
> off (it is not entire), but not in the PS file (without pst-pdf).

sure, I had the wrong pspicture environment. Easy to see with
a \fbox{\begin{pspicture}...  }

the right one are \begin{pspicture}(-6.25,-3.25)(6.25,6)

Herbert




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