[pstricks] more on computed coordinates

[Zbigniew Nitecki]

Thanks, Juergen and Michael.  I don't know what was going on, but  
somehow things seemed to work in the end.  But now trying a more  
complicated but analogous version of this, I run into trouble.  I now  
want to draw arrows from the plane tangent at (0,1,1) to z=x^2+y^2,  
which has the
equation z=2y-1, to the graph.  Here is my code, including some  
function definitions (I will comment on the comments (:-) below):
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	\begin{pspicture}(-2.5,-3)(2.5,3.5)
		\psset{Alpha=30}
%		\psset{xunit=2cm, yunit=2cm}
		\pstThreeDCoor[xMax=2,yMax=2,zMax=3]

		\psplotThreeD[linecolor=gray,  
drawStyle=xyLines,xPlotpoints=50,yPlotpoints=50]%
			(-1.5,1.5)(0,1.5){x 2 exp y 2 exp add}
		
		\newcommand{\zgraph}[2]{#1\space dup mul #2\space dup mul add}
		\newcommand{\zplane}[2]{#2\space 2 mul 1 sub}	
		\newcommand{\thit}[2]%
			{#2\space 2.5 #2\space mul 0.0625 add %
			#1\space dup mul sub 1 sub 0.5 exp sub %
			0.5 mul 0.125 add}
		\newcommand{\yhit}[2]{#2\space \thit{#1}{#2}\space 2 mul sub}
		\newcommand{\zhit}[2]{\zgraph{#1}{\yhit{#1}{#2}}}
		
		\multido{\rx=-0.9+0.4}{6}{%
			\multido{\ry=0.1+0.5}{3}{%
%				\pstThreeDDot(\rx\space,\ry\space,\zplane{\rs}{\ry})
%				\pstThreeDDot(\rx\space,\yhit{\rx}{\ry},\zhit{\rx}{\ry})
%				\pstThreeDLine[linestyle=dashed, arrows=->]%
%					(\rx\space,\ry\space,\zplane{\rs}{\ry})%
%					(\rx\space,\yhit{\rx}{\ry},\zhit{\rx}{\ry})
			}
		}
%				\pstThreeDDot(1,\yhit{1}{1},\zhit{1}{1})

%			\pstThreeDLine[arrows=->](0.8,1,1)(0.8,0.62,1.18)
%			\pstThreeDLine[arrows=->](1,1.5,2)(1,1.1,2.2)
%			\pstThreeDLine[arrows=->](1,1.3,1.6)(1,0.9,1.8)
%			\pstThreeDLine[arrows=->](1,1,1)(1,0.5,1.25)
		
		\psplotThreeD[linecolor=lightgray, drawStyle=xyLines](-1,1)(0,2){y 2  
mul 1 sub}
		
		\pstThreeDDot(0,1,1)
	\end{pspicture}
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1. When the first line inside the multido is uncommented, it works fine.
2. When the second line inside the multido is uncommented, I get
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Error: /undefinedresult in --exp--
Operand stack:
    -0.9   0.1   0.1   -1.4975   0.5
Execution stack:
    %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   -- 
nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   -- 
nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1813    
1   3   %oparray_pop   1812   1   3   %oparray_pop   1808   1   3    
%oparray_pop   1691   1   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--    
%errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   -- 
nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   -- 
nostringval--   --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
    --dict:1084/1123(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict: 
113/200(L)--   --dict:179/300(L)--   --dict:102/200(L)--   --dict:56/400(L)-- 
    --dict:0/10(L)--   --dict:102/200(L)--   --dict:95/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
Current file position is 187224
GPL Ghostscript 8.57: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
### FAILED to generate /tmp/altpdflatex.1535-1218220543/ 
picturetest.pdf ()
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I had initially thought that trying to square \ry=-0.9 via 2 exp could  
hang up because of the exp of a negative, so I replaced 2 exp with dup  
mul.  This didn't help.  However, the function definitions do seem to  
work: when I put in explicit numbers (eg, commented line immediately  
following the multido) it works fine.

I am of course not interested in placing these dots, but rather want  
the arrows given by the third to fifth lines inside the multido.  But  
the dot placement commands tell me that the problem is with computing  
the coordinates from parameters \rx and \ry.

Any suggestions?


Zbigniew Nitecki
Department of Mathematics
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155

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