[pstricks] some questions on pst-solide3d

Fri Jan 9 14:54:53 CET 2009

Thanks, that was very helpful.  Now I have a further question.
I managed to create a broader Moebius band.

Then I wanted to create a center circle on that band, so I added the  
definition of centercircle and then called it at the end of the file,  
modeling what I did on the examples on p. 77 of the (English)  
documentation for pst-solides3d.  I will quote the full code below.

I get an error message (undefined control sequence) which I don't  
understand.  What is wrong?

Also, I can't find any documentation for a linestyle (I have in mind  
"dashed").

Here is my code:
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%!TEX TS-program =  latex

\listfiles
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
%\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\usepackage[dvipsnames, svgnames]{pstricks}
\usepackage{pst-plot, pst-math, pst-3dplot}
\usepackage{pst-grad, pst-func, pst-text}
\usepackage{pstricks-add}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}

%\usepackage{graphicsmacros}
%\usepackage{basicmacros}
%\usepackage{calculusmacros}

\title{Brief Article}
\author{The Author}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
	\begin{pspicture}(-6,-3)(6,3)
		\psset{unit=1.5}
		\defFunction{mobius}(u,v)
			{2 u v Cos mul add 2 v mul Cos mul}
			{2 u v Cos mul add 2 v mul Sin mul}
			{u v Sin mul}

		\defFunction{centercircle}(t)
			{2 t mul Cos 2 mul}
			{2 t mul Sin 2 mul}
			{0}

		\psset[pst-solides3d]{viewpoint=20 10 5,Decran=40,lightsrc=10 20 10}
%		\psSolid[object=surfaceparametree,linewidth=0.75\pslinewidth,
%			base=0.2 0.25 0 pi,linewidth=0.1,
%			function=mobius,
%			ngrid=.025]
%		\psSolid[object=surfaceparametree,linewidth=0.75\pslinewidth,
%			base=-0.25 -0.2 0 pi,linewidth=0.1,
%			function=mobius,
%			ngrid=.025]
		\psSolid[object=surfaceparametree, linewidth=0.5\pslinewidth,
			base=-0.5 0.5 0 pi, fillcolor=lightgray!30, incolor=white,
			function=mobius,
			ngrid=.05]

		\pstSolid[object=courbe,
			range= 0 pi,
			linewidth=0.75\pslinewidth,
			linecolor=blue,
			function=centercircle]

	\end{pspicture}
\caption{Moebius Band}
\label{fig:Moebius}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\end{document}
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...and here is the pdf output:

Zbigniew Nitecki
Department of Mathematics
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155

telephones:
Office    (617)627-3843
Dept.    (617)627-3234
Dept. fax    (617)627-3966
http://www.tufts.edu/~znitecki/

On Jan 8, 2009, at 16:15, Juergen Gilg wrote:

>
> Dear Zbigniew,
>>
>> 1. Where do the limits on the parameters u and v get set?  If I  
>> want the width of the band to
>> change, where do I modify the code?
> They are set within the base=
>
> Play around with the factors of the \defFunction macro -- this one  
> defines the function. This function then gets a UNIQUE name -- in  
> this case _mobius_ with the variables _u_ and _v_
> You can define some other functions in that way with whatever  
> variable you like: _s_ and _t_, _x_ and _y_ etc. with another name.
>
> Within the macro \psSolid, you declare:
> function=mobius, which calls back the defined function with its  
> declared variables.
> base = 0.2 0.25 0 pi then sets the range of the variables  
> (u[0.2;0.25],v[0;pi])
>
> This is helpful, that you not have to declare what variable names  
> you chose -- base does the job automatically.
> object=surfaceparametree, defines the kind of object that solides-3d  
> predefined -- a function in 2 variables in that case.
> ngrid=.025, sets the GRID of the surface -- sometimes need to be set  
> to .024 to avoid a division by zero...
>>
>> 2. what does the !50 after the colors do?
> This gives 50 % if intensity to the named color
>>
>> 3. What is the role of base=...?
> To setup the range of the u and v values.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Juergen
>>
>>
>> Zbigniew Nitecki
>> Department of Mathematics
>> Tufts University
>> Medford, MA 02155
>>
>> telephones:
>> Office    (617)627-3843
>> Dept.    (617)627-3234
>> Dept. fax    (617)627-3966
>> http://www.tufts.edu/~znitecki/
>>
>>
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>>
>
> -- 
>  Jürgen Gilg
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