LaTeX forum ⇒ Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ 3D tikz problem

[layuval]

Hello everyone,
I have some problem with outcome I get when running 3d on tikz.
I need to produce two 3D graphs but in one of then I'm not getting the desired outcome.

I have attached 3 files, the desired equation, my commands and how the graph should look like.

Thank you for the help.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

This comes a bit closer. Still, your sample graph seems to treat large values in a certain way, such as cutting off, while pgfplots discards or jumps. I guess this can be solved, I just don't see a way right now.

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\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{width=7cm,compat=1.8}
\usepgfplotslibrary{colormaps}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
           \begin{axis}[zmin=0,zmax=10000]
           \addplot3[surf,colormap/autumn,samples=50,samples y=30,
                     domain=0.0001:0.9999,restrict z to domain={0:20000},
                     unbounded coords=jump]
              {((256*y^2*(1-x)^2)/(x^2*(1-sqrt(x/(2-x)))^4))*(1-(((12-3*x)*(1-x))/(4*(2-x)^2))-((1-sqrt(x/(2-x)))^2/16))};
           \end{axis}
       \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Stefan

[layuval]

Hi Stafen,
Thanks for the help that is much better than what I got.
Any ideas how I can add counter lines?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Any ideas how I can add counter lines?

Hm, do you mean contour lines? pgfplots can do it, using gnuplot in the background. Take a look at the pgfplots manual, 4.6.8 Contour Plots.

Stefan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Here is another version. I restricted z using domain* to get this top surface.

A second plot is just a try to visualize horizontal lines a bit stronger, you could omit it.

Code: [Select all] [Expand/Collapse] [Download] (untitled.tex)

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{width=7cm,compat=1.8}
\usepgfplotslibrary{colormaps}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
   \begin{axis}[
       zmin=0,zmax=11000,
       scaled z ticks=false,
       tick label style={font=\scriptsize},
     ]
     \addplot3[surf,shader=faceted interp,
               colormap/autumn,
               samples=40,samples y=40,
               domain=0.0001:0.9999,
               restrict z to domain*={0:10000},
               unbounded coords=jump,
              ]
      {((256*y^2*(1-x)^2)/(x^2*(1-sqrt(x/(2-x)))^4))
       *(1-(((12-3*x)*(1-x))/(4*(2-x)^2))
       -((1-sqrt(x/(2-x)))^2/16))};
     \addplot3[z filter/.expression={z>=10000 ? nan : z},
               colormap/autumn,
               fill=none,
               smooth,
               samples=40,samples y=40,
               domain=0.0001:0.9999,
               unbounded coords=jump,
              ]
      {((256*y^2*(1-x)^2)/(x^2*(1-sqrt(x/(2-x)))^4))
       *(1-(((12-3*x)*(1-x))/(4*(2-x)^2))
       -((1-sqrt(x/(2-x)))^2/16))};
   \end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

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Stefan

[layuval]

Thanks again!
Is there any guideline I can follow when producing this kind of graph?
I'm asking since I have similar problem with another graph.
As can be seen in the attached file the graph looks perfect when bounded in 0.1 but very unclear with any higher value.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

There's no guideline. Though there are some good ways to fix things, such as restricting a domain, treating unbound coordinates (jump or discard), filters for results, point meta settings. They are in the pgfplots manual, may be hard to find as it's a comprehensive reference. I like this big documentation with many examples though.

I made a gallery for getting started or for getting ideas: pgfplots.net.

I must admit that it took me some time to fine-tune your plot. It's often experimenting with settings and choosing the best. Btw. one nice trick I remember is changing parametrization for a better plot, as here: Cutting plots. There I also added a contour plot for the cut. I like plotting as the plots on tikz.de show.

Stefan