Hello all,
I have been spending my time making
http://qutip.org/docs/3.1.0/guide/guide-bloch.html work in Julia by
translating the main parts of the source code
http://qutip.org/docs/3.1.0/modules/qutip/bloch.html
. <http://qutip.org/docs/3.1.0/modules/qutip/bloch.html>
In short, what I've worked out is, in pseudo-code:
type Bloch
some properties.. :: of various types
vectors ( :: Vector{Vector{Float64}} ) # Vector of vectors that can be
plot on the sphere.
end
Bloch() = Bloch(standard properties, []) # initialize without any vectors
to plot
function add_vector(b::Bloch,vector::Vector{Float64})
push!(b.vectors,vector)
end
function render(b::Bloch)
plot a sphere
plot equator
plot x,y and z axis
plot vectors
style axes
end
The actual code I've written so far can be found on
https://github.com/whekman/edX/blob/master/Other/bloch.jl . Any advice on
my code much appreciated, I`m quite new to programming.
Now *I`d love to make such rendering compatible with @manipulate*. I know
that you can use withfig(fig) do .... end but somehow I cant figure out how
to incorporate it in this more object style approach.
Basically, I'm looking for a way to implement, in pseudo-code:
b = Bloch()
@manipulate for azimuth 0:15:90, latitude -180:15:180
add_vector(b,azimuth,latitude)
render(b)
end
So the goal is to have an easy way to draw points on such a sphere in an
interactive way. Basically, I am having a hard time figuring out how to
combine the use of such a composite type with @manipulate.
Anyone know a solution?
As an aside, the PyPlot code that I've written so far may be a nice,
comprehensive example of 3D plotting using PyPlot . If so, how to make sure
people can find it?
Furthermore, any hopes of plotting Arrow3D objects from inside Julia? It is
already possible in matplotlib
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29188612/arrows-in-matplotlib-using-mplot3d
- Willem
