Hi Willem. If you make a Plots recipe for your type, you should be able to use your pseudocode by replacing 'render' with 'plot'.
https://juliaplots.github.io/recipes/ On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Willem Hekman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
