​My next challenge is to map a texture (rectangular .jpg image) onto that
ellipse and plane. Any hints as to how to do that?

Skip Cave
Cave Consulting LLC

On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> wrote:

> Raul, Thanks for the links! That's what I needed. I didn't think about
> looking in the Studio Labs for the Plot documentation. The final secret is
> to throw away the imaginary parts of the ellipse equation so all z outside
> the ellipse is zero:
>
> a =.1
>
> b=. 1.7
>
> c =. 1.5
>
> x =. 5 %~21 21 $ i:10
>
> y =. |: x
>
> z =. {. |: +. c * ((1 - ((x^2)%(a^2)) + ((y^2)%(b^2))))^0.5
>
> 'surface' plot z
>
>
> Here's the plot: http://bit.ly/1GbYuy1
>
>
> The axes should be 1, 1,7 and 1.5, but they are not, so I need to look at
> that.
>
>
> Skip
>
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