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Re: Plotting line graphs in 3D

From	Christoph Bersch <usenet@bersch.net>
Newsgroups	comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject	Re: Plotting line graphs in 3D
Date	2011-04-20 14:08 +0200
Organization	GWDG, Goettingen
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On 20.04.2011 14:02, Durand wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering whether it is possible to plot a line on a 3d plane. I
> tried doing splot sin(x) but it made a surface rather than just a
> line. I'm trying to plot an electromagnetic wave, essentially
> something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Onde_electromagnetique.svg

Try:

set parametric
splot u, cos(u), 0, u, 0, cos(u)

Christoph

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Plotting line graphs in 3D Durand <durand1@gmail.com> - 2011-04-20 05:02 -0700
  Re: Plotting line graphs in 3D Christoph Bersch <usenet@bersch.net> - 2011-04-20 14:08 +0200
    Re: Plotting line graphs in 3D Christoph Bersch <usenet@bersch.net> - 2011-04-20 15:23 +0200

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