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Re: color-coding two sets of plotted curves?

From Peter Pein <petsie@dordos.net>
Newsgroups comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
Subject Re: color-coding two sets of plotted curves?
Date 2011-05-14 07:11 +0000
Organization Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc.
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Am 13.05.2011 12:27, schrieb Dushan Mitrovich:
> After a lot of experimentation I finally found a way to plot two sets of 
> curves orthogonal using one color per set.  The following relates 
> Bipolar and Cartesian coordinates, then plots the sets of coordinate 
> lines Red and Blue:
> 
> xy[Xi_, Theta_] := {  Sinh[Xi]/(Cosh[Xi]+Cos[Theta]),
>                      Sin[Theta]/(Cosh[Xi]+Cos[Theta])}
> 
> pXi = ParametricPlot[Evaluate@Table[xy[(j+1)/4, Pi u], {j,0,11}],
>                       {u,-1,1}, PlotRange->{{0,4.2},{-2,2}},
>                       PlotPoints->50, PlotStyle->{Red}];
> 
> pTheta = ParametricPlot[Evaluate@Table[xy[6 (u+1), j Pi/6], {j,0,11}],
>                       {u,-1,1}, PlotRange->{{0,4.2},{-2,2}},
>                       PlotPoints->50, PlotStyle->{Blue}];
> 
> Show[pXi,pTheta]
> 
> Everything else I tried plotted all the curves the same color.  Am I 
> using the recommended approach or is there another, more direct one?
> 
> - Dushan
> 

Hi,

I'd use ParametricPlot:

ParametricPlot[xy[x,y]//Evaluate,{x,-0,3},{y,-Pi,Pi},PlotStyle->Opacity[0],MeshStyle->{Red,Blue},Axes->None,Frame->True,PlotRange->{{0,4.2},{-2,2}},PlotPoints->50]//Quiet

Peter

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color-coding two sets of plotted curves? Dushan Mitrovich <dushanm@spinn.net> - 2011-05-13 10:27 +0000
  Re: color-coding two sets of plotted curves? Peter Pein <petsie@dordos.net> - 2011-05-14 07:11 +0000

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