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Line Contours¶

This section show examples of line contours which are line objects constructed from surface objects.

Surface contours in a volume are show in the Implicit Surfaces, f(x,y,z) examples, specifically illustrated in the Contour Surface within a Volume example.

A set of constant Z contour lines generated from a surface object.

../_images/contours_z.png

Vertical Contour Set

A set of constant Z contour lines generated from a surface object.

../_images/b_demo.png

Vertical Contour Set 2

3D visualization of 2D function with coefficients.

../_images/elliptic_curve.png

Elliptic Curve

Set of contour lines constructed normal to a direction.

../_images/contour_lineset_colored.png

Colored Line Contour Set

Planar contours on a conic surface.

../_images/conic.png

Line Contours

Planar contour colors taken from the surface color.

../_images/fun011_contours.png

Constant Z Contours of a Function

Comparison between planar and radial contours of an identical surface.

../_images/pl_sph_contours.png

Planar and Radial Contours

Contours from a Datagrid Surface.

../_images/jacks_contours.png

Elevation Contours of a Datagrid

Just for fun. Contours constructed from a surface.

../_images/mand_contours.png

Mandelbrot Contours

Contours constructed from a surface, project to a xy-plane.

../_images/mri_contours.png

MRI Contours 2D plot

Contour constructed from a colormap surface and then projected onto a plane.

../_images/townsend.png

Contour Projections

Contour constructed from a colormap surface and then projected onto a plane.

../_images/sixhump.png

Contour Projections 2

Composite surface contours are projected onto a plane.

../_images/lambert_w.png

Composite Surface Contour Projections

Using surfaces to construct 2D plots.

../_images/domain_coloring_2d_1.png

Domain Coloring, 2D from 3D

Surface and contours are clipped with a surface based function.

../_images/gomez_levy_1.png

Clipping Surface and Contours

General contour projection to a plane.

../_images/gen_cont_proj.png

General Line Contour Projections

Cylindrical contours on a cylindrical surface.

../_images/tube_disp_contours.png

Cylindrical Contours

Comparison between two methods for contour coloring.

../_images/contours_color.png

Contour Coloring

Comparison between two methods for contour coloring of a spherical function.

../_images/sph_harm_contours_1.png

Representing f(θ,φ) Contours

Cylindrical contours on cylindrical surfaces.

../_images/twist_contours.png

Cylindrical Contours

Cylindrical contours of constant radius for complex functions.

../_images/complex_contours.png

Complex Cylindrical Contours

Spherical contours on a functional defined surface.

../_images/contours_spherical.png

Spherical Contours

Spherical contours on a image-mapped surface.

../_images/earth_elev_contours.png

Earth Elevation Contours

Spherical contour projection of a image-mapped surface.

../_images/earth_dry_elev_contours.png

Earth Elevation Projected Contours

Contours projected onto a planar surface.

../_images/planar_cmap_contours.png

Contours of a Colormap on a Planar Surface

Contours projected onto a spherical surface.

../_images/spherical_cmap_contours.png

Contours of a Colormap on a Spherical Surface

Contours on a general surface object.

../_images/bunny_contours.png

Bunny Contours