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2answers
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Cell copy results in jaggy, aliased output

When I copy a cells by selecting them from the collapse bars on the right, then using the context menu option "Copy", the pasted image of plots is not anti-aliased and in general the text seems to ...
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1answer
110 views

How can I scale a plot in vector graphic or PDF form?

I am not at all a computer graphics expert, but it seems that portable document format (PDF) files have a "native size," even though they may (and usually do!) contain vector graphics that can be ...
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1answer
77 views

Animate curve parametric plot on a surface

I have a surface s = Plot3D[{x,y,F[x,y]},{x,-1,1},{y,-1,1}] with $F$ predefined, and a curve ...
1
vote
3answers
141 views

How Can I superpose an image and a graphics?

I want to superpose an image with a graphics in order to evaluate their alignment. I am writting this exemple of code. ...
3
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1answer
58 views

Adding and summing overlapping Airy (or Gaussian) disks on a plane

In a previous question of mine, I asked how one might draw an Airy disk on a plane: Generating an Airy disk on a plane, and recieved some impressive answers from the users Timothy Wofford and ...
2
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1answer
89 views

Copying each object in a plot as an image

I would like to copy a plot from Mathematica as an image, into a powerpoint slide. This plot has two curves. When I try to do the (naïve) usual "copy graphics" and paste, I find the full plot (along ...
2
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3answers
138 views

Hovering mouse cursor over a plot to display a “corresponding” point in another plot

(Apologies for not having gotten around to responding to and accepting answers on my other recent questions—as a meticulous and thorough type, I'd like to take my time to fully comprehend and ...
3
votes
2answers
164 views

Generating an Airy disk on a plane

I wish to generate a surface intensity plot of an Airy disk (or perhaps a two-dimensional Gaussian approximation to an Airy disk) on an (x, y)-plane at a specified coordinate. The hope is to have ...
6
votes
1answer
72 views

In version 9 PlotLegends, how can I remove the strange edges that appear around LegendMarkers?

I'm running Mathematica version 9. I am using ListPlot to plot two sets of data. For each data set, I am using different ...
5
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1answer
62 views

Fixing Spline curves so as to not overlap with themselves - (Diagrams)

Statement of the problem: Conceptually, what I'm trying to achieve is pretty simple. I have some code that generates a set of diagrams from a list of sets of points using BSplineCurve. Certain ...
1
vote
1answer
84 views

How to combine two plots with the same y-axis

I have a data file which contains three columns of data. The first and the second column correspond to $x$ coordinates, while the third column to $y$ coordinate. Here is a small sample of the data ...
0
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0answers
55 views

Possible to plot geometric relations using constraints instead of equations?

I understand how to create points and lines and manipulate them, but what if I want to constrain drawn figures based on those points and lines without actually figuring out the equation of the figure, ...
4
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2answers
113 views

Too much whitespace in a GraphicsGrid containing Legended Plots

Where is all the vertical whitespace coming from, and how do I get rid of it? ...
2
votes
2answers
117 views

How to increase the size of the dot produced by OverDot[]

As the title says, I want to find a way to increase the size of the dot produced by OverDot[]. Here is a simple code ...
3
votes
1answer
67 views

Plot Ticks disappear when combining Plot with Graphics

I'm attempting a simple Plot that I want to add asymptote markers to: ...

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