I'm looking to make a plot for a latex report I'm writing. Effectively the plot is a paraboloid sat ontop of a circle but I'm having some issue creating the surface of revolution for the paraboloid.
I attempted to follow the examples given by cmhughes in Surface of Revolution but get a compilation error, either an unspecified 'finished with exit code 1' or 'Arithmetic overflow \end{axis}' depending on which example I use.
Mike
Example;
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[view={60}{30}]
\addplot3[surf,shader=flat,
samples=20,
domain=1:2,y domain=0:2*pi,
z buffer=sort]
(x,{(1/x) * cos(deg(y))}, {(1/x) * sin(deg(y))});
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Gives the error 'finished with exit code 1'. The log file gives a few messages that I dont quite understand;
! Package pgfplots Warning: Axis range for axis x is approximately equal; enlargeing it.
! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/surf' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.
This error message was generated by an \errmessage
command, so I can't give any explicit help.
Pretend that you're Hercule Poirot: Examine all clues,
and deduce the truth by order and method.
! Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/shader' and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.
And several others with the same idea that 'I dont know what /tikz/X' is. Used /listfiles to find versions, output is;
*File List*
article.cls 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
size10.clo 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX file (size option)
inputenc.sty 2008/03/30 v1.1d Input encoding file
utf8.def 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc
t1enc.dfu 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc
ot1enc.dfu 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc
omsenc.dfu 2008/04/05 v1.1m UTF-8 support for inputenc
pgfplots.sty 2009/02/14 Version 1.2.2
tikz.sty 2010/10/13 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.76)
pgf.sty 2008/01/15 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.12)
pgfrcs.sty 2010/10/25 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.24)
everyshi.sty 2001/05/15 v3.00 EveryShipout Package (MS)
pgfrcs.code.tex
pgfcore.sty 2010/04/11 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.7)
graphicx.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
keyval.sty 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
graphics.sty 2009/02/05 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
trig.sty 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg 2009/08/28 v1.8 graphics configuration of TeX Live
pdftex.def 2010/03/12 v0.04p Graphics/color for pdfTeX
pgfsys.sty 2010/06/30 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.37)
pgfsys.code.tex
pgfsyssoftpath.code.tex 2008/07/18 (rcs-revision 1.7)
pgfsysprotocol.code.tex 2006/10/16 (rcs-revision 1.4)
xcolor.sty 2007/01/21 v2.11 LaTeX color extensions (UK)
color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
pgfcore.code.tex
pgfcomp-version-0-65.sty 2007/07/03 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.7)
pgfcomp-version-1-18.sty 2007/07/23 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.1)
pgffor.sty 2010/03/23 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.18)
pgfkeys.sty
pgfkeys.code.tex
pgffor.code.tex
tikz.code.tex
supp-pdf.mkii
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Problems above stem from outdated pgf and pgfplots which is now rectified.
