How To Draw A Mexican Sombrero
I would like to make a Mexican hat potential (like this one from Wikipedia)
drawing through TikZ, and I am sure the function to use is straightforward, but I have not managed to find the right solution myself... !
I am using this as a starting point, just need the right function...
\tdplotsetmaincoords{70}{135} \tdplotsetpolarplotrange{90}{180}{0}{360} \begin{tikzpicture}[line join=bevel,tdplot_main_coords, fill opacity=.7] \tdplotsphericalsurfaceplot[parametricfill]{72}{36}% {4}{black}{\tdplottheta}% {\draw[color=black,thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (20,0,0) node[anchor=north east]{$x$};}% {\draw[color=black,thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,20,0) node[anchor=north west]{$y$};}% {\draw[color=black,thick,->] (0,0,0) -- (0,0,3) node[anchor=south]{$z$};}% \end{tikzpicture} Any hints will be gratefully appreciated!!
Thanks again!
I now have a little problem getting the axis right. I want them placed in the middle of the plot, but I cannot seem to get the labels correct? Also, I would like to rotate the axis so that the x,y arrows point towards us, and the z up as it is now. Any tips? This is what I have now:
\pgfplotsset{ standard/.style={ axis x line=middle, axis y line=middle, axis z line=middle, enlarge x limits=0.15, enlarge y limits=0.15, enlarge x limits=0.15, every axis x label/.style={at={(current axis.right of origin)},anchor=north west}, every axis y label/.style={at={(current axis.above origin)},anchor=north east}, every axis z label/.style={at={(current axis.above origin)},anchor=south} } } \begin{tikzpicture} \begin{axis}[ standard, colormap={blackwhite}{gray(0cm)=(1); gray(1cm)=(0)}, samples=30, domain=0:360, y domain=0:1.25, zmin=0, zmax=2, xlabel=$\mathcal{RE}\,(\phi)$, ylabel=$\mathcal{IM}\,(\phi)$, zlabel=$V$, yticklabels={,,}, xticklabels={,,}, zticklabels={,,} ] \addplot3 [surf, shader=flat, draw=black, z buffer=sort] ({sin(x)*y}, {cos(x)*y}, {(y^2-1)^2}); %\addplot3 [surf, shader=flat, draw=black, fill=white, z buffer=sort] (x^4-x^2, y^4-y^2, 1); \end{axis} \end{tikzpicture} It produces the following figure:
But as you see the axis labelling is not optimal, and the axis is rotated the wrong direction..
Thanks so much so far!
How To Draw A Mexican Sombrero
Source: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/95247/how-to-draw-a-mexican-hat-potential-using-3dplot
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