Questions on the Manipulate function of Mathematica, a function that allows the interactive manipulation of certain parameters in a Mathematica expression.
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PolarPlot render oddities
I apologize if this is a obvious question and answer, I don't often use Mathematica to display plots or graphics in general to be honest. So, I was tutoring my cousin yesterday in relation to Polar ...
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What is the proper method to load a Mathematica package inside a DynamicModule
I have a DynamicModule that requires loading of Mathematica packages. The usual methods do not seem to apply (...
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How are parameters evaluated for a Plot in Manipulate
I am trying to get my head around how Manipulate evaluates functions in a Plot. I have read the introduction to Manipulate, and introduction to Dynamic, but I still ...
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Manipulate Exp[I θ]+b Exp[-I θ]
I've uploaded an image showing a demonstration I'd like to create, but I definitely need help. There is a lot of talent on this list, so maybe someone can help me get started learning how to add ...
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Manipulate with a variable number of sliders
I have a function that operates on a list of variable-length $n$. I would like to create a Manipulate[] that has $n$ sliders, one for each list element, each ...
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Manipulate evaluation sequence
Manipulate doesn't always evaluate in the order I expect it to. What is the evaluation sequence for Manipulate and other ...
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RevolutionPlot3D: but NOT revolving about the z axis
I want to demonstrate generating a solid of revolution by revolving a planar region about, say, a horizontal axis. However, RevolutionPlot3D doesn't seem to have an ...
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Using function with multiple definitions in Manipulate
I'm trying to use Manipulate to visually try out different values of lambda in a Box-Cox transformation. I've created a boxcox ...
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Increasing number of decimal places in Manipulate input
I've made a Manipulate app. in Mathematica where I vary the value of a function f(a) by varying the parameter a. However, I seem to only be able to edit my input for a for a value up to 5 decimal ...
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How to modularize custom controls for Manipulate?
Background: My Manipulate programs are becoming (too) long. I want to split them up in to independent modules, if at all possible. Take this program as a prototype:
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Using ListPointPlot3D to simulate 2D plots moving in time
I wrote a 1D solver for the heat equation $u_t=u_{xx}$, and I can animate the solution using normal ListPlot command, where the x-axis is the rod length, and the ...
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Manipulate BarChart with Mathematica
In the following minimal working example:
Manipulate[BarChart[{a,b}],{a,1,2},{b,1,2}]
I'd like to be able to control the size of the bars by using some sort of ...
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Prevent interdependence of controls
My question is probably best illustrated with this small sample code:
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In a CDF can I suppress or avoid “This file contains potentially unsafe dynamic content…”
I created a CDF to distribute to a single trusted user who both knows and trusts me and everything I make for them.
I downloaded the CDF player and the CDF to one of their computers. The CDF works ...
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Embed CDF into an Apple iBook?
Edit
From the comments I received and verifying the information about CDF at wolfram.com, it appears that it is presently impossible to embed CDF into iBooks.
WRI does not appear to be happy with this ...
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How can I have interruptible computations inside a manipulate?
Here's a perfect example of my problem:
Manipulate[Pause[n], {n, {1, 10}, ContinuousAction -> False}, SynchronousUpdating -> False]
It is illustrated by ...
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What is the equivalent of a prototypical Manipulate in lower level functions?
Background: In the Mathematica tutorial 'Dynamic Interactivity' I read that there is a way of developing GUIs in Mathematica that do not use Manipulate. I want to ...
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What does None mean in a control specification for Manipulate?
I am now struggling to understand code that contains the following (simplified) Manipulate structure.
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Mathematica Manipulate with macros AND variable number of controls (persistence desired)
This post about avoiding code duplication in Manipulate helped a lot getting as far as I did. The method of "macros" outlined there works excellent, but when the ...
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Moving controls from Manipulate to a Palette ( or similar GUI object )
Consider the following snippet as a reference.
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Manipulate[] inside DialogInput[]
I would like to get input from an interactive dialog that uses Manipulate[]. But I find that my Manipulate[] breaks when I put ...
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Using more than one set of Locators in a Manipulate
I need to add locators dynamically to different sets.
With one set this works OK:
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What is an efficient way of selecting multiple colors via Manipulate?
Background: The following snippet is what I (intend to) use in a Manipulate form where up to 12 different colors can be selected:
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For[] or While[] can't be used inside Manipulate[]?
Here is a code sample that creates a control object which calculates the expressions inside Maniplate again and again and never stop (it's proved by the code in the ...
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Stopping Evaluation of Manipulate after it goes through once
I do quite a bit of textual analysis with Mathematica, and am currently making some Manipulate objects to walk people through key terms in the database.
One issue ...
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Control variable and body variable decoupling in Manipulate
This issue was raised as an offside problem in this thread. Consider the following example, that does not work as expected:
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Manipulate a Plot that contains a variable that contains symbol
This snippet
mm = m
Manipulate[{mm, Plot[mm x, {x, 0, 1}]}, {m, 0, 1}]
(m is not defined anywhere) produces a sadly fixed ...
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Exporting a Video of a Simulation of Pendulum Motion
In a series of previous questions, I asked how to solve a series of differential equations describing a series of coupled pendulums, and then how to plot this data by coloring the different pendulums. ...
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How to wrap this dynamic code inside a Manipulate?
My goal is to set up a Ising-type simulation, where many fast simulation steps are done in the background, and a visualization of the current state is displayed as the simulation evolves, being ...
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Changing background colour of a Manipulate element
Please consider the following:
Manipulate[Plot[Sin[x (1 + a x)], {x, 0, 6}], {a, 0, 2}];
Now, I would like to change the background colour to yellow. I tried ...
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Why does Manipulate execute the expression twice?
When I execute Foobar[] in the code below and move a slider, the variable grad is printed twice. Why is this? How can I make the ...
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Control which variables get embedded inside Manipulate
While trying to analyse several different datasets I got what I thought was a good idea: define a "function" that returns a Manipulate object. But this has some ...
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Manipulate flickering and consuming lots of CPU
I am new to Mathematica and was experimenting with a simply problem of plotting a tangent to a curve and being able to move the point at which the tangent is drawn using ...
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How can I restore context menu functionality to a Manipulate that contains Locators?
Before adding a Locator to a Manipulate, I can easily print or export the result using a context menu:
But after adding a ...
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A command for outputting a list of parameter values in a Manipulate interface
I am looking for a command that will output a list of values that correspond to the current parameter values manually set on a particular Manipulate interface.
For ...
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How to add graphics options to an already produced plot having manipulator?
I am new to Mathematica and stuck with one problem i.e.
How can I add a graphics option to an already made plot which a manipulator to control itself.
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Export animation of a Manipulate autorun sequence?
I've got a Manipulate that does a vector field plot. Basically a function that returns a list of Graphics objects and a couple of sliders:
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saving Manipulate data inside a notebook
I want to send a few Manipulate Plots and regular plots to my advisor in a notebook. I ...
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Upon opening my notebook, I must evaluate cell for code to work properly
I am new to Mathematica. Once I evaluate the cell containing the code, my Manipulate works as desired; however, if I open the file and do not evaluate the cell, the Manipulate goes haywire. Can ...
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Why does the syntax highlighter color a local symbol red inside DynamicModule?
I am adding a Module inside DynamicModule here is an example (thanks to @rm-rf for this simple example)
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Manipulating an arbitrary-precision ContourPlot
I have a function, say
minimizeme[ω_][β_][ϵ_] = ϵ^2 ω-Log[2 (Cosh[2 β]+Cosh[2 β ϵ])]/(2 β);
I want to make a high-precision dynamic ...
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Manipulate (linux version of Mathematica)
I'm runnning Mathematica 9 on Ubuntu linux 11.10. After installing CDF player I still have problem (most of time) with Manipulate. Only way I'm able to change value ...
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Control maximum value of a slider with another control
Is it possible to make $y_{max}$ of Slider[y, {$y_{min}$,$y_{max}$}] depend on another control?
For example, I have three variables (Time, Type1, Type2). I want a drop down box for the user to ...
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Locking a value when Manipulating variables
I'm trying to achieve something similar to Bret Victor's brilliant Scrubbing Calculator in Mathematica.
By using Manipulate I'd like to change the values of the variables such that if I modify one ...
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Why aren't the locators independently enabled/disabled?
I am wondering why the Enabled setting for the first locator (point1) overrides the Enabled setting for the second locator ...
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Manipulate with explicit updates
I want to use Manipulate (I am open to other alternatives) to apply one of two different functions f or ...
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Manipulate - why does the axis scale change when I release the slider?
I was playing around with Manipulate to demonstrate simple geometric idea of conic sections and put this little sample together. When i move the slider it moves my plane, which is what I expect. ...
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How to track dynamically generated manipulators?
In the code below the manipulators that are generated from the stakes buttons are not tracked by the Manipulate expression that contains them.
How can I make the ...
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Locators and Table within a Manipulate are not behaving
I am putting together a Manipulate on vector addition for my intro physics class and everything works well except when I include a Graphics that has a Table within. The code is below. There are three ...
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Stopping- threshold and stopping- time of stochastic processes.
Rod Lm helped me to generate the following code, which I want to extend a little bit. So my intention is to use the threshold (the green line) as boundary in the following way: as soon as the process ...
