fx(t) = t*cos(t) fy(t) = t*sin(t) fz(t) = t**2*(cos(t)**2-sin(t)**2) # set style line 100 lw 0.1 lc "white" set pm3d depth lighting primary 0.6 hidden3d ls 100 set palette defined (0 "#6666ff", 1 "#6666ff") set samples 21 set isosamples 21 unset colorbox unset key unset tics unset border set xyplane 0 set view 30,135,1.2, 0.8 set term pngcairo size 360,360 font ",10" background "dark-olivegreen" set xr [-10:10] set yr [-10:10] set zr [-100:100] set ur [0:11] N = 100 do for [i = 0: N-1] { set out sprintf("im%03d.png", i) set multiplot set samples 21 splot x**2-y**2 w pm3d set samples N splot '+' u (s = 0.55*(($1)+10), fx(s)):(fy(s)):(fz(s)) \ w line lw 2 lc "gold",\ '+' u (s = 0.55*(($1)+10), fx(s)):(fy(s)):(fz(s)) \ every 1:1:i:0:i:0 lt 7 pt 7 ps 2 lc "salmon" unset multiplot } system("convert -adjoin -delay 5 im*.png pm3d_trajectory.gif") system("rm im*.png") |