[pstricks] fusing objects in pstsolides3d

[Michael Sharpe]

On Jul 15, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Zbigniew Nitecki wrote:

> The following code, which is essentially copied from the documentation (EN) for pst-solides3d, page 
>> % !TEX TS-program = latex
>> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
>> %\usepackage{pstricks, pst-plot, pst-math, pst-3dplot}
>> %\usepackage{pst-grad, pst-func, pst-text}
>> %\usepackage{pstricks-add}
>> %\usepackage{pst-3d}
>> \usepackage{pst-solides3d, pst-3dplot, pst-math,pstricks-add}
>> \usepackage{pst-3d}
>> 
>> \usepackage{calculusmacros}
>> 
>> \title{Brief Article}
>> \author{The Author}
>> %\date{}                                           % Activate to display a given date or no date
>> 
>> \begin{document}
>> \maketitle
>> %
>> \begin{pspicture}(-5,-6.5)(3,6.5) 
>> \psset{solidmemory}
>> \psset{unit=0.75}
>> \psset{lightsrc=10 -20 50,viewpoint=50 -20 30 rtp2xyz,
>> 	Decran=50}
>> \psSolid[object=cylindre,h=6,fillcolor=blue,
>> r=1.5, ngrid=4 16, action=none, name=A1, ](0,0,-4)
>> \psSolid[object=anneau,h=6,fillcolor=red!50, R=4,r=3,h=1,
>> action=none, name=B1, ](0,0,-1)
>> \psSolid[
>> 	object=fusion,
>> 	action=draw**,
>> 	base=A1,B1,
>> ]
>> \composeSolid
>> %\pstThreeDCoor[zMax=7]
>> \end{pspicture}
>> 		
>> \end{document}
> 
> returns the following error message:
> 
>> ! Package xkeyval Error: `B1' undefined in families `,pst-solides3d,pst-3d,pstr
>> icks-add,pst-3dplot'.
>> 
>> See the xkeyval package documentation for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>>  ...                                              
>>                                                   
>> l.34 \end
>>          {pspicture}
>> ? 
> and only the first object is printed.
> What am I doing wrong? 
> 

You miscopied---in the last \psSolid, you should have 'base=A1 B1' not 'base=A1,B1'.

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Michael