Hello the following tikz picture works when by itself but when I put it into a figure like in the following code this error comes up:
Package pgfplots Error: ! Package pgfplots Error: Could not read table
file '" x y z 10 -1 -1 10 1 -1 1 0 1 1 10 -1 1 10 -1 -1 "' in 'search
path=.'
Code
\documentclass[test]{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{luainputenc}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\makeatletter
\usepackage{bohr}
\usepackage{carbohydrates}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.12}
\@ifundefined{showcaptionsetup}{}{%
\PassOptionsToPackage{caption=false}{subfig}}
\usepackage{subfig}
\makeatother
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\subfloat[]{\begin{tikzpicture}[
declare function={squarex(\t) =
(\t < 0.25) ? 1 : (
(\t < 0.5) ? (1 - (\t-0.25) * 8) : (
(\t < 0.75) ? -1 : (-1 + (\t - 0.75) * 8)
)
;},
declare function={squarey(\t) =
(\t < 0.25) ? (-1 + \t*8) : (
(\t < 0.5) ? 1 : (
(\t < 0.75) ? (1 - (\t - 0.5) * 8) : -1
)
;}
]
\begin{axis}[
axis equal image,
z buffer=sort,
hide axis,
domain=0:1, y domain = 0:10, samples y = 25,
ylabel =y, xlabel=x, clip=false
]
\addplot3 [
z buffer=none, domain=0:330, samples y=1,
ultra thick, black, -latex] (
-0.5,
{sin(x)*1.5}, {cos(x)*1.5}
);
\addplot3 [surf, shader=flat, fill=black!10, draw=black] (
y,
{squarex(x) * cos(y*9) - squarey(x) * sin(y*9)},
{squarex(x) * sin(y*9) + squarey(x) * cos(y*9)}
);
\addplot3 [z buffer=auto, fill=black!30, draw=black] table {
x y z
10 -1 -1
10 1 -1
10 1 1
10 -1 1
10 -1 -1
};
\addplot3 [
z buffer=auto, domain=-60:270, samples y=1,
ultra thick, black, latex-] (
10.5,
{sin(x)*1.5},
{cos(x)*1.5} );
\draw [ultra thick,-latex] (3.5,0,2) -- (6.5,0,2);
\node[rotate=-12] (label) at (5,0,2.7) {wave motion};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
}\hfill{}\subfloat[]{Other figure goes here
}
\caption{Torsional wave. a) a cuboid figure undergoing torsional distortion
b) the bending and bucking in this bridge is caused by torsional waves}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
Edit: I did not make the tikz image, it has been adapted from Here
Best Answer
Oh wow, that's a really cool figure! I think you have mixed up the syntax for plotting table data, you used the one for files. To "repair" your code I create the file, alternatively you could adjust the syntax.
Torbjørn scooped me in adding the alternative, so his answer or the following code yields the same output.