How to place a cone along a line?

Hello,

I have the following question:

How do I place a cone along a line or two points?

I know how to generate a cone:

cylinder([1 0])

But how do I move it where I want it to be?

Thank you!

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

% get the coordinate x, y and z  
[x,y,z]=cylinder([0 1])
% New coordinate
x=x+2
y=y+10
z=z+5
%----new cone----------
mesh(x,y,z)

[Leo Müller]

Thank you for your help. It worked so far. But I also wanted to align the cone with the line. Is there a way to do that?

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

what line?

[Leo Müller]

I would like to create an arrow by giving two points and a color.

Answer 2

[Star Strider]

If you want to plot cone-shaped arrowheads in 3D, use the coneplot function.

[Leo Müller]

Thank you. I have seen this function already. But unfortunately I don't know how to use it for just one line connecting two points...

Can you give me a hint?

[Star Strider]

Unfortunately, no. The coneplot function is set up for volume data, so if you only want a quiver3 plot with cone-shaped arrowheads, I would settle for the regular quiver3 plot instead. I have no experience with converting quiver3 plot data to volume data to use with coneplot, and it has defeated my attempts to do so just now.

[Leo Müller]

Is there maybe a way to rotate a cylinder so that it will be aligned along two points?