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plotting - Removing unwanted appearance of underlying mesh


Let us first define two positive definite matrices:


M1 = {{2, -6}, {4, 8}};
M2 = {{2, 3}, {4, 8}};

then set two points p1={-1,-1} and p2={1,1}. Finally we define an anisotropic distance function, namely:



d[q1_, q2_, M_] := Sqrt[(q1 - q2).M.(q1 - q2)]

When trying to plot the anisotropic Voronoi cells as follows:


Show[
Graphics[Point[{p1, p2}]],
RegionPlot[
{
d[{x, y}, p1, M1] < d[{x, y}, p2, M2],
d[{x, y}, p1, M1] > d[{x, y}, p2, M2]
},

{x, -4, 4}, {y, -4, 4}
]
]

I obtain the following image:


Resulting image with unwanted mesh


My question is: How can I get rid of the underlying mesh, which is visible in this example?


Two remarks:



  1. Removing the points' plotting also removes the mesh.


  2. Adding something like Mesh->None to the RegionPlot doesn't help.




Edit:


It seems this problem is specific to Mac OS X. Here is the Options[RegionPlot] output:


{AlignmentPoint -> Center, AspectRatio -> 1, Axes -> False, 
AxesLabel -> None, AxesOrigin -> Automatic, AxesStyle -> {},
Background -> None, BaselinePosition -> Automatic, BaseStyle -> {},
BoundaryStyle -> Automatic, ColorFunction -> Automatic,
ColorFunctionScaling -> True, ColorOutput -> Automatic,

ContentSelectable -> Automatic, CoordinatesToolOptions -> Automatic,
DisplayFunction :> $DisplayFunction, Epilog -> {},
Evaluated -> Automatic, EvaluationMonitor -> None,
FormatType :> TraditionalForm, Frame -> True, FrameLabel -> None,
FrameStyle -> {}, FrameTicks -> Automatic, FrameTicksStyle -> {},
GridLines -> None, GridLinesStyle -> {}, ImageMargins -> 0.`,
ImagePadding -> All, ImageSize -> Automatic,
ImageSizeRaw -> Automatic, LabelStyle -> {},
MaxRecursion -> Automatic, Mesh -> None,
MeshFunctions -> {#1 &, #2 &}, MeshShading -> None,

MeshStyle -> Automatic, Method -> Automatic,
PerformanceGoal :> $PerformanceGoal, PlotLabel -> None,
PlotPoints -> Automatic, PlotRange -> Full,
PlotRangeClipping -> True, PlotRangePadding -> Automatic,
PlotRegion -> Automatic, PlotStyle -> Automatic,
PreserveImageOptions -> Automatic, Prolog -> {}, RotateLabel -> True,
TextureCoordinateFunction -> Automatic,
TextureCoordinateScaling -> Automatic, Ticks -> Automatic,
TicksStyle -> {}, WorkingPrecision -> MachinePrecision}

Answer




You are combining the images in the form


Show[Graphics[simplePrimitives], complicatedRegionPlot]

The options in the resulting figure are inherited from the first term, namely Graphics[simplePrimitives]. This does not include the "TransparentPolygonMesh" -> True generated by RegionPlot. You see the mesh as a result. If you combine things as follows:


Show[complicatedRegionPlot, Graphics[simplePrimitives]]

Then the resulting image will have the standard RegionPlot options and you'll no longer see the mesh.


I think the preferred way to do this, however, is to use Epilog, as in J.M.'s response.


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