# Plotting a 3D parametric curve

I am trying to plot the 3D curve $x=e^(t)*cos(t),y=e^(t)*sin(t),z=e^(t)$, $t\in[0,1]$, by using the code

\documentclass[tikz, border=2mm]{amsbook}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.4}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
[view={60}{30},axis lines=center,axis on top,
xlabel=$x$,ylabel=$y$,zlabel=$z$, xtick={2},ytick={2},ztick={2},no marks,axis equal,xmin=-1,xmax=4,ymin=-1,ymax=4,zmin=-1,zmax=4,enlargelimits={upper=0.1}]
\end{axis}

\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}

\end{document}


and nothing is plotted. How can I fix this ?

First, I think you meant to use standalone as a class. And then the variable name should be a macro. Also the trig functions accept argument in degrees. So you need to mention that they are in radians with an additional r. To remove the final connection to the inital point you can add samples y=0, For example for the domain -pi:pi you get

\addplot3+[no markers,samples=51, samples y=0,domain=-pi:pi,variable=\t]
({exp(\t)*cos(\t r)},{exp(\t)*sin(\t r)},{exp(\t)});


Full code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.15}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[view={60}{30},
axis lines=center,axis on top,
xlabel=$x$,ylabel=$y$,zlabel=$z$,
xtick={2},ytick={2},ztick={2},
no marks,axis equal,
xmin=-1,xmax=4,ymin=-1,ymax=4,zmin=-1,zmax=4,
enlargelimits={upper=0.1}]

• Can you post the full code, please ? I still have troubles, it seems that the labels $x$, $y$, $z$ dissapear from the coordinate axes. – Cris Dec 10 '17 at 14:55