Creating 3-D Plots This example shows how to create a variety of 3-D plots in MATLAB®. Open Live Script Mesh Plot ‘The mesh function creates a wireframe mesh. By default, the color of the mesh is proportional to the surface height, 2 = peaks(25); figure mesh(z) A LN WRT * WO = LY z 25 Surface Plot ‘The surf function is used to create a 3-D surface plot. surf(z) colormap(jet) % change color map10 “10 25 Surface Plot (with Shading) ‘The sur function creates a surface plot with colormap-based lighting. For smoother color transitions, use a colormap with linear intensity variation such as pink. surfl(z) colormap(pink) — % change color map shading interp % interpolate colors across lines and faces 10 “10 25 Contour Plot‘The contour function is used to create a plot with contour lines of constant value. contour(z,16) colormap default — % change color map 5 10 Quiver Plot ‘The quiver function plots 2-D vectors as arrows. x = 21.2125 ye -l2s Locyy] = meshgrid(x,y)5 22 = xx. *exp(-XXx.2-Yy-*2)5 [px,py] = gradient(zz,.2,.2); quiver (x,y, Px, Py) xLim([-2.5 2,5])% set Limits of x axis