MATLAB 3-D Visualization

Surface and Mesh Plots Creating 3-D Plots Changing Surface Properties Creating the MATLAB Logo Representing Data as a Surface Functions for Plotting Data Grids Functions for Gridding and Interpolating Data Mesh and Surface Plots Visualizing Functions of Two Variables Surface Plots of Nonuniformly Sampled Data Reshaping Data Parametric Surfaces Polygons Introduction to Patch Objects What Are Patch Objects? Behavior of the patch Function Creating a Single Polygon Multifaceted Patches Example — Defining a Cube Volume Visualization Overview of Volume Visualization Examples of Volume Data Selecting Visualization Techniques Steps to Create a Volume Visualization Volume Visualization Functions Techniques for Visualizing Scalar Volume Data What Is Scalar Volume Data? Ways to Display MRI Data Exploring Volumes with Slice Planes Slicing Fluid Flow Data Modify the Color Mapping Connecting Equal Values with Isosurfaces Isosurfaces in Fluid Flow Data Isocaps Add Context to Visualizations What Are Isocaps? Other Isocap Applications Defining Isocaps Adding Isocaps to an Isosurface Visualizing Vector Volume Data Lines, Particles, Ribbons, Streams, Tubes, and Cones Using Scalar Techniques with Vector Data Specifying Starting Points for Stream Plots Accessing Subregions of Volume Data Display Streamlines Using Vector Data Wind Mapping Data 1. Determine the Range of the Coordinates 2. Add Slice Planes for Visual Context 3. Add Contour Lines to the Slice Planes 4. Define the Starting Points for Stream Lines 5. Define the View Displaying Curl with Stream Ribbons What Stream Ribbons Can Show 1. Select a Subset of Data to Plot 2. Calculate Curl Angular Velocity and Wind Speed 3. Create the Stream Ribbons 4. Define the View and Add Lighting Displaying Divergence with Stream Tubes What Stream Tubes Can Show 1. Load Data and Calculate Required Values 2. Draw the Slice Planes 3. Add Contour Lines to Slice Planes 4. Create the Stream Tubes 5. Define the View Create Stream Particle Animations Projectile Path Over Time What Particle Animations Can Show 1. Specify Starting Points of the Data Range 2. Create Stream Lines to Indicate Particle Paths 3. Define the View 4. Calculate the Stream Particle Vertices Vector Field Displayed with Cone Plots What Cone Plots Can Show 1. Create an Isosurface 2. Add Isocaps to the Isosurface 3. Create the First Set of Cones 4. Create Second Set of Cones 5. Define the View 6. Add Lighting Visualizing Volume Data Visualizing Four-Dimensional Data Displaying Complex Three-Dimensional Objects Displaying Topographic Data