MATLAB Function Reference

trimesh - Triangular mesh plot

Syntax

trimesh(Tri,X,Y,Z)
trimesh(Tri,X,Y,Z,C)
trimesh(...'PropertyName',PropertyValue...)
h = trimesh(...)

Description

trimesh(Tri,X,Y,Z) displays triangles defined in the m-by-3 face matrix Tri as a mesh. Each row of Tri defines a single triangular face by indexing into the vectors or matrices that contain the X, Y, and Z vertices.

trimesh(Tri,X,Y,Z,C) specifies color defined by C in the same manner as the surf function. The MATLAB^® software performs a linear transformation on this data to obtain colors from the current colormap.

trimesh(...'PropertyName',PropertyValue...) specifies additional patch property names and values for the patch graphics object created by the function.

h = trimesh(...) returns a handle to a patch graphics object.

Example

Create vertex vectors and a face matrix, then create a triangular mesh plot.

x = rand(1,50);
y = rand(1,50);
z = peaks(6*x-3,6*x-3);
tri = delaunay(x,y);
trimesh(tri,x,y,z)

See Also

patch, tetramesh, triplot, trisurf, delaunay

Creating Surfaces and Meshes for related functions

tril

triplequad