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trisurf - Triangular surface plot

Syntax

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

Description

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

trisurf(Tri,X,Y,Z) uses C=Z so color is proportional to surface height.

trisurf(tr) displays the triangles in a TriRep triangulation representation. It uses C = TR.X(:,3) so surface color is proportional to height.

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

h = trisurf(...) returns a patch handle.

Example

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

[x,y]=meshgrid(1:15,1:15);
tri = delaunay(x,y);
z = peaks(15);
trisurf(tri,x,y,z)

If the surface is in the form of a TriRep triangulation representation, plot it as follows:

tr = TriRep(tri, x(:), y(:), z(:));
trisurf(tr)

See Also

patch, surf, tetramesh, trimesh, triplot, delaunay, TriRep, DelaunayTri

Surface and Mesh Creation for related functions

TriScatteredInterp

triu

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