Why is the WATERFALL command so slow in MATLAB 7 (R14)?

Using WATERFALL in MATLAB 7 (R14) takes much more time than in previous releases.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This behavior is due to the way in which WATERFALL uses the renderers.

To work around this, set the renderer to OPENGL:

figure(1)

set(gcf,'renderer','opengl');

waterfall(x,y,z)