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from Quiver 5 by Bertrand Dano
Draw arrow with true 3d arrow heads

quiver5(varargin)
function hh = quiver5(varargin)
% Slightly modified version of quiver3 function that plot arrows with
% true 3D arrow heads

% Bertrand Dano 05-12-08

%QUIVER5 3-D quiver plot.
%   QUIVER5(X,Y,Z,U,V,W) plots velocity vectors as arrows with components
%   (u,v,w) at the points (x,y,z).  The matrices X,Y,Z,U,V,W must all be
%   the same size and contain the corresponding position and velocity
%   components.  QUIVER3 automatically scales the arrows to fit.
%
%   QUIVER5(Z,U,V,W) plots velocity vectors at the equally spaced
%   surface points specified by the matrix Z.
%
%   QUIVER5(Z,U,V,W,S) or QUIVER3(X,Y,Z,U,V,W,S) automatically
%   scales the arrows to fit and then stretches them by S.
%   Use S=0 to plot the arrows without the automatic scaling.
%
%   QUIVER5(...,LINESPEC) uses the plot linestyle specified for
%   the velocity vectors.  Any marker in LINESPEC is drawn at the base
%   instead of an arrow on the tip.  Use a marker of '.' to specify
%   no marker at all.  See PLOT for other possibilities.
%
%   QUIVER5(...,'filled') fills any markers specified.
%
%   H = QUIVER3(...) returns a vector of line handles.
%
%   Example:
%       [x,y] = meshgrid(-2:.2:2,-1:.15:1);
%       z = x .* exp(-x.^2 - y.^2);
%       [u,v,w] = surfnorm(x,y,z);
%       quiver5(x,y,z,u,v,w); 
%       axis vis3d; rotate3d on
%
%   See also QUIVER, PLOT, PLOT3, SCATTER.

%   Clay M. Thompson 3-3-94
%   Copyright 1984-2002 The MathWorks, Inc. 
%   $Revision: 1.23 $  $Date: 2002/06/05 20:05:16 $

% Arrow head parameters
alpha = 0.33; % Size of arrow head relative to the length of the vector
beta = 0.33;  % Width of the base of the arrow head relative to the length
autoscale = 1; % Autoscale if ~= 0 then scale by this.
plotarrows = 1;

filled = 0;
ls = '-';
ms = '';
col = '';

nin = nargin;
% Parse the string inputs
while isstr(varargin{nin}),
  vv = varargin{nin};
  if ~isempty(vv) & strcmp(lower(vv(1)),'f')
    filled = 1;
    nin = nin-1;
  else
    [l,c,m,msg] = colstyle(vv);
    if ~isempty(msg), 
      error(sprintf('Unknown option "%s".',vv));
    end
    if ~isempty(l), ls = l; end
    if ~isempty(c), col = c; end
    if ~isempty(m), ms = m; plotarrows = 0; end
    if isequal(m,'.'), ms = ''; end % Don't plot '.'
    nin = nin-1;
  end
end

error(nargchk(4,7,nin));

% Check numeric input arguments
if nin<6, % quiver3(z,u,v,w) or quiver3(z,u,v,w,s)
  [msg,x,y,z] = xyzchk(varargin{1});
  u = varargin{2};
  v = varargin{3};
  w = varargin{4};
else % quiver3(x,y,z,u,v,w) or quiver3(x,y,z,u,v,w,s)
  [msg,x,y,z] = xyzchk(varargin{1:3});
  u = varargin{4};
  v = varargin{5};
  w = varargin{6};
end
if ~isempty(msg), error(msg); end

% Scalar expand u,v,w.
if prod(size(u))==1, u = u(ones(size(x))); end
if prod(size(v))==1, v = v(ones(size(u))); end
if prod(size(w))==1, w = w(ones(size(v))); end

% Check sizes
if ~isequal(size(x),size(y),size(z),size(u),size(v),size(w))
  error('The sizes of X,Y,Z,U,V, and W must all be the same.');
end

% Get autoscale value if present
if nin==5 | nin==7, % quiver3(z,u,v,w,s) or quiver3(x,y,z,u,v,w,s)
  autoscale = varargin{nin};
end

if length(autoscale)>1,
  error('S must be a scalar.');
end

if autoscale,
  % Base autoscale value on average spacing in the x and y
  % directions.  Estimate number of points in each direction as
  % either the size of the input arrays or the effective square
  % spacing if x and y are vectors.
  if min(size(x))==1, n=sqrt(prod(size(x))); m=n; else [m,n]=size(x); end
  delx = diff([min(x(:)) max(x(:))])/n; 
  dely = diff([min(y(:)) max(y(:))])/m;
  delz = diff([min(z(:)) max(y(:))])/max(m,n);
  del = sqrt(delx.^2 + dely.^2 + delz.^2);
  if del>0
    len = sqrt((u/del).^2 + (v/del).^2 + (w/del).^2);
    maxlen = max(len(:));
  else
    maxlen = 0;
  end
  
  if maxlen>0
    autoscale = autoscale*0.9 / maxlen;
  else
    autoscale = autoscale*0.9;
  end
  u = u*autoscale; v = v*autoscale; w = w*autoscale;
end

ax = newplot;
next = lower(get(ax,'NextPlot'));
hold_state = ishold;

% Make velocity vectors
x = x(:).'; y = y(:).'; z = z(:).';
u = u(:).'; v = v(:).'; w = w(:).';
uu = [x;x+u;repmat(NaN,size(u))];
vv = [y;y+v;repmat(NaN,size(u))];
ww = [z;z+w;repmat(NaN,size(u))];

h1 = plot3(uu(:),vv(:),ww(:),[col ls]);

if plotarrows,
  beta = beta * sqrt(u.*u + v.*v + w.*w) ./ (sqrt(u.*u + v.*v) + eps);
  uv=sqrt(u.*u + v.*v);
  % Make arrow heads and plot them
  hu = [x+u; x+u-alpha*(u+beta.*(v+eps)); ...
             x+u-alpha*(u-beta.*(v+eps)); ...
        x+u; x+u-alpha*u; x+u-alpha*u; x+u;...
        repmat(NaN,size(u))];

  hv = [y+v; y+v-alpha*(v-beta.*(u+eps)); ...
             y+v-alpha*(v+beta.*(u+eps)); ... 
        y+v; y+v-alpha*v; y+v-alpha*v; y+v;...
        repmat(NaN,size(v))];

  hw = [z+w; z+w-alpha*w; z+w-alpha*w; ... 
        z+w; z+w-alpha*(w+beta.*(uv+eps)); ... 
             z+w-alpha*(w-beta.*(uv+eps)); z+w; ... 
        repmat(NaN,size(w))];

  hold on
  h2 = plot3(hu(:),hv(:),hw(:),[col ls]);
else
  h2 = [];
end

if ~isempty(ms), % Plot marker on base
  hu = x; hv = y; hw = z;
  hold on
  h3 = plot3(hu(:),hv(:),hw(:),[col ms]);
  if filled, set(h3,'markerfacecolor',get(h1,'color')); end
else
  h3 = [];
end

if ~hold_state, hold off, view(3); grid on, set(ax,'NextPlot',next); end

if nargout>0, hh = [h1;h2;h3]; end

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