Thread Subject: color-coded scatter 3d plot overplotted with a surface

Hi All,
I have two matrix that I would like to overplot. For one of the datasets I like to use surf function which nicely plots it. For the other dataset, I would like to use scattered style but want the data be color-coded the same way the first dataset is plotted using surf. Does any one know whether there is already a function which can do this?
Thanks,
Z.

Please send your code, after that we can suggest the solution. If no, it is difficult to walk in the dark region..

EDward

"Zahra" <zahra.yamani@nrc.gc.ca> wrote in message <j2hkcv$77o$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Hi All,
> I have two matrix that I would like to overplot. For one of the datasets I like to use surf function which nicely plots it. For the other dataset, I would like to use scattered style but want the data be color-coded the same way the first dataset is plotted using surf. Does any one know whether there is already a function which can do this?
> Thanks,
> Z.

"edward kabanyas" <djuky_hmi@yahoo.com> wrote in message <j2hn52$eln$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> Please send your code, after that we can suggest the solution. If no, it is difficult to walk in the dark region..
>
> EDward


There is really not much code, I am using simple matlab functions: The two matrices (A and B) are with the same size:

surf(A)

If I use the plot3 function to plot the second matrix B, it is not colour-coded to the same scale as the surface plot of matrix A is. I found plot3k function from the file exchange service but with that one, there seems to be a separate colour scheme for the scale than the surf plot... I hope this makes it more clear...

Just found the answer:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/scatter.html

with the scatter function, one could overplot a scatter plot with the same colour coded as a surface plot in the graph...


"Zahra" <zahra.yamani@nrc.gc.ca> wrote in message <j2hnrh$ged$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> "edward kabanyas" <djuky_hmi@yahoo.com> wrote in message <j2hn52$eln$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com>...
> > Please send your code, after that we can suggest the solution. If no, it is difficult to walk in the dark region..
> >
> > EDward
>
>
> There is really not much code, I am using simple matlab functions: The two matrices (A and B) are with the same size:
>
> surf(A)
>
> If I use the plot3 function to plot the second matrix B, it is not colour-coded to the same scale as the surface plot of matrix A is. I found plot3k function from the file exchange service but with that one, there seems to be a separate colour scheme for the scale than the surf plot... I hope this makes it more clear...

"Zahra" <zahra.yamani@nrc.gc.ca> wrote in message
news:j2htn1$31t$1@newscl01ah.mathworks.com...
> Just found the answer:
>
> http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/scatter.html
>
> with the scatter function, one could overplot a scatter plot with the same
> colour coded as a surface plot in the graph...

Since you're working in 3D, you probably want SCATTER3.

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