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surf

Set plotting options for the surface plot.

Synopsis:

surf option=value [,option=value, ...]

Arguments:

option

A plot option for the surface plot. See table below.

value

A value associated with the matching option . See table below.

Option

Value

Value Meaning

Default Value

legend

on, off

Whether or not a legend should be displayed with the plot.

on

max

real number, off

This value is used for coloring the variable specified in var . Points at or above the maximum value will be shaded with the maximum value color. A value of " off " indicates the actual data maximum will be used.

off

min

real number, off

This value is used for coloring the variable specified in var . Points at or below the minimum value will be shaded with the minimum value color. A value of " off " indicates the actual data minimum will be used.

off

pop

pop

off

scale

linear, log

Display the legend scale as a linear or log scale. This option only applies when the legend option is on.

linear

surfcol

z

color name




off

Shade the surface in colors per the z-values of the surface.

Shade the surface in the specified color and light the surface. The surface is lit from front and back light sources. Color Names A color index may be used in place of a color name.

Do not shade the surface.

z

type

shaded, wire, both

shaded is equivalent to:
surfcol=z, wirecol=off, wire is equivalent to:
surfcol=off, wirecol=black,
both
is equivalent to:
surfcol=z, wirecol=black

shaded

var

variable name

Name of variable to plot.

d

wirecol

color name

off

Plot the surface as a wireframe in the specified color. Color Names A color index may be used in place of a color name.

Do not plot the surface as a wireframe.

off

Description:

The surf command sets the options used when generating a surface plot. Note that this command does not change existing plots, only future ones. The surface plot only operates on 2D data. The surface is shaded using the Gouraud method.

Examples:

surf var=p

surf surfcol=red

surf surfcol=magenta, wirecol=blue

See Also:

defvar , iso , plot , pc


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