SurfaceGraphics

Usage

• SurfaceGraphics[array] is a representation of a three-dimensional plot of a surface, with heights of each point on a grid specified by values in array.
• SurfaceGraphics[array, shades] represents a surface, whose parts are shaded according to the array shades.

Notes

• SurfaceGraphics can be displayed using Show.

• SurfaceGraphics has the same options as Graphics3D, with the following additions:

ClipFill	Automatic	how to draw clipped parts of the surface
ColorFunction	Automatic	function to determine color based on value
ColorFunctionScaling	True	whether to scale values before applying a color function
HiddenSurface	True	whether to eliminate hidden surfaces
Mesh	True	whether to draw a mesh on the surface
MeshRange	Automatic	the original range of , coordinates for the plot
MeshStyle	Automatic	graphics directives to specify the style for a mesh

• SurfaceGraphics does not support the options PolygonIntersections and RenderAll available for Graphics3D.

• For SurfaceGraphics, the default setting for BoxRatios is BoxRatios -> {1, 1, 0.4}.

• array should be a rectangular array of real numbers, representing

values. There will be holes in the surface corresponding to any array elements that are not real numbers.

• If array has dimensions

, then shades must have dimensions

• The elements of shades must be GrayLevel, Hue or RGBColor directives, or SurfaceColor objects.

• Graphics3D[SurfaceGraphics[ ... ]] can be used to convert a SurfaceGraphics object into the more general Graphics3D representation.

• SurfaceGraphics is generated by Plot3D and ListPlot3D.

• See Section 1.9.6, Section 2.10.1 and Section 2.10.11.

• See also: ListPlot3D, Plot3D, ContourGraphics, DensityGraphics.

• New in Version 1.

Further Examples