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fill3

Filled three-dimensional polygons

Syntax

Description

The fill3 function creates flat-shaded and Gouraud-shaded polygons.

fill3(X,Y,Z,C) fills three-dimensional polygons. X, Y, and Z triplets specify the polygon vertices. If X, Y, or Z is a matrix, fill3 creates n polygons, where n is the number of columns in the matrix. fill3 closes the polygons by connecting the last vertex to the first when necessary.

C specifies color, where C is a vector or matrix of indices into the current colormap. If C is a row vector, length(C) must equal size(X,2) and size(Y,2); if C is a column vector, length(C) must equal size(X,1) and size(Y,1).

fill3(X,Y,Z,ColorSpec) fills three-dimensional polygons defined by X, Y, and Z with color specified by ColorSpec.

fill3(X1,Y1,Z1,C1,X2,Y2,Z2,C2,...) specifies multiple filled three-dimensional areas.

fill3(...,'PropertyName',PropertyValue) allows you to set values for specific patch properties.

h = fill3(...) returns a vector of handles to patch graphics objects, one handle per patch.

Algorithm

If X, Y, and Z are matrices of the same size, fill3 forms a vertex from the corresponding elements of X, Y, and Z (all from the same matrix location), and creates one polygon from the data in each column.

If X, Y, or Z is a matrix, fill3 replicates any column vector argument to produce matrices of the required size.

If you specify color using ColorSpec, fill3 generates flat-shaded polygons and sets the patch object FaceColor property to an RGB triple.

If you specify color using C, fill3 scales the elements of C by the axes property CLim, which specifies the color axis scaling parameters, before indexing the current colormap.

If C is a row vector, fill3 generates flat-shaded polygons and sets the FaceColor property of the patch objects to 'flat'. Each element becomes the CData property value for the respective patch object.

If C is a column vector or a matrix, fill3 generates polygons with interpolated colors and sets the patch object FaceColor property to 'interp'. fill3 uses a linear interpolation of the vertex colormap indices when generating polygons with interpolated colors. The elements in one column become the CData property value for the respective patch object. If C is a column vector, fill3 replicates the column vector to produce the required sized matrix.

Examples

Create four triangles with interpolated colors.

See Also

axis, caxis, colormap, ColorSpec, fill, patch

Polygons and Surfaces for related functions


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