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trimesh.m: Overhaul function to support color matrix argument. * scripts/plot/trimesh.m: Add documentation about C matrix argument. Also return handle H for 2-D trimesh (equivalent to triplot). Add code to check for 4th argument being a color matrix. Set FaceColor to white in patch which corresponds to "hidden on". Turn off axis plot box for visual compatibility with Matlab. Add %!error tests for input validation.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:33:55 -0700
parents 26589abbc78d
children cd98a50bfa63
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## Copyright (C) 2007-2012 David Bateman
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {} trimesh (@var{tri}, @var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z}, @var{c})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} trimesh (@var{tri}, @var{x}, @var{y}, @var{z})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} trimesh (@var{tri}, @var{x}, @var{y})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} trimesh (@dots{}, @var{prop}, @var{val}, @dots{})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} trimesh (@dots{})
## Plot a 3-D triangular wireframe mesh.
## 
## In contrast to @code{mesh}, which plots a mesh using rectangles,
## @code{trimesh} plots the mesh using triangles.
##
## @var{tri} is typically the output of a Delaunay triangulation over the
## grid of @var{x}, @var{y}.  Every row of @var{tri} represents one triangle
## and contains three indices into [@var{x}, @var{y}] which are the
## vertices of the triangles in the x-y plane.  @var{z} determines the
## height above the plane of each vertex.  If no @var{z} input is given then
## the triangles are plotted as a 2-D figure.
## 
## The color of the trimesh is computed by linearly scaling the @var{z} values
## to fit the range of the current colormap.  Use @code{caxis} and/or
## change the colormap to control the appearance.
##
## Optionally, the color of the mesh can be specified independently of @var{z}
## by supplying a color matrix, @var{c}.  If @var{z} has N elements, then
## @var{c} should be an Nx1 vector for colormap data or an Nx3 matrix for
## RGB data.
##
## Any property/value pairs are passed directly to the underlying patch object.
##
## The optional return value @var{h} is a graphics handle to the created patch
## object.
## @seealso{mesh, tetramesh, triplot, trisurf, delaunay, patch, hidden}
## @end deftypefn

function h = trimesh (tri, x, y, z, varargin)

  if (nargin < 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  if (nargin == 3)
    htmp = triplot (tri, x, y);
  elseif (ischar (z))
    htmp = triplot (tri, x, y, z, varargin{:});
  else
    ## Process color argument
    if (nargin > 4 && isnumeric (varargin{1}))
      c = varargin{1};
      varargin(1) = [];
      if (isvector (c))
        if (numel (c) != numel (z))
          error ("trimesh: C must have 'numel (Z)' elements");
        endif
        c = c(:);
      elseif (rows (c) != numel (z) || columns (c) != 3)
        error ("trimesh: TrueColor C matrix must be 'numel (Z)' rows by 3 columns");
      endif
    else
      c = z(:);
    endif

    hax = newplot ();

    htmp = patch ("Vertices", [x(:), y(:), z(:)], "Faces", tri,
                  "FaceVertexCdata", c, "EdgeColor", "flat", "FaceColor", "w",
                  varargin{:});
    if (! ishold ())
      set (hax, "view", [-37.5, 30], "box", "off",
                "xgrid", "on", "ygrid", "on", "zgrid", "on");
    endif
  endif

  if (nargout > 0)
    h = htmp;
  endif

endfunction


%!demo
%! clf;
%! old_state = rand ('state');
%! restore_state = onCleanup (@() rand ('state', old_state));
%! rand ('state', 10);
%! N = 10;
%! x = 3 - 6 * rand (N, N);
%! y = 3 - 6 * rand (N, N);
%! z = peaks (x, y);
%! tri = delaunay (x(:), y(:));
%! trimesh (tri, x(:), y(:), z(:));

%% Test input validation
%!error trimesh ()
%!error trimesh (1)
%!error trimesh (1,2)
%!error <C must have 'numel \(Z\)' elements> trimesh (1,2,3,4,[5 6])
%!error <C must have 'numel \(Z\)' elements> trimesh (1,2,3,4,[5 6]')
%!error <TrueColor C matrix must> trimesh ([1;1],[2;2],[3;3],[4;4],zeros(3,3))
%!error <TrueColor C matrix must> trimesh ([1;1],[2;2],[3;3],[4;4],zeros(2,2))