3-D Visualization

Index

A

alpha values 24

AmbientLightColor property

AmbientStrength property

for realistic objects

properties that affect

axes

aspect ratio <1> <2>

properties that affect

camera properties

controlling the shape of

default aspect ratio

position rectangle

stretch-to-fill

ij

illustrated examples, 3-D

xy

azimuth of viewpoint

B

BackFaceLighting property

C

camera position, moving

camera properties

illustration showing

CameraPosition property

and perspective

CameraPositionMode property

CameraTarget property

CameraTargetMode property

CameraUpVector property <1> <2>

CameraUpVectorMode property

CameraViewAngle property

and perspective

CameraViewAngleMode property <1> <2>

camlookat property

CData property

CDataMapping property 23

color property of lights

colormaps

brightness component of TV signal 26

for surfaces 19

functions that create 20

range of RGB values in 19

colors

interpreted by surfaces 19

NTSC encoding of 26

of surface plots 19

scaling algorithm 23

specifying for surface plot, example 23

on indexed color systems 29

typical RGB values 20

coordinate system and viewpoint

D

DataAspectRatio property

DataAspectRatioMode property

default

azimuth

CameraPosition

CameraUpVector

CameraViewAngle

elevation

diffuse reflection

DiffuseStrength property

direct color mapping 22

direction cosines

E

edge effects and lighting

EdgeColor property

EdgeLighting property

edges of patches

elevation of viewpoint

examples

changing CameraPosition

DataAspectRatio property

direction cosines

displaying real objects

meshgrid 9, 15 <1> <2>

parametric surfaces 17

PlotBoxAspectRatio property

specifying truecolor

stretch-to-fill

texture mapping 30

unevenly sampled data 14

F

FaceColor property

FaceLighting property

Faces property

FaceVertexCData property <1> <2>

G

Gouraud lighting algorithm

graphs

steps to create 3-D 8

H

Hadamard matrix 17

hidden line removal 18

I

indexed color

Infs, avoiding in data 12

interpolated colors

indexed vs. truecolor

isosurface

illustrating flow data

L

Laplacian of a matrix 23

algorithms

diffuse reflection

important properties

properties that affect

reflectance characteristics

specular

lighting command

lines

removing hidden 18

M

material command

mathematical functions

visualizing with surface plot 12

matrix

representing as

MRI data, visualizing

N

nonuniform data, plotting 14

NormalMode property

NTSC color encoding 26

O

orthographic projection

P

parametric surfaces 16

patch

behavior of function

interpreting color

patches

faces and edges

face coloring

interpreting color data

single polygons

specifying faces and vertices

ways to specify

perspective projection

Phong lighting algorithm

PlotBoxAspectRatio property

PlotBoxAspectRatioMode property

plotting

3-D

nonuniform data 14

polygons, creating with patch

position rectangle

printing

Projection property

projection types

camera position

rendering method

R

realism, adding with lighting

realistic display of objects

reflection, specular and diffuse

Renderer property 29

RendererMode property 29

RGB

color values 20

rotation

about viewing axis

without resizing

S

scaled color mapping 22

slice planes

slicing a volume

specular

SpecularColorReflectance property

SpecularExponent property

SpecularStrength property

starting points for stream plots

stream line plots

stream plots

starting points

stretch-to-fill

style property of lights

Surfaces

curvature mapped to color 23

FaceColor, texturemap 30

nonuniformly sampled data 14

T

texture mapping 30

three-dimensional objects, creating with patch

toolbar, camera

truecolor

rendering method used for 29

surface plots 19, 27 <1> <2>

V

vectors

determined by direction cosines

vertex normals and back face lighting

VertexNormals property

Vertices property

view

azimuth of viewpoint

camera properties

coordinate system defining

elevation of viewpoint

limitation of azimuth and elevation

MATLAB's default behavior

projection types

specifying with azimuth and elevation

example of rotation

limitations using

moving camera along

viewpoint, controlling <1> <2>

visualizing

commands for volume data

mathematical functions 12

steps for volume data

techniques for volume data

volume data

accessing subregions

slicing with plane

steps to visualize

techniques for visualizing

W

wire frame surface 11, 18 <1> <2>

Z

Z-buffer

orthographic projection

perspective projection

rendering truecolor 29

zooming by setting camera angle

Vector Field Displayed with Cone Plots