3-D Visualization Creating 3-D Graphs Building a 3-D Graph Line Plots of 3-D Data Representing a Matrix As a Surface Mesh and Surface Plots Visualizing Functions of Two Variables Surface Plots of Nonuniformly Sampled Data Parametric Surfaces Hidden Line Removal Coloring Mesh and Surface Plots Colormaps Indexed Colors - Direct and Scaled Colormapping Example - Mapping Surface Curvature to Color Altering Colormaps Truecolor Texture Mapping Defining the View View Definition Topics Setting the Viewpoint Specifying Azimuth and Elevation Defining Scenes with Camera Graphics View Control with the Camera Toolbar Camera Toolbar Camera Motion Controls Orbit Camera Orbit Scene Light Pan/Tilt Camera Move Camera Horizontally/Vertically Move Camera Forward and Backwards Zoom Camera Camera Roll Walk Camera Camera Graphics Functions Dollying the Camera Moving the Camera Through a Scene Summary of Techniques Graphing the Volume Data Setting Up the View Specifying the Light Source Selecting a Renderer Defining the Camera Path as a Stream Line Implementing the Fly-Through Low-Level Camera Properties Default Viewpoint Selection Moving In and Out on the Scene Making the Scene Larger or Smaller Revolving Around the Scene Rotation Without Resizing of Graphics Objects Rotation About the Viewing Axis View Projection Types Projection Types and Camera Location Understanding Axes Aspect Ratio Stretch-to-Fill Specifying Axis Scaling Specifying Aspect Ratio Example - axis Command Options Additional Commands for Setting Aspect Ratio Axes Aspect Ratio Properties Default Aspect Ratio Selection Overriding Stretch-to-Fill Effects of Setting Aspect Ratio Properties Example - Displaying Real Objects Lighting as a Visualization Tool Lighting Lighting Examples Lighting Commands Light Objects Adding Lights to a Scene Properties That Affect Lighting Selecting a Lighting Method Face and Edge Lighting Methods Reflectance Characteristics of Graphics Objects Specular and Diffuse Reflection Ambient Light Specular Exponent Specular Color Reflectance Back Face Lighting Positioning Lights in Data Space Transparency Overview Making Objects Transparent Specifying Transparency Specifying a Single Transparency Value for an Object Example - Transparent Isosurface Mapping Data to Transparency Size of the Alpha Data Array Mapping Alpha Data to the Alphamap Example: Mapping Data to Color or Transparency Selecting an Alphamap Example: Modifying the Alphamap Creating 3-D Models with Patches Introduction to Patch Objects Defining Patches Behavior of the patch Function Creating a Single Polygon Multi-Faceted Patches Example - Defining a Cube Specifying Patch Coloring Face and Edge Coloring Example - Specifying Flat Edge and Face Coloring Coloring Edges with Shared Vertices How MATLAB Interprets Patch Color Data Indexed Color Data Truecolor Patches Interpolating in Indexed Color Versus Truecolor Volume Visualization Techniques Volume Visualization Topics Overview of Volume Visualization Examples of Volume Data Selecting Visualization Techniques Steps to Create a Volume Visualization Volume Visualization Functions Visualizing Scalar Volume Data Techniques for Visualizing Scalar Data Visualizing MRI Data Exploring Volumes with Slice Planes Example - Slicing Fluid Flow Data Modifying the Color Mapping Connecting Equal Values with Isosurfaces Example - Isosurfaces in Fluid Flow Data Isocaps Add Context to Visualizations Defining Isocaps Example - Adding Isocaps to an Isosurface Visualizing Vector Volume Data Using Scalar Techniques with Vector Data Specifying Starting Points for Stream Plots Accessing Subregions of Volume Data Stream Line Plots of Vector Data Displaying Curl with Stream Ribbons Displaying Divergence with Stream Tubes Creating Stream Particle Animations Vector Field Displayed with Cone Plots