Mathematica Tutorial: Visualization And Graphics - Wolfram Research

20 Visualization and Graphics
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The ViewPoint option also accepts various symbolic values which represent common view
points.
Show@%, ViewPoint Ø AboveD
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81.3,-2.4,2< default view point
Front
Back
Above
Below
Left
Right
in front, along the negative y direction
in back, along the positive y direction
above, along the positive z direction
below, along the negative z direction
left, along the negative x direction
right, along the positive x direction
Typical choices for the ViewPoint option.
The human visual system is not particularly good at understanding complicated mathematical
surfaces. As a result, you need to generate pictures that contain as many clues as possible
about the form of the surface.
View points slightly above the surface usually work best. It is generally a good idea to keep the
view point close enough to the surface that there is some perspective effect. Having a box
explicitly drawn around the surface is helpful in recognizing the orientation of the surface.