MATLAB Function Reference Volume 1: A - E - Bad Request

2contour3
Purpose Three-dimensional contour plot
Syntax contour3(Z)
contour3(Z,n)
contour3(Z,v)
contour3(X,Y,Z)
contour3(X,Y,Z,n)
contour3(X,Y,Z,v)
contour3(...,LineSpec)
[C,h] = contour3(...)
contour3
Description contour3 creates a three-dimensional contour plot of a surface defined on a
rectangular grid.
contour3(Z) draws a contour plot of matrix Z in a three-dimensional view. Z is
interpreted as heights with respect to the x-y plane. Z must be at least a 2-by-2
matrix. The number of contour levels and the values of contour levels are
chosen automatically. The ranges of the x- and y-axis are [1:n] and [1:m],
where [m,n] = size(Z).
contour3(Z,n) draws a contour plot of matrix Z with n contour levels in a
three-dimensional view.
contour3(Z,v) draws a contour plot of matrix Z with contour lines at the
values specified in vector v. The number of contour levels is equal to length(v).
To draw a single contour of level i, use contour(Z,[i i]).
contour3(X,Y,Z), contour3(X,Y,Z,n), and contour3(X,Y,Z,v) use X and Y
to define the x- and y-axis limits. If X is a matrix, X(1,:) defines the x-axis. If
Y is a matrix, Y(:,1) defines the y-axis. When X and Y are matrices, they must
be the same size as Z, in which case they specify a surface as surf does.
contour3(...,LineSpec) draws the contours using the line type and color
specified by LineSpec.
[C,h] = contour3(...) returns the contour matrix C as described in the
function contourc and a column vector containing handles to graphics objects.
contour3 creates patch graphics objects unless you specify LineSpec, in which
case contour3 creates line graphics objects.
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