Re: plot3 plots surface rather than line

[jjmichael]

Yes!  This is exactly the problem that I'm experiencing.  Is the only solution 
to downgrade to something less than 2.1.71?

--Jake


> I've tested the example for plot3 using Octave 2.1.49 and I get the helix as
> expected from ";helix;".
> z = [0:0.05:5];
>    plot3(cos(2*pi*z), sin(2*pi*z), z, ";helix;");
> 
> For results in 2.1.71 see attached (24kb PDF) which presumably must be a
> "carpet" plot.
> Henry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> on 9/28/05 8:30 AM, Przemek Klosowski at address@hidden wrote:
> 
> > The help for plot3 says:
> > 
> >        usage: plot3 (x, y, z)
> >      ...
> >        If all arguments are vectors of the same length, a single line
> >        is drawn in three space.
> > 
> > but on my  2.1.71 it does something else: it treats the x,y,z vectors
> > as values of Z for three lines in the X-Y plane; in other words, it's
> > plot3(z1,z2,z3), showing a 3-by-length(z) carpet plot.
> > 
> > 
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