Re: plot3 plots surface rather than line

[Henry F. Mollet]

gnuplot> splot 'plot3ExampleData' w l
using attached data file will give the spiral in Gnuplot. I wish I knew how
to translate this so that plot3.m would work as it should in Octave 2.1.71.
You can of course create the required data file using your data and then use
Gnuplot to get the plot you need for the time being.
Henry


on 9/28/05 9:17 AM, Jake Michaelson at address@hidden wrote:

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>> From: Jake Michaelson <address@hidden>
>> Date: September 28, 2005 9:59:52 AM MDT
>> To: Przemek Klosowski <address@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: plot3 plots surface rather than line
>> 
>> so how can we fix it so it will function as the help file describes?
>> I really need to get this working properly.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Jake
>> 
>> On Sep 28, 2005, at 9:30 AM, Przemek Klosowski wrote:
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>>> 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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