hi to all, I realized that scilab function "Sgrayplot" (and other 2D plotting functions like "champ") only accept "regular grids" that is Sgrayplot(X,Y,Z) requires
size(Z)=length(X)xlength(Y) while "surf" also accept non-regular ones with size(Z)=size(X)=size(Y) this pose substantial problems in some plots, compared to matlab/octave behaviors, and it would be a nice feature that Sgrayplot and others accept non-regular grid in the same way as "surf". My problem started when I needed to plot a vector field "above" a gray plot, the usual way to do this is straight and simple : dt=0.1;t=-1:dt:1; [X,Y]=meshgrid(t,t); Z=X.^2-Y.^2;// potential field Vx=X;Vy=Y;//vector field clf; Sgrayplot(t,t,Z') champ(t,t,Vx',Vy')// simple ... except the ' on Z,Vx,Vy :-) but I need to do this for Z,Vx,Vy corresponding to a non-regular grid (It comes from a Joukowski transform for those who want to know) so I can't use anymore Sgrayplot/champ and I try to replace them with surf/xarrows dt=0.1;t=-1:dt:1; [X,Y]=meshgrid(t,t);// <== in real life X,Y are non-regular Z=X.^2-Y.^2;// potential field Vx=X;Vy=Y;//vector field clf; // let's try to simulate Sgrayplot surf(X,Y,Z);E=gce();E.thickness=0;E.color_flag=3; A=gca();A.rotation_angles=[0,90]; // horrible hack to replace "champ" xarrows([X(:)';X(:)'+dt*Vx(:)'],[Y(:)';Y(:)'+dt*Vy(:)'],[Z(:)';dt+Z(:)'],1) If you compare both plot the second method isn't satisfying, because vectors can be hidden by the surface (and code is complex!). Can someone provide a work-arround to improve the result since changing the specification of Sgrayplot/champ can't be done quickly. sincerely yours, Philippe _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@lists.scilab.org http://lists.scilab.org/mailman/listinfo/users