surface

# MakieCore.surface — Function.

surface(x, y, z)
surface(z)

Plots a surface, where (x, y) define a grid whose heights are the entries in z. x and y may be Vectors which define a regular grid, or Matrices which define an irregular grid.

Plot type

The plot type alias for the surface function is Surface.

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Examples

using GLMakie
xs = LinRange(0, 10, 100)
ys = LinRange(0, 15, 100)
zs = [cos(x) * sin(y) for x in xs, y in ys]

surface(xs, ys, zs, axis=(type=Axis3,))

using GLMakie
using DelimitedFiles

volcano = readdlm(Makie.assetpath("volcano.csv"), ',', Float64)

surface(volcano,
    colormap = :darkterrain,
    colorrange = (80, 190),
    axis=(type=Axis3, azimuth = pi/4))

using GLMakie
using SparseArrays
using LinearAlgebra

# This example was provided by Moritz Schauer (@mschauer).

#=
Define the precision matrix (inverse covariance matrix)
for the Gaussian noise matrix.  It approximately coincides
with the Laplacian of the 2d grid or the graph representing
the neighborhood relation of pixels in the picture,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplacian_matrix
=#
function gridlaplacian(m, n)
    S = sparse(0.0I, n*m, n*m)
    linear = LinearIndices((1:m, 1:n))
    for i in 1:m
        for j in 1:n
            for (i2, j2) in ((i + 1, j), (i, j + 1))
                if i2 <= m && j2 <= n
                    S[linear[i, j], linear[i2, j2]] -= 1
                    S[linear[i2, j2], linear[i, j]] -= 1
                    S[linear[i, j], linear[i, j]] += 1
                    S[linear[i2, j2], linear[i2, j2]] += 1
                end
            end
        end
    end
    return S
end

# d is used to denote the size of the data
d = 150

 # Sample centered Gaussian noise with the right correlation by the method
 # based on the Cholesky decomposition of the precision matrix
data = 0.1randn(d,d) + reshape(
        cholesky(gridlaplacian(d,d) + 0.003I) \ randn(d*d),
        d, d
)

surface(data; shading = NoShading, colormap = :deep)
surface(data; shading = NoShading, colormap = :deep)

Attributes

alpha

Defaults to 1.0

The alpha value of the colormap or color attribute. Multiple alphas like in plot(alpha=0.2, color=(:red, 0.5), will get multiplied.

backlight

Defaults to 0.0

Sets a weight for secondary light calculation with inverted normals.

color

Defaults to nothing

Can be set to an Matrix{<: Union{Number, Colorant}} to color surface independent of the z component. If color=nothing, it defaults to color=z.

colormap

Defaults to @inherit colormap :viridis

Sets the colormap that is sampled for numeric colors. PlotUtils.cgrad(...), Makie.Reverse(any_colormap) can be used as well, or any symbol from ColorBrewer or PlotUtils. To see all available color gradients, you can call Makie.available_gradients().

colorrange

Defaults to automatic

The values representing the start and end points of colormap.

colorscale

Defaults to identity

The color transform function. Can be any function, but only works well together with Colorbar for identity, log, log2, log10, sqrt, logit, Makie.pseudolog10 and Makie.Symlog10.

depth_shift

Defaults to 0.0

adjusts the depth value of a plot after all other transformations, i.e. in clip space, where 0 <= depth <= 1. This only applies to GLMakie and WGLMakie and can be used to adjust render order (like a tunable overdraw).

diffuse

Defaults to 1.0

Sets how strongly the red, green and blue channel react to diffuse (scattered) light.

fxaa

Defaults to true

adjusts whether the plot is rendered with fxaa (anti-aliasing, GLMakie only).

highclip

Defaults to automatic

The color for any value above the colorrange.

inspectable

Defaults to true

sets whether this plot should be seen by DataInspector.

inspector_clear

Defaults to automatic

Sets a callback function (inspector, plot) -> ... for cleaning up custom indicators in DataInspector.

inspector_hover

Defaults to automatic

Sets a callback function (inspector, plot, index) -> ... which replaces the default show_data methods.

inspector_label

Defaults to automatic

Sets a callback function (plot, index, position) -> string which replaces the default label generated by DataInspector.

invert_normals

Defaults to false

Inverts the normals generated for the surface. This can be useful to illuminate the other side of the surface.

lowclip

Defaults to automatic

The color for any value below the colorrange.

material

Defaults to nothing

RPRMakie only attribute to set complex RadeonProRender materials. Warning, how to set an RPR material may change and other backends will ignore this attribute

model

Defaults to automatic

Sets a model matrix for the plot. This overrides adjustments made with translate!, rotate! and scale!.

nan_color

Defaults to :transparent

The color for NaN values.

overdraw

Defaults to false

Controls if the plot will draw over other plots. This specifically means ignoring depth checks in GL backends

shading

Defaults to automatic

Sets the lighting algorithm used. Options are NoShading (no lighting), FastShading (AmbientLight + PointLight) or MultiLightShading (Multiple lights, GLMakie only). Note that this does not affect RPRMakie.

shininess

Defaults to 32.0

Sets how sharp the reflection is.

space

Defaults to :data

sets the transformation space for box encompassing the plot. See Makie.spaces() for possible inputs.

specular

Defaults to 0.2

Sets how strongly the object reflects light in the red, green and blue channels.

ssao

Defaults to false

Adjusts whether the plot is rendered with ssao (screen space ambient occlusion). Note that this only makes sense in 3D plots and is only applicable with fxaa = true.

transformation

Defaults to automatic

No docs available.

transparency

Defaults to false

Adjusts how the plot deals with transparency. In GLMakie transparency = true results in using Order Independent Transparency.

visible

Defaults to true

Controls whether the plot will be rendered or not.