MATLAB comet3 in MATLAB®
Learn how to make 3 comet3 charts in MATLAB, then publish them to the Web with Plotly.
Create 3-D Comet Plot
Create a comet plot of the data in z
versus the data in x
and y
. Use the peaks
function to load x
, y
, and z
data in matrix forms. Convert the data into vector arrays. Then, plot the data.
[xmat,ymat,zmat] = peaks(100); xvec = xmat(:); yvec = ymat(:); zvec = zmat(:); comet3(xvec,yvec,zvec) fig2plotly()
Control Comet Body Length
Create a comet plot and specify the comet body length by setting the scale factor input p
. The comet body is a trailing segment in a different color that follows the head before fading.
Use the peaks
function to load x
, y
, and z
data in matrix forms. Convert the data into vector arrays. Specify p
as 0.5
so that the body length is 0.5*length(y)
. Then, plot the data.
[xmat,ymat,zmat] = peaks(100); xvec = xmat(:); yvec = ymat(:); zvec = zmat(:); p = 0.5; comet3(xvec,yvec,zvec,p) fig2plotly()
Plot Data in Specified Axes
Create two comet plots in a tiled chart layout by specifying the target axes for each plot.
Use the peaks
function to load x
, y
, and z
data in matrix forms. Convert the data into vector arrays. Specify the body length scale factor p
as 0.25
so that the body length is 0.5*length(y)
.
[xmat,ymat,zmat] = peaks(50); xvec = xmat(:); yvec = ymat(:); zvec = zmat(:); p = 0.25;
Store the two Axes
objects as ax1
and ax2
. Specify the target axes for each comet plot by including the Axes
object as the first input argument to comet
.
tiledlayout(1,2); ax1 = nexttile; ax2 = nexttile; comet3(ax1,xvec,yvec,zvec,p) comet3(ax2,yvec,xvec,zvec,p) fig2plotly()