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Milan
Milan on 20 Nov 2022
Commented: Askic V on 21 Nov 2022
#I am trying to plot a structure as shown in figure below with a function, but am able to get just 2D plot, can you please help with this one
function[structplot] = plotstruct(coord, ends)
%input:
% ends:A Matrix specify the start node and end node;
% coord: the physical World Coordinate of all nodes (in mm)
structplot = figure;
xlabel('X (mm)');
ylabel('Y (mm)');
zlabel('Y (mm)');
axis off;
hold on
axis equal
% plot elements in form of lines
for i = 1:length(ends)
nodeA = ends(i, 1);
nodeB = ends(i, 2);
xLine = [coord(nodeA,1), coord(nodeB,1)];
yLine = [coord(nodeA,2), coord(nodeB,2)];
zLine = [coord(nodeA,3), coord(nodeB,3)];
plot(xLine, yLine,zLine, 'Color','black')
% label elements if requested
xAv = (xLine(1) + xLine(2))/2;
yAv = (yLine(1) + yLine(2))/2;
zAv = (zLine(1) + zLine(2))/2;
text(xAv, yAv,zAv, sprintf('%d', i))
end
% plot nodes
for i=1:length(coord)
plot(coord(i,1),coord(i,2) , 'r*');
text(coord(i,1),coord(i,2),sprintf('%d', i),'Color','blue');
end
end
# i have coord )coordination and ends -connectivityis the following form
coord = 1000 .*[-1 0 0;
1 0 0;
0 0 2.5;
0 1.5 2.5;
0 3 2.5;
-1 3 0;
1 3 0];
ends = [1 3;
2 3;
3 4;
4 5;
5 6;
5 7];

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Askic V
Askic V on 20 Nov 2022
This slight modification is to get you going into right direction.
function[structplot] = plotstruct(coord, ends)
%input:
% ends:A Matrix specify the start node and end node;
% coord: the physical World Coordinate of all nodes (in mm)
structplot = figure;
xlabel('X (mm)');
ylabel('Y (mm)');
zlabel('Y (mm)');
axis off;
hold on;
axis equal
% plot elements in form of lines
for i = 1:length(ends)
nodeA = ends(i, 1);
nodeB = ends(i, 2);
xLine = [coord(nodeA,1), coord(nodeB,1)];
yLine = [coord(nodeA,2), coord(nodeB,2)];
zLine = [coord(nodeA,3), coord(nodeB,3)];
plot3(xLine, yLine,zLine, 'Color','black')
% label elements if requested
xAv = (xLine(1) + xLine(2))/2;
yAv = (yLine(1) + yLine(2))/2;
zAv = (zLine(1) + zLine(2))/2;
text(xAv, yAv,zAv, sprintf('%d', i))
end
% plot nodes
for i=1:length(coord)
plot3(coord(i,1),coord(i,2) ,coord(i,3),'r*');
text(coord(i,1),coord(i,2),sprintf('%d', i),'Color','blue');
end
view(45,15);
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Milan
Milan on 21 Nov 2022
Thanks, this worked out! What's is the meaning of view (45,15) which seems to have different effect?
Askic V
Askic V on 21 Nov 2022
This is an extract from the documentation:
view(az,el) sets the azimuth and elevation angles of the camera's line of sight for the current axes.
check the documentation with
doc view
You can play with it and see how it works.

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