MATLAB Function Reference

ribbon

Ribbon plot

Syntax

• ribbon(Y)
  ribbon(X,Y)
  ribbon(X,Y,width)
  h = ribbon(...)
  

Description

ribbon(Y) plots the columns of Y as separate three-dimensional ribbons using
X = 1:size(Y,1).

ribbon(X,Y) plots X versus the columns of Y as three-dimensional strips. X and Y are vectors of the same size or matrices of the same size. Additionally, X can be a row or a column vector, and Y a matrix with length(X) rows.

ribbon(X,Y,width) specifies the width of the ribbons. The default is 0.75.

h = ribbon(...) returns a vector of handles to surface graphics objects. ribbon returns one handle per strip.

Examples

Create a ribbon plot of the peaks function.

• [x,y] = meshgrid(-3:.5:3,-3:.1:3);
  z = peaks(x,y);
  ribbon(y,z)
  colormap hsv
  
  

See Also

plot, plot3, surface, waterfall

Polygons and Surfaces for related functions

rgbplot

rmappdata