alpha values 24
ambient light
AmbientLightColor property
    illustration
AmbientStrength property
    illustration
aspect ratio
    for realistic objects
    properties that affect
    specifying
axes
    aspect ratio <1> <2>
        3-D
        properties that affect
        specifying
    camera properties
    controlling the shape of
    default aspect ratio
    limits
        example
    plot box
    position rectangle
    scaling
    stretch-to-fill
axis
    auto
    equal
    ij
    illustrated examples, 3-D
    image
    manual
    normal
    square
    tight
    vis3d
    xy
azimuth of viewpoint
    default 2-D
    default 3-D
    limitations

BackFaceLighting property
    illustration
brighten 25

camdolly
camera position, moving
camera properties
    illustration showing
camera toolbar
CameraPosition property
    and perspective
    fly-by
CameraPositionMode property
CameraTarget property
CameraTargetMode property
CameraUpVector property <1> <2>
    example
CameraUpVectorMode property
CameraViewAngle property
    and perspective
    zooming with
CameraViewAngleMode property <1> <2>
camlookat property
camorbit
campan
campos
camproj
camroll
camtarget
camup
camva
camzoom
CData property
    patches
CDataMapping property 23
    patches
color property of lights
colorbar 21
colormap 20
colormaps
    altering 25
    brightening 25
    brightness component of TV signal 26
    displaying 21
    for surfaces 19
    functions that create 20
    range of RGB values in 19
colors
    colormaps 19
    dithering 29
    indexed 19
        direct 22
        scaled 22
    interpreted by surfaces 19
    NTSC encoding of 26
    of patches
    of surface plots 19
    scaling algorithm 23
    specifying for surface plot, example 23
    truecolor 19
        on indexed color systems 29
        specifying 27
    typical RGB values 20
cone plots
coordinate system and viewpoint

DataAspectRatio property
    example
DataAspectRatioMode property
default
    aspect ratio
    azimuth
        2-D
        3-D
    CameraPosition
    CameraTarget
    CameraUpVector
    CameraViewAngle
    elevation
        2-D
        3-D
    Projection
    view
del2 23
diffuse reflection
DiffuseStrength property
    illustration
direct color mapping 22
direction cosines

edge effects and lighting
EdgeColor property
EdgeLighting property
edges of patches
elevation of viewpoint
    default 2-D
    default 3-D
    limitations
examples
    3-D graph 8
    axis
    changing CameraPosition
    DataAspectRatio property
    del2 23
    direction cosines
    displaying real objects
    linspace 15
    meshgrid 9, 15 <1> <2>
    of lighting
    parametric surfaces 17
    plot3 9
    PlotBoxAspectRatio property
    specifying truecolor
        surfaces 27
    stretch-to-fill
    texture mapping 30
    unevenly sampled data 14
    view

FaceColor property
FaceLighting property
Faces property
FaceVertexCData property <1> <2>
fly-by effect

Gouraud lighting algorithm
graphs
    steps to create 3-D 8
griddata 15

Hadamard matrix 17
hidden 18
hidden line removal 18

indexed color
    surfaces 19
Infs, avoiding in data 12
interpolated colors
    patches
        indexed vs. truecolor
isosurface
    illustrating flow data

Laplacian of a matrix 23
light
lighting
    algorithms
        flat
        Gouraud
        Phong
    ambient light
    backface
    diffuse reflection
    important properties
    properties that affect
    reflectance characteristics
    specular
        color
        exponent
        reflection
lighting command
lines
    removing hidden 18
linspace 14

material command
mathematical functions
    visualizing with surface plot 12
matrix
    Hadamard 17
    representing as
        surface 11
mesh 11
meshgrid 12
MRI data, visualizing

nonuniform data, plotting 14
NormalMode property
NTSC color encoding 26

orthographic projection
    and Z-buffer

parametric surfaces 16
patch
    behavior of function
    interpreting color
patches
    coloring
        faces and edges
    face coloring
        flat
        interpolated
    indexed color
        direct
        scaled
    interpreting color data
    multifaceted
    single polygons
    specifying faces and vertices
    truecolor
    ways to specify
perspective projection
    and Z-buffer
Phong lighting algorithm
plot box
plot3 9
PlotBoxAspectRatio property
    example
PlotBoxAspectRatioMode property
plotting
    3-D
        matrices 9
        vectors 9
    nonuniform data 14
    surfaces 11
polygons, creating with patch
position rectangle
printing
    3-D scenes
Projection property
projection types
    camera position
    orthographic
    perspective
    rendering method

realism, adding with lighting
realistic display of objects
reflection, specular and diffuse
Renderer property 29
RendererMode property 29
RGB
    color values 20
rgbplot 25
rotation
    about viewing axis
    without resizing

scaled color mapping 22
slice planes
    colormapping
    slicing a volume
specular
    color
    exponent
    highlight
    reflection
SpecularColorReflectance property
    illustration
SpecularExponent property
    illustration
SpecularStrength property
    illustration
sphere 30
starting points for stream plots
stream line plots
stream plots
    starting points
stretch-to-fill
    overriding
style property of lights
surf 11
Surfaces
    CData 30
    coloring 19
    curvature mapped to color 23
    FaceColor, texturemap 30
    parametric 16
    plotting 11
        nonuniformly sampled data 14

texture mapping 30
three-dimensional objects, creating with patch
toolbar, camera
truecolor
    patches
    rendering method used for 29
    simulating 29
    surface plots 19, 27 <1> <2>

vectors
    determined by direction cosines
vertex normals and back face lighting
VertexNormals property
Vertices property
view
    azimuth of viewpoint
    camera properties
    coordinate system defining
    elevation of viewpoint
    limitation of azimuth and elevation
    MATLAB's default behavior
    projection types
    specifying
    specifying with azimuth and elevation
view
    example of rotation
    limitations using
viewing axis
    moving camera along
viewpoint, controlling
visualizing
    commands for volume data
    mathematical functions 12
    steps for volume data
    techniques for volume data
volume data
    accessing subregions
    examples of
    MRI
    scalar
    slicing with plane
    steps to visualize
    techniques for visualizing
    vector
    visualizing

wire frame surface 11, 18 <1> <2>

Z-buffer
    orthographic projection
    perspective projection
    rendering truecolor 29
zooming by setting camera angle