3-D Surface Plot
The 3-D Surface command renders 2-D image
pixels as a 3-D surface. The image pixel value is used as the 3rd
dimension, or "Z Value". Various options for rendering the data and
altering the Plot Properties provide a myriad of ways to visualize
the image surface.
The 3-D Animation Bar
In addition to the
Rotation Toolbar, 3-D Plot windows can plot multiple
renderings of images in an image set. When an image set is
rendered, the 3-D Plot Window shows an
Animation Control toolbar for working with multiple
plot buffers. Both toolbars offer manual and automated stepping and
can be operated simultaneously.
Types of 3-D Plots
Mira provides 4 basic ways to render a 3-D surface.
The different plot types serve to show data in different ways. In
addition to these plot types, there are options for choosing the
projection surfaces, viewing positions, light sources, facet shape,
and illumination characteristics. See
3-D Pixel Representations to view a comparison
of the various ways that Mira can render a surface.
3-D Plot Types
Intensity Surface
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Uses a palette as for 2-D Images to map the image
intensity to Grayscale or color.
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Illuminated Surface
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Models a light source reflected by the surface
using the Phong shading method.
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Intensity Wireframe
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Shows the surface as constant color and uses a
palette to map the image Z value to a wireframe grid.
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Simple Wireframe
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Shows the surface as a transparent wireframe
having a fixed color.
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The Plot Type and
other settings are remembered by Mira between plots. You can change
the plot Properties for the current plot or save the current
settings as global defaults for future plots.
Accelerator Keys
Accelerators in the table below are enabled when a
3-D Plot Window has focus. These are keystroke shortcuts to operate
some commonly used commands.
3-D Plot Window Accelerators
Ctrl+A
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Opens the 3-D Drawing Attributes dialog.
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Ctrl+C
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Executes the Copy command, which copies the 3-D
plot to the Windows clipboard. The plot is copied as a bitmap.
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Ctrl+N
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Executes the New command, which displays the
New Document dialog.
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Ctrl+O
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Executes the File > Open command, which
displays the Open dialog.
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Ctrl+R
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Opens the General Properties. Here you can set
global Properties for working with images and plots, as well as
other aspects of the user interface.
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Ctrl+V
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Pastes plot series from the Window clipboard
beginning after the last member of the existing plot set.
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Ctrl+Shift+A
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Opens the Plot Series Properties dialog for
setting line and symbol attributes for individual plot series.
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Related Topics
3-D Plot Windows
3-D Pixel Representations
Rotation Toolbar
Surface Plot Z-Limits
3-D Drawing Attributes
3-D Viewpoint.
3-D Window
3-D Light Source
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