arrow3D - creates a single volumized arrow based on a cylinder/cone combination

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Basic Setup

    arrow3D([0,0,0] ,[1,2,3]);
    hold on;   axis equal;   xlabel('X'); ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
    title('Basic arrow3D call');

Enhancing Visual Appearance

    lighting phong;
    camlight right;
    title('');

Stem Ratio Options

    subplot(131);
    arrow3D([0,0,0], [0,0,3] , 'r', 0.25);
    hold on;   axis equal;   xlabel('X'); ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
    lighting phong;
    camlight right;
    title('Stem Ratio = 0.25');

    subplot(132);
    arrow3D([0,0,0], [0,0,3], 'g', 0.5);
    hold on;   axis equal;   xlabel('X'); ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
    lighting phong;
    camlight right;
    title('Stem Ratio = 0.5');

    subplot(133);
    arrow3D([0,0,0], [0,0,3], 'b', 0.75);
    hold on;   axis equal;   xlabel('X'); ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
    lighting phong;
    camlight right;
    title('Stem Ratio = 0.75');

arrow3D handle Options

The form of the arrowHandle is the same as 'surf'. arrowHandle = [arrowStem, arrowHead]

    subplot(131);
    hold off;
    arrow3D([0,0,0], [0,0,3], 'r');
    hold on;   axis equal;   xlabel('X'); ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
    lighting phong;
    camlight right;

    subplot(132);
    hold off;
    arrowHandle = arrow3D([0,0,0], [0,0,3], 'r');
    hold on;   axis equal;   xlabel('X'); ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
    set(arrowHandle(1), 'FaceColor', 'c');
    lighting phong;
    camlight right;

    subplot(133);
    hold off;
    arrowHandle = arrow3D([0,0,0], [0,0,3], 'r');
    hold on;   axis equal;   xlabel('X'); ylabel('Y'); zlabel('Z');
    set(arrowHandle(1), 'FaceColor', 'c');
    set(arrowHandle(2), 'FaceColor', 'b');
    lighting phong;
    camlight right;

Credits

Author: Shawn Arseneau

Created: September 14, 2006

Published with MATLAB® 7.0.1