Algorithm 483: Masked three-dimensional plot program with rotations

  • Authors:
  • Steven L. Watkins

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. Texas at Austin, Austin

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1974

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Abstract

PLOT3D will accept three-dimensional data in various forms, rotate it in three-space, and plot the projection of the resulting figure onto the x-y plane. Those lines or portions of lines which should be hidden by previous lines are masked.