RE: How can I plot a file of <x, y, z> points?
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- Subject: [mg17356] RE: [mg17323] How can I plot a file of <x, y, z> points?
- From: "Jean-Marie THOMAS" <jmthomas at agat.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 01:45:57 -0400
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Have a look at : [mg17329] RE: [mg17248] ListPlot3D again -----Original Message----- From: David Finton [mailto:finton at nova10.cs.wisc.edu] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg17356] [mg17323] How can I plot a file of <x, y, z> points? I'm trying to use Mathematica to make a 3D plot of some data. The data comes in a file which has three numbers on each line, each line representing the x, y, z coordinates of a point. Unfortunately, the only Mathematica commands I've been able to find want my data to be a *matrix of heights*. A coworker showed me a very complex method of finding the smallest x value and then adding the correct number of 0's to the left and right in order to position each z_xy at the correct xy location in a grid. But come on! There has to be an easier way. Can anyone help this novice Mathematica user see the light? Thanks in advance, David Finton