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Re: Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' [message #78008 is a reply to message #77809]

Sun, 09 October 2011 17:41

Matt Francis
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I'm not sure about IDL, I have never used it in this way, but you may
be interested in S2plot http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/s2plot if IDl
proves to not have the features you are after.

On Oct 10, 8:22 am, Robin Wilson <ro...@rtwilson.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've got a 3D array in IDL that contains a model of a cloud - that is,
> each cell is either 0 (not cloud) or 1 (cloud). I'd like to plot this in
> a 3D way, so that it looks like a cloud. I'm not quite sure how else to
> describe it - but I'd like to be able to see the cloud as a 3D model -
> so it just looks like a cloud shaped 'blob' - if possible one that can
> be rotated.
>
> I'm not quite sure how to go about this. I don't want to do a surface
> plot - because I want all sides of the cloud not just the top surface. I
> guess some sort of 3D point plot would be ok, but I want to see the
> cloud as a solid blob, not as points with gaps between them.
>
> I'm a little confused by the range of IDL procedures which can be used
> to plot things like this, and am not really sure which is best to try
> and use.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin
>
> ------------------
> Robin Wilson
> A PhD student studying complexity in remote sensingwww.rtwilson.com/academic

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		Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' By: Robin Wilson on Sun, 09 October 2011 14:22
		Re: Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' By: Robin Wilson on Sat, 15 October 2011 05:14
		Re: Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' By: Mark Piper on Mon, 10 October 2011 12:26
		Re: Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' By: Karl[1] on Mon, 10 October 2011 10:48
		Re: Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' By: Michael Galloy on Sun, 09 October 2011 21:10
		Re: Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' By: David Fanning on Sun, 09 October 2011 17:57
		Re: Plotting 3D array as a 'cloud' By: Matt Francis on Sun, 09 October 2011 17:41

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