Adding transparency to a contour plot
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I have a contour plot, and I am looking to set the transparency of my contour plot to another variable and I cant figure out how to do this:
% color contour map
a = [1,2,3,4,5]
b = [.1, .5, 1, 2. 10]
c = a'*b
[X,Y] = meshgrid(a,b)
figure
h = contourf(X,Y,c)
% transparency map
d = [5,4,3,2,1]
e = [10, 5, 1, 0.5, 0.1]
f = d'*e
[U,V] = meshgrid(d,e)
figure
i = contourf(V,U,f)
I want the transparency of h to be determined by i. I can't figure out how to make this happen. FaceAlpha, AlphaData, etc are not working for me. Any help would be much appreciated!!
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Michael
on 18 Dec 2020
My understanding is that this isn't supported. In the past I have done a surface plot, changed the transparancy, and then changed the view to see it from above. Here is an example.
data = rand(100,100);
surf(data,'EdgeColor','None','Facealpha',0.5);
view([0 90])
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Priyanka Rai
on 28 Dec 2020
mesh(___,Name,Value) specifies surface properties using one or more name-value pair arguments. For example, 'FaceAlpha',0.5 creates a semitransparent mesh plot. You can use this reference for further understanding: Mesh surface plot - MATLAB mesh (mathworks.com)
You can control the transparency of an object using the alpha function or by setting properties of the object related to transparency. Some graphics objects support using a different transparency value for the faces versus the edges of the object. Refer this link for a detailed understanding of list of objects:
You could also refer to this article, which gives an understanding of how transparency options have changed over different MATLAB versions:
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