Surfaces and Contours in IDL
IDL provides tools for visualizing and manipulating many types of three-dimensional arrays, including contour plots, wire-mesh surfaces, and shaded surfaces. This chapter demonstrates how to visualize data in three dimensions using the IDL Tool Palette, iTools, and Direct graphics.
For additional information, see the following topics in the IDL Online Help:
- Using the Visualize Perspective and Using IDLto learn more about visualizing and manipulating surfaces and contours in IDL
- Working with Surfaces and Working with Contours for more information on working with the iSurface and iContour tools
- SURFACE, SHADE_SURF, and CONTOURfor a description of the commonly-used Direct graphics routines used for visualizing 3-D data, refer to
