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ListSurfacePlot3D

ListSurfacePlot3D[{{x₁, y₁, z₁}, {x₂, y₂, z₂}, ...}]
plots a three-dimensional surface constructed to fit the specified points.

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ListSurfacePlot3D has the same options as Graphics3D, with the following additions and changes:

	Axes	True	whether to draw axes
	BoundaryStyle	Automatic	how to draw boundary lines for surfaces
	BoxRatios	Automatic	bounding 3D box ratios
	ColorFunction	Automatic	how to determine the color of the surface
	ColorFunctionScaling	True	whether to scale arguments to ColorFunction
	MaxPlotPoints	Automatic	the maximum number of points to include
	Mesh	Automatic	how many mesh lines in each direction to draw
	MeshFunctions	{#1&,#2&,#3&}	how to determine the placement of mesh lines
	MeshShading	None	how to shade regions between mesh lines
	MeshStyle	Automatic	the style for mesh lines
	Method	Automatic	the method to use for interpolation and data reduction
	PerformanceGoal	$PerformanceGoal	aspects of performance to try to optimize
	PlotRange	All	the range of values to include
	PlotRangePadding	Automatic	how much to pad the range of values
	PlotStyle	Automatic	graphics directives to specify the style for the surface
	RegionFunction	(True&)	how to determine whether a point should be included

ListSurfacePlot3D yields a surface that fits the data provided, but may not necessarily contain the specific points defined by the data.

The arguments supplied to functions in MeshFunctions and RegionFunction are x, y and z. Functions in ColorFunction are by default supplied with scaled versions of these arguments.

ListSurfacePlot3D returns Graphics3D[GraphicsComplex[data]].

Basic Examples (1)

Reconstruct a surface from 3D data:

Process and style the resulting surface:

Applications (1)

Properties & Relations (1)

ListPlot3D ListPointPlot3D ParametricPlot3D ListDensityPlot ListContourPlot ListContourPlot3D RegionPlot3D Plot3D

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