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A Simple Mesh Surface

This chart is almost always used to illustrate a computed mathematical surface, and could often be combined with a Cloudchart to show a theoretical model overlayed with raw data values.

In the simplest case it takes a rectangular array of arrays of Z-values (effectively a matrix) and treats these as a uniform mesh to be plotted vertically with equally spaced x and y values. An option is to provide either or both of the x and x values as arrays of the correct length, to draw the mesh on a non-uniform scale.

The data shown here is an array of arrays of nodes in the surface, which must be strictly rectangular. Each inner array is drawn parallel to the X-axis, working from front to back.

SharpPlot sp = new SharpPlot;

mesh = new int[][]{new int[]{8,7,6,5,4,3},new int[]{12,11,10,9,8,7},new int[]{16,15,
         14,13,12,11}};

sp.SetMargins(48,12,24,0);
sp.Heading = "Simple Mesh Surface";
sp.ResponsePlotStyle = ResponsePlotStyles.WallShading|ResponsePlotStyles.Markers;
sp.SetMarkers(Marker.Node);

sp.DrawResponsePlot(mesh);

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