How do I plot different x-y plots stacked one behind another in MATLAB?

I have two 2-D plots that I would like to stack, one behind the other, to form a 3-D plot.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You can achieve this by using the PLOT3 function in MATLAB, with different Y-dimensional offsets for each 2-D plot. For example,

% Data

x{1} = (.2:.2:2).';

z{1} = rand(10,1);

x{2} = 1:4;

z{2} = randn(4,1);

% Plotting

figure;

hold on;

for i = 1:length(x)

      plot3(x{i}, i*ones(size(x{i})), z{i});

end

hold off;

grid on;

set(gca,'CameraPosition',[-19 -5 5]);

set(gca,'CameraViewAngle',8);

You can also add semi-transparent patches to each plane to distinguish each 2-D plot. Note that this will change the renderer to OpenGL.

axlim = axis;

for i = 1:length(x)

      patch(axlim([1 1 2 2]), [i i i i], axlim([5 6 6 5]), [.8 .9 .8], 'FaceAlpha', .4);

end