Make 2D markers look 3D

Hello,

I am interested in making data markers (circles, for example) in a 2D plot look like they have depth/3D curvature. Does anyone know of a way to either make circle markers look like spheres in a 2D plot, specify multiple colors within each marker, or assign a colormap to each marker?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Answer 1

[Soumya Saxena]

You may create small balls using a "sphere" as follows :

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/sphere.html?searchHighlight=sphere&s_tid=doc_srchtitle%20

You may also use scatter3 to generate 3D markers using the "filled" option :

http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/scatter3.html?searchHighlight=scatter3&s_tid=doc_srchtitle

[sbean320]

Thank you, but this isn't quite what I'm looking for.

I have 2D data I want to represent with hemispherical data markers or circles with shading to make them appear to pop out of the page. Any suggestions for how to do this?