Function Reference
— Function File: shading (type)
— Function File: shading (ax, ...)

Set the shading of surface or patch graphic objects. Valid arguments for type are

"flat"
Single colored patches with invisible edges.
"faceted"
Single colored patches with visible edges.
"interp"
Color between patch vertices are interpolated and the patch edges are invisible.

If ax is given the shading is applied to axis ax instead of the current axis.

Demonstration 1

The following code

 figure(1); clf
 sombrero
 shading faceted
 title('shading "faceted"')
 figure(2); clf
 sombrero
 shading interp
 title('shading "interp"')
 figure (3); clf
 pcolor (peaks ())
 shading faceted
 title('shading "faceted"')
 figure (4); clf
 pcolor (peaks ())
 shading interp
 title('shading "interp"')

Produces the following figures