WOLFRAM

Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center
Wolfram Language Home Page »

StippleShading
✖
StippleShading

✖

is a three-dimensional graphics directive specifying that objects that follow are to be drawn using small dots.

✖

uses the density d of shading.

✖

uses dots with the specified color col.

✖

uses dots of color col with the density d of shading.

Details

  • StippleShading is also known as stippling.
  • StippleShading is typically used to achieve a drawing effect in which dots are used to convey the shape, texture and lighting of a three-dimensional object.
  • StippleShading[d,col] specifies that dots of color col should vary with overall density d.
  • The density of dots is driven by the luminosity of the surface. Less dense areas indicate high luminosity.
  • The density d is between 0 and 1. A higher density indicates more dots per area.
  • The color col can be defined by RGBColor, Hue or any other color specification.
  • In StippleShading[d], the color of dots is taken to be Black.
  • StippleShading[col] uses a density of 0.5.
  • StippleShading[] is effectively equivalent to StippleShading[0.5,Black].
  • The setting Lighting"Accent" uses a directional light and faithfully reproduces colors on the surface.

Examples

open allclose all

Basic Examples  (4)Summary of the most common use cases

Apply stipple shading to the unit sphere with a directional light:

In[4]:=4
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-iha2za
Out[4]=4

Use stipple shading to show Beethoven with the standard colored lights:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-jgnvu4
Out[1]=1

Style a surface in a plot:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-42k24o
Out[1]=1

Show an anatomical structure:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-nm2dyf
In[2]:=2
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-0nvbmc
Out[2]=2

Scope  (11)Survey of the scope of standard use cases

Basic Uses  (5)

Apply stipple shading to a graphics primitive:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-9ndtbk
Out[1]=1

Apply stipple shading to a plot:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-bgnrxx
Out[1]=1

Apply stipple shading to a chart:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-fe5bow
Out[1]=1

Apply stipple shading to a 3D object:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-5cv8o3
Out[1]=1

Summary box:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-3jrbf5
Out[1]=1

Specification  (3)

StippleShading with no arguments uses gray tones:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-om4hip
Out[1]=1

Apply stipple shading to the unit sphere with different densities:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-wyxicc
Out[1]=1

Use colorized stipple shading:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-u1vp2w
Out[1]=1

Lighting  (3)

StippleShading works with all types of lights:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-0ta07d
Out[1]=1

Use colored lights:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-5lmcdn
Out[1]=1

Use "Accent" lighting to faithfully reproduce colors on the surface:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-qow51u
Out[1]=1

Applications  (1)Sample problems that can be solved with this function

Style an anatomical structure:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-34w16o
In[2]:=2
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-m6iboy
Out[2]=2

Possible Issues  (2)Common pitfalls and unexpected behavior

The default light scheme uses several colored light sources:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-hmqvj9
Out[1]=1

Use a single directional light to get the standard stipple shading effect:

In[2]:=2
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-1ojl57
Out[2]=2

No shading effect is applied to faces of polygons or filled graphic objects:

In[1]:=1
✖
https://wolfram.com/xid/0bnhg2t6kge8a-5jw887
Out[1]=1
Wolfram Research (2020), StippleShading, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html.
✖
Wolfram Research (2020), StippleShading, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2020), StippleShading, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html.

✖
Wolfram Research (2020), StippleShading, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2020. "StippleShading." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html.

✖
Wolfram Language. 2020. "StippleShading." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2020). StippleShading. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html

✖
Wolfram Language. (2020). StippleShading. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_stippleshading, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StippleShading}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-April-2025 ]}

✖
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_stippleshading, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StippleShading}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-April-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_stippleshading, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StippleShading}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-April-2025 ]}

✖
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_stippleshading, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StippleShading}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StippleShading.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-April-2025 ]}