SurfaceGraphics

As of Version 6.0, SurfaceGraphics has been superseded by GraphicsComplex and related functionality.

SurfaceGraphics[array]

is a representation of a three-dimensional plot of a surface, with heights of each point on a grid specified by values in array.

SurfaceGraphics[array,shades]

represents a surface, whose parts are shaded according to the array shades.

Details and Options

SurfaceGraphics can be displayed using Show.
SurfaceGraphics has the same options as Graphics3D, with the following additions:

ClippingStyle	Automatic	how to draw clipped parts of the surface
ColorFunction	Automatic	function to determine color based on z value
ColorFunctionScaling	True	whether to scale z values before applying a color function
HiddenSurface	True	whether to eliminate hidden surfaces
Mesh	True	whether to draw a mesh on the surface
MeshRange	Automatic	the original range of x, y coordinates for the plot
MeshStyle	Automatic	graphics directives to specify the style for a mesh

For SurfaceGraphics, the default setting for BoxRatios is BoxRatios->{1,1,0.4}.
array should be a rectangular array of real numbers, representing z values. There will be holes in the surface corresponding to any array elements that are not real numbers.
If array has dimensions , then shades must have dimensions .
The elements of shades must be GrayLevel, Hue, or RGBColor directives.
Graphics3D[SurfaceGraphics[…]] can be used to convert a SurfaceGraphics object into the more general Graphics3D representation.
SurfaceGraphics is generated by Plot3D and ListPlot3D.

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