Plotting Options

With its core symbolic paradigm and immediate access to sophisticated numerical, symbolic and geometric algorithms, Mathematica is able to provide a uniquely flexible and unified framework for creating perceptually powerful graphics from functions and data—and for algorithmically highlighting features while maintaining aesthetic integrity.

PlotStyle — styles for points, curves and surfaces

PlotMarkers — markers for discrete data points

Joining

Joined — whether to join points to make lines

Filling

Filling — what filling to add under points, curves and surfaces

FillingStyle   ▪ ClippingStyle   ▪ BoundaryStyle

Coloring »

ColorFunction — a function for coloring curves or surfaces

ColorRules   ▪ ColorFunctionScaling   ▪ Blend   ▪ ColorData   ▪ ...

Textures

TextureCoordinateFunction — texture coordinates to use for surfaces

Texture   ▪ TextureCoordinateScaling   ▪ ExampleData

Mesh Display

Mesh — what mesh lines, points, etc. to include

MeshStyle — the style for mesh lines, points, etc.

MeshShading — array of shadings for mesh patches

MeshFunctions — functions to define families of mesh lines, etc.

Contour Plots

Contours   ▪ ContourStyle   ▪ ContourShading   ▪ ContourLabels   ▪

Plotting Region »

PlotRange — range of values to include in the plot

RegionFunction — general function to define the plotting region

Function Discontinuities

Exclusions — how and where to check for discontinuities and excluded regions

ExclusionsStyle — how to render asymptotes, excluded regions, etc.

Sampling & Adaptivity

PlotPoints — number of initial sample points for each variable

MaxRecursion — maximum level of recursive subdivision

PerformanceGoal — whether to try to optimize for speed or for quality

Discrete Function Rendering

ExtentSize — how far and direction to extend from each plot point

ExtentMarkers — markers to use at extent boundaries

ExtentElementFunction — function to generate primitives for extents

Data Rendering

InterpolationOrder — how to join points in 2D and 3D (0 for steps, 1 for lines, etc.)

DataRange   ▪ MaxPlotPoints

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