Re: Axis layout of xyz in 3D plotting

Markus Mützel <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Aug 2021 22:09:06 +0200

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Am 21. August 2021 um 08:52 Uhr schrieb "Tee Nor":
> Has anyone noticed,
> Most math and physics textbooks have the positive axis arrowheads direction layout as follows:
>      x axis arrow pointing down and to the left,
>      y axis arrow pointing to the right,
>      z axis arrow pointing to the top.
> Using GNU Octave version 3.6.2,
> Please show how to make my positive axis look this way.
> My view always looks like x and y are swapped.
> Regards, T

Octave 3.6.2 is ancient and I don't have access to it to test in that version.
In version 6.3.0, the following command seems to rotate the axes in the way you describe:
  view ([100, 30]);

HTH,
Markus