Changing Axes direction with positive z-axis downwards

Hello, I would like to change the direction of a 3d plot I am making. By default, Matlab has positive x-axis backwards, y-axis toward left side and z-axis toward upward direction (as in the attached picture). While maintaining the right hand coordinate system, I would like to switch the axis such that z-axis is positive downwards, x-axis toward right side and y-axis toward forward direction.

Here's a part of the code if that's any help.

Thanks for your help in advance!

[x,y,z] = sphere;
figure(1)
 surf(x,y,z+1.5)
 hold on
 p0 = zeros(6,3); 
 p1 = r_LPSphere0_0';
 quiver3(p0(:,1), p0(:,2), p0(:,3), p1(:,1), p1(:,2), p1(:,3))
 xlabel('x-axis')
 ylabel('y-axis')
 zlabel('z-axis')
 

Answer 1

[Brian Hart]

Hi Ryan,

The first step is to change your second line to say

f = figure(1);

This gives you a handle to update the figure properties. To flip the z axis,

f.CurrentAxes.ZDir = 'Reverse'

To change the other two axes, first look at the current viewpoint, called the "camera position":

>> f.CurrentAxes.CameraPosition

ans =

   -9.1314  -11.9003   -7.1603

If you change the z position of the view point, you get something that I think matches what you are looking for:

   >> f.CurrentAxes.CameraPosition = [-9 -12 +7]

Answer 2

[Star Strider]

If you only want to reverse the direcrtion of the z-axis, try this (after the surf call):

set(gca, 'ZDir','reverse')

The other axes remain unaffected.

[Sagar Chawla]

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