How can I use the Zooming and Panning tools on a 2-D plot derived from a 3-D plot?

I have a set of 3D data that I visualize using PLOT3. I then change the view of the axes, to see a particular plane (in this case, the YZ plane) as follows:

x=1:10;

y=1:10;

z=x.^2;

plot3(x,y,z)

xlabel('x')

ylabel('y')

zlabel('z')

view(90,0);

When I use the Zooming or Panning tools, they behave like the axes view is 3D, instead of 2D.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The ability to use 2D plot functionalities like Zooming and Panning on 3D plots is not currently available in MATLAB.

To work around this issue, create a new 2-D plot with just the Y and Z data rather than choosing a 2D view of the original 3D plot. So for the above example, we would have

x=1:10;

y=1:10;

z=x.^2

plot3(x,y,z)

xlabel('x')

ylabel('y')

zlabel('z')

view(90,0);

figure

plot(y,z);

xlabel('y');

zlabel('z');

You can now use the Zooming and Panning tools on this plot.