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SURFACE: Stata module to draw a 3D wireform surface plot

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  • Adrian Mander

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Stata

Abstract

The surface command attempts to draw a wireframe plot from three variables. var1 specifies the x-coordinate, var2 the y-coordinate and var3 the z-coordinate. Alternatively the function can draw a circle at each point and add a straight line going down to the lowest point. This function can handle data that is not in the form of a matrix of values. However if there are too many x- and y- values the function will attempt to round the dataset values into a more reasonable spread of values. This will result in very messy figures. However in such a case it is the impression that is needed. Many other statistical packages require a full matrix of values. This is not a problem for the nowire option. At present the state of rotating the diagram is limited to interchanging the axes. This is an update of the routine published in STB 51 (gr39). Users of Stata 10 may use surface; for earlier versions of Stata, use surface7.

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  • Adrian Mander, 2005. "SURFACE: Stata module to draw a 3D wireform surface plot," Statistical Software Components S448501, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 24 Jun 2019.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s448501
    Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install surface". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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