MATLAB: Creating a 3d diagram using multiple matrix

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I am trying to plot a rubiks cube, I currently have a 9×2 matrix with the coordinates of the peices. I have a seperate 9×3 matrix that has the color in RGB triplets.
I am trying to find a way to plot this, then eventually I would like to be able to watch it solve a cube.
I have this code here, which uses patch() to create a 3d cube, for some reason, only the top and bottom show up though.
axisLim=5;
figure
hold on 
for p = 1:9; %White Face D
    x = MwCoords(p,1);
    y = MwCoords(p,2);
    patch([x,x,x-1,x-1],[y-2,y-3,y-3,y-2],[0,0,0,0], MwC(p,:))
end
for p = 1:9; %Yellow Face U
    x = MyCoords(p,1);
    y = MyCoords(p,2);
    patch([x,x,x-1,x-1],[y-2,y-3,y-3,y-2],[3,3,3,3], MyC(p,:))
end
for p = 1:9; %Orange Face F
    y = MoCoords(p,1);
    z = MoCoords(p,2);
    patch([0,0,0,0],[y-3,y-3,y-2,y-2],[z,z,z,z], MoC(p,:))
end
for p = 1:9; %Red Face F
    y = MrCoords(p,1);
    z = MrCoords(p,2);
    patch([3,3,3,3],[y-3,y-3,y-2,y-2],[z,z,z,z], MrC(p,:))
end
for p = 1:9; %Blue Face F
    x = MbCoords(p,1);
    y = MbCoords(p,2);
    patch([x-1,x-1,x,x],[-2,-2,-2,-2],[y,y,y,y], MbC(p,:))
end
for p = 1:9; %Green Face F
    x = MgCoords(p,1);
    y = MgCoords(p,2);
    patch([x-1,x-1,x,x],[1,1,1,1],[y,y,y,y], MgC(p,:))
end
hold off
You can just use this MwC for the colors, as an example
MwC =
     1     1     1
     1     0     1
     0     1     0
     0     0     1
     1     1     1
     1     0     0
     1     0     0
     1     0     0
     1     1     0
Here are the all the coordinates
MwCoords =
     1     3
     1     2
     1     1
     2     1
     2     2
     2     3
     3     1
     3     2
     3     3
     
MyCoords =
     1     3
     1     2
     1     1
     2     3
     2     2
     2     1
     3     3
     3     1
     3     2
     
MoCoords =
     1     3
     1     2
     1     1
     2     1
     2     2
     2     3
     3     1
     3     3
     3     2
     
MrCoords =
     1     1
     1     2
     1     3
     2     3
     2     1
     2     2
     3     1
     3     2
     3     3
     
MbCoords =
     1     3
     1     2
     1     1
     2     3
     2     2
     2     1
     3     2
     3     3
     3     1
     
MgCoords =
     1     3
     1     2
     1     1
     2     3
     2     1
     2     2
     3     2
     3     3
     3     1
Sorry for this being a messy post, please let me know any ideas you may have

Best Answer

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[x,y] = meshgrid(1:5,1:4);
surf(x,y,x*0)
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  • remove unwanted parts
z([1 4 13 16 17 20]) = nan;
  • assign Z coordinate
z([2 3 5 8 9 12:end]) = 1;
  • move X and Y coordinate
[x,y] = meshgrid([0 0 1 1 0],[0 0 1 1]);
  • add for loop
for i = 1:3
    for j = 1:3
        for k = 1:3
            surf(0.9*x+i, 0.9*y+j, 0.9*z+k, 'facecolor', rand(1,3))
        end
    end
end
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