MATLAB: User defined surface grid

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Hallo.
I am currently having troubles with defining a grid on the surface of my 3D plot (created by using mesh-function to plot with).
Would like to have something in between what's seen on the pictures below.
Wish to create following grid:
  • Horizontal lines (parallel with x-axis) for z = (0:1:10)
  • Vertical lines (parallel with z-axis) for x = (-10:2:10).
My code:
[X,Y] = meshgrid(-8:.1:8); 
R = sqrt(X.^2 + Y.^2) + eps;
Z = sin(R)./R;
surf(X,Z,Y,Z)
set(gca,'YDir','Reverse','ZDir','Reverse')
colorbar; ylabel('y'); xlabel('x'); zlabel('z') ;
shading interp % To create right picture
What is the Matlab command for creating a surface grid as i wish?

Best Answer

Ahh, I see. That is trickier. I get slightly better results by changing
mesh(XX,ZZ,YY,ZZ);
to
surf(XX,ZZ,YY,ZZ,'FaceAlpha',0)
although some of the edges are hidden still. If you're willing to cheat a little you can stick the edges out a tad bit:
surf(XX,ZZ+0.03,YY,ZZ,'FaceAlpha',0)
which seems to produce decent results.
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