Hello Charley,
I understand that you have a thermal gradient and want to use this known data to show the gradient on a simple 3d model.
It is possible to visualize the thermal gradient on a 3D model using MATLAB. One way to do this is by using the “patch” function to create a 3D box and then using the “scatter3” function to plot the temperature values at the appropriate locations within the box.
Please refer to this sample code with some example data
% Generate random temperature data
temp = rand(83, 83, 26) * 100;
% Define the coordinates of the box
x = linspace(0, 1, 83);
y = linspace(0, 1, 83);
z = linspace(0, 25.8, 26);
[X, Y, Z] = meshgrid(x, y, z);
% Create the 3D box
figure
box = patch(isosurface(X, Y, Z, temp, 50));
set(box, 'FaceColor', 'red', 'EdgeColor', 'none');
view(3);
% Add temperature values to the box
hold on
scatter3(X(:), Y(:), Z(:), 10, temp(:), 'filled');
colorbar
Please refer to this MathWorks documentation.
3-D Solution and Gradient Plots with MATLAB Functions- https://in.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/3d-solution-and-gradient-plots-with-matlab-functions.html
