How can I create a 3d plot with each vector displayed as an arrow, and one line connecting the tail to tip?

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I am trying to create a program that can import an excel file of 3 columns with the vector data, and display these vectors into a 3d graph. Here's my code so far. I am only getting an empty graph generated though :/
data = xlsread('vectordata.xlsx');
radius = data(:,1);
theta = data(:,2);
phi = data(:,3);
x = radius.*cos(theta).*sin(phi);
y = radius.*sin(theta).*sin(phi);
z = radius.*cos(phi);
sumx = sum(x(:));
sumy = sum(y(:));
sumz = sum(z(:));
[radius, theta, phi] = cart2sph(sumx, sumy, sumz);
xpt(1) = 0;
ypt(1) = 0;
zpt(1) = 0;
pt(1,1) = xpt;
pt(1,2) = ypt;
pt(1,3) = zpt;
numvec = size(data,1);
for k = 1:numvec;
xpt1 = 1:numvec;
ypt1 = 1:numvec;
zpt1 = 1:numvec;
end
figure
plot3(radius, theta, phi);
axis([0 5 0 5 0 5]);
xlabel('x forces');
ylabel('y forces');
zlabel('z forces');
title('3D vector graph');
thanks in advance.

Answers (1)

Adam Hug
Adam Hug on 30 Jun 2015
It sounds like the "quiver3" function is what you are looking for. Check out this doc link for the details:

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