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+## Copyright (C) 2010 Carlo de Falco
+##
+## This file is part of:
+## FPL - Fem PLotting package for octave
+##
+## FPL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+## (at your option) any later version.
+##
+## FPL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with FPL; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
+## author: Carlo de Falco <cdf _AT_ users.sourceforge.net>
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{h} =} pdemesh (@var{p}, @var{e}, @var{t}, @var{u})
+##
+## Plot a triangular mesh in 3D given a mesh structure and node data.
+## @var{p}, @var{t} are the mesh vertices and connectivity, @var{u} node data.
+## @var{e} is ignored and is accepted only for compatibiity.
+##
+## @seealso{fpl_dx_write_field, fpl_vtk_write_field}
+##
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function h = pdemesh (p, e, t, u)
+
+ ## Check input
+ if (nargin < 3)
+ error("pdemesh: wrong number of input parameters");
+ elseif (nargin == 3)
+ u = zeros (1, columns (p));
+ endif
+
+ nel = columns (t);
+ npt = columns (p);
+ if (numel (u) != npt)
+ error("pdemesh: wrong data size");
+ endif
+
+ hs = ishold ();
+
+### node data
+ H = trimesh (t(1:3, :).', p(1,:).', p(2,:).', u(:));
+
+ if (nargout == 1)
+ h = H;
+ endif
+
+ if (hs)
+ hold on;
+ else
+ hold off;
+ endif
+
+endfunction
+
+%!demo
+%! msh = msh2m_structured_mesh ([0:.05:1], [0:.1:1], 1, 1:4, 'random');
+%! x = msh.p(1,:)'; xm = sum(x(msh.t(1:3,:)),1)/3;
+%! y = msh.p(2,:)'; ym = sum(y(msh.t(1:3,:)),1)/3;
+%! pdemesh (msh.p, msh.t, msh.t, x.*(1-x).*y.*(1-y))
+%! view(3)