Plot order with pm3d?

[Philipp K. J. <ja...@ie...>]

According to the documentation to pm3d,
"when plotting several plots, they are plotted in
the order given on the command line"

So, I would expect that the following two plots
would appear different:

set pm3d explicit
splot [-2:2][-2:2] exp(-x**2-y**2) w pm3d, 2-exp(-x**2-y**2) 
splot [-2:2][-2:2] 2-exp(-x**2-y**2), exp(-x**2-y**2) w pm3d

Note that I switch the order of the functions between
both calls, but want the same function drawn with pm3d.

But, both plots appear to be the same.

Which is annoying, because I don't seem to be able
to get the transparent (wiremesh) function visually
on top of the opaque surface. 

Is this a bug or a feature?

In a similar spirit, I noticed that when setting
set pm3d (or set pm3d explicit) the surface hides
the border, but when using set pm3d implicit, the
border is always on top of the surface - even when
setting set border back.

Again, is this a bug, or am I using the commands
incorrectly?

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Best,

		Ph.




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