[matplotlib-devel] trisurf plots with independent color data

[Byron K. B. <bkb...@be...>]

I often have Electromagnetic surface current data which I use MATLAB's trisurf function to plot. Since the surfaces are 3-dimensional I need a trisurf plotting tool which lets me specify the color of each triangle/vertex. MATLAB's trisurf function allows me to do that by passing it an array of colors (http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/trisurf.html) along with the arrays of X, Y, and Z coordinates of vertices. 

Matplotlib's plot_trisurf from mplot3d only seems to allow me to specify one constant color for the entire trisurf plot or to color the triangles according to the z-coordinates. Are there any plans to add this functionality to mplot3d's plot_trisurf? Does anyone here know how difficult it would be?

Byron Boulton