Vector Visualization

The Wolfram Language provides state-of-the-art fully automated visualization of vector functions and data—suitable for representing flows, field lines, and other vector fields of any complexity.

Vector Plots

VectorPlot, ListVectorPlot — plot vectors from a vector field

VectorPlot3D, ListVectorPlot3D — plot vectors from a 3D vector field

SliceVectorPlot3D, ListSliceVectorPlot3D — plot vectors on a slice surface

Stream Plots

StreamPlot, ListStreamPlot — make a stream plot from a vector field

StreamPlot3D, ListStreamPlot3D — make a stream plot from a 3D vector field

Displacement Plots

VectorDisplacementPlot, ListVectorDisplacementPlot — vector fields displacing objects

VectorDisplacementPlot3D, ListVectorDisplacementPlot3D — vector fields displacing 3D objects

Combination Plots

VectorDensityPlot, ListVectorDensityPlot — vector plot with density background

StreamDensityPlot, ListStreamDensityPlot — stream plot with density background

Convolution Plots

LineIntegralConvolutionPlot, ListLineIntegralConvolutionPlot — vector fields transforming an image

Geographic Visualization »

GeoVectorPlot  ▪  GeoStreamPlot  ▪  ...

Complex Visualization »

ComplexVectorPlot  ▪  ComplexStreamPlot  ▪  ...

Options

StreamPoints, VectorPoints — number or placement of streamlines, vectors

StreamScale — scale and size of streamlines

VectorScaling, VectorSizes — scale and size of vectors

StreamStyle, VectorStyle — color and style of streamlines, vectors

StreamMarkers, VectorMarkers — general shape of streamlines, vectors

ColorFunction, Mesh, MeshFunctions — coloring, meshing, contouring, etc. for scalars

StreamColorFunction  ▪  VectorColorFunction  ▪  RegionFunction

VectorAspectRatio  ▪  VectorRange  ▪  ClippingStyle