Nico Schlömer

@Karthick You can use the resulting file with `latex` (generating a PS-document) as well as `pdflatex`, fonts come out just as they are in the LaTeX document, you can customize your plot after it's been generated, and probably a bunch of other reasons. All in all, when you compare MATLAB's generated PDF with the compiled output of matlab2tikz, you'll notice a distinct difference in quality.

@Anke This is currently not possible with m2t alone, and I wouldn't even recommend it for line plots -- after all, m2t cannot tell which data is important for you and which can be stripped. I'd recommend for you to manually reduce the number of data points in your 3D plots until the TeX compilation time becomes bearable.

Error using matlab2tikz>patchcolor2xcolor (line 3523)
matlab2tikz:anycolor2rgbDon't know how to handle the color model 'interp'.

Error in matlab2tikz>getColor (line 3472)
[m2t, xcolor] = patchcolor2xcolor(m2t, color, handle);

Error in matlab2tikz>drawPatch (line 1982)
[m2t, xFaceColor] = getColor(m2t, handle, faceColor, 'patch');

Error in matlab2tikz>handleAllChildren (line 640)
[m2t, str] = drawPatch(m2t, child);

Error in matlab2tikz>drawAxes (line 829)
[m2t, childrenEnvs] = handleAllChildren(m2t, handle);

Error in matlab2tikz>saveToFile (line 487)
m2t = drawAxes(m2t, relevantAxesHandles(ix), alignmentOptions(ix));

Error in matlab2tikz (line 396)
saveToFile(m2t, fid, fileWasOpen);

Nico, thanks for this submission, I'm sure many people benefit from it.
I have the same problem as Etienne, below: the ordering of Matlab patches in 3D plots is not correct, and has to be fixed manually, which may not be possible for large figures.