"patch" command error

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kai
kai on 17 May 2019
Commented: Rik on 18 May 2019
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MATLAB version-2018a
I have two matrices one with vertices-(280×3) and the other one with faces-(556×3) .
Using patch command as follows
P=patch('Faces',f11,'Vertices',k1); %%%%%f11= face matrix and k1=vertex matrix.
set(P,'FaceColor','b','FaceAlpha',0.5);
set(P,'EdgeColor','k','LineWidth',2);
It gives the following error
Error using patch
Value must be of numeric type and greater than 1
Attached are the two files containing the matrices.
Any suggestions on how to eliminate this problem
Thanks.

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Rik
Rik on 17 May 2019
I suspect you generated the vertex IDs in a programming language that is zero-indexed, instead of one-indexed. If that is the case you can probably fix the issue like this:
P=patch('Faces',1+f11,'Vertices',k1); %%%%%f11= face matrix and k1=vertex matrix.
set(P,'FaceColor','b','FaceAlpha',0.5);
set(P,'EdgeColor','k','LineWidth',2);
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kai
kai on 18 May 2019
Thank you Rik for the answer, now it works fine.
Just curious.. How did you came to a conclusion that vertex IDs generated are zero indexed.
Rik
Rik on 18 May 2019
You're welcome.
I assumed they weren't generated by Matlab, and most other programming languages are zero indexed. So it was an educated guess. And generally the first few faces will contain the first vertex, but in the txt there were a few zeros where I expected ones.

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