Note that this reference documentation is identical to the help that is displayed in MATLAB when you type “help ft_plot_cloud”.

  FT_PLOT_CLOUD visualizes spatially sparse scalar data as points, spheres, or 
  spherical clouds of points and optionally 2D slices through the spherical 
  clouds. This is for example useful for spectral power on depth (sEEG) electrodes.
 
  Use as
    ft_plot_cloud(pos, val, ...)
  where the first argument are the sensor positions and the second argument are the
  sensor values.
 
  Optional input arguments should come in key-value pairs and can include
    'cloudtype'          = 'point' plots a single 2D point at each sensor position (see plot3)
                           'cloud' (default) plots a group of spherically arranged points at each sensor position
                           'surf' plots a single spherical surface mesh at each sensor position
    'scalerad'           = scale radius with val, can be 'yes' or 'no' (default = 'yes')
    'radius'             = scalar, maximum radius of cloud (default = 4)
    'clim'               = 1x2 vector specifying the min and max for the colorscale
    'unit'               = string, convert the sensor array to the specified geometrical units (default = [])
    'mesh'               = string or Nx1 cell array, triangulated mesh(es), see FT_PREPARE_MESH
    'slice'              = requires 'mesh' as input (default = 'none')
                           '2d', plots 2D slices through the cloud with an outline of the mesh
                           '3d', draws an outline around the mesh at a particular slice
 
  The following inputs apply when 'cloudtype' = 'cloud'
    'rmin'               = scalar >= 1, minimum radius of cloud if scalerad = 'yes' (default = 1)
    'colormap'           = colormap for functional data, see COLORMAP
    'colorgrad'          = 'white' or a scalar (e.g. 1), degree to which color of points
                           in cloud changes from its center
    'ptsize'             = scalar, size of points in cloud (default = 1)
    'ptdensity'          = scalar, density of points in cloud (default = 20)
    'ptgradient'         = scalar, degree to which density of points in cloud changes
                           from its center, default = .5 (uniform density)
 
  The following options apply when 'cloudtype' = 'point'
    'marker'          = marker type representing the channels, see plot3 (default = '.')
 
  The following inputs apply when 'slice' = '2d' or '3d'
    'ori'                = 'x', 'y', or 'z', specifies the orthogonal plane which will be plotted (default = 'y')
    'slicepos'           = 'auto' or Nx1 vector specifying the position of the
                           slice plane along the orientation axis (default = 'auto': chooses slice(s) with
                           the most data)
    'nslices'            = scalar, number of slices to plot if 'slicepos' = 'auto (default = 1)
    'minspace'           = scalar, minimum spacing between slices if nslices>1
                           (default = 1)
    'intersectcolor'     = string, Nx1 cell array, or Nx3 vector specifying line color (default = 'k')
    'intersectlinestyle' = string or Nx1 cell array, line style specification (default = '-')
    'intersectlinewidth' = scalar or Nx1 vector, line width specification (default = 2)
 
  See also FT_ELECTRODEPLACEMENT, FT_PLOT_TOPO, FT_PLOT_TOPO3D