# 3d surface ploting

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/3d-surface-ploting/63998>\
**Category:** Dash R, MATLAB, Julia\
**Created:** [May 11, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/3d-surface-ploting/63998 "2022-05-11T14:24:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrett84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@andrett84](https://community.plotly.com/u/andrett84)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/3d-surface-ploting/63998/1 "2022-05-11T14:24:26Z")

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I’m trying to plot a cloud of points. I do not understand why I have the shadows like the picture below:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/plot/original/3X/6/9/69234b702b278a8d695a444f8c9052e60c33b9bf.png)

Did anybody have the same situation ?