3D or stack plot of 2D xy data

Dear All,

I have searched and I know this question has been addressed partially by many posts on this forum, but I still cannot figure out how to make a 3D plot from a series of 2D data files.

Here is what I've done so far: 1. import the 180 data files (in this case) into matlab. The data files consist of numbers in CSV format, specifically wavenumbers vs. intensity. I imported the data using the routine below from as suggested by others:

    csvFiles = dir('*.csv'); 
    numfiles = length(csvFiles); 
    mydata = cell(1, numfiles);

    for k = 1:numfiles
    mydata{k} = importdata(csvFiles(k).name);
    end

After doing that, I get a single variable called "mydata" which is a 1x180 cell array. Inside the cell array is a single row of and 180 columns. Every cell in the cell-array (for exmaple row 1 column 1) has all the XY data as a double, so cell 1:1 shows x 2 double.

2. now I want to plot that, sounds simple...Each column cell contains all the XY data for the infarred spectrum, and there are 180 columns

so why can't I plot each pattern for each column, where the column number offsets each spectrum by 1 unit? I can plot the "mydata" 1x180 cell-array as a streamline graph, but that just overlaps all the data on a 2D plot.

What I would like to do is somehow add a Z direction, starting from some value Z1 and Z180, or some other values so the plot looks nice. But how? Using the column number as Z would be great, but I can't figure out how to do that.

I'm sorry if this has been addressed elsewhere, but I couldn't find the post.

I've also tried the uigetfile command as well:

[filenames, pathname] = uigetfile('MultiSelect', 'on');
filenames = cellstr(filenames);  % EDITED
for n = 1:length(filenames)
  afile = fullfile(pathname, filenames{n});  % EDITED
  data = importdata(afile);

   % Remove the file extension file the name:
   [dummy, afilename] = fileparts(filenames{n});
   save(afilename, 'data');
  end

But all I get is a bunch of MAT files, but I can't figure out what I can do with them.

If you have any suggestions I would most appreciate it!

Best J