Skip, The subject of 3d scatterplots was discussed in 2007 without any real closure. I was able to get the plot suggested by Zach Reiter to work in jqt, But it does not have all the bells and whistles you require and it seems to connect the dots. Still it may be a good starting point.
http://www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2007-March/005625.html Elsewhere in the thread, Chris Burke gives some overview, too. The search which got me to the threads follows. http://www.jsoftware.com/cgi-bin/forumsearch.cgi?all=dot+plot+3d&exa=&one=&exc=&add=&sub=&fid=&tim=0&rng=0&dbgn=1&mbgn=1&ybgn=1998&dend=31&mend=12¥d=2017 -- (B=) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm