function h= prepfig(ficext);
%PREPFIG - Prepare figure
% function h= prepfig(ficext);

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% This software is part of BrainStorm Toolbox Version 2.0 (Alpha) 24-May-2004
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% Principal Investigators and Developers:
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% ** John C. Mosher, PhD, Biophysics Group,
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% ** Sylvain Baillet, PhD, Cognitive Neuroscience & Brain Imaging Laboratory,
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gcf=figure;
gca = axes ;
axis equal
axis vis3d
[xx, yy, zz, faces] = lectmailgild2(ficext,1);
   h = patch('Vertices',[xx,yy,zz],'faces',faces);
   hold on
   set(h,'facelighting','Gouraud','edgelighting','Gouraud','ambientstrength',.5,'specularcolorreflectance',.5,... 
      'specularexponent',10,'specularstrength',.2,'backfacelighting','lit');
   ax3d = get(h,'Parent');
set(ax3d,'position',[0.15 0.15 .7 .7],'visible','on');
hold on
