Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_section.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_section.m	(revision 17785)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_section.m	(revision 17786)
@@ -196,5 +196,4 @@
 				patch( 'Faces', [A B C D], 'Vertices', [x y z],'FaceVertexCData',data_s,'FaceColor','interp','EdgeColor','none');
 				view(3)
-
 			end
 		end
@@ -207,10 +206,11 @@
 	options=addfielddefault(options,'colorbar',0);
 end
-if ((dimension(md.mesh)==2) | getfieldvalue(options,'view')==2 )
+if ((dimension(md.mesh)==2) | getfieldvalue(options,'view',2)==2 )
 	options=addfielddefault(options,'xlabel','Curvilinear coordinate');
 	options=addfielddefault(options,'axis','auto');
 end
-if (dimension(md.mesh)==3 & getfieldvalue(options,'view')==2 )
+if (dimension(md.mesh)==3 & getfieldvalue(options,'view',2)==2 )
 	options=addfielddefault(options,'ylabel','z');
-end
-applyoptions(md,[],options);
+	options=addfielddefault(options,'axis','auto');
+end
+applyoptions(md3d,[],options);