This type of graph offers a distinctive means of representing 3D scatterplot data through the use of a separate X-Y plane positioned at a user-selectable level of the vertical Z-axis (which "sticks up" through the middle of the plane). The level of the X-Y plane can be adjusted in order to divide the X-Y-Z- space into meaningful parts (e.g., featuring different patterns of the relation between the three variables) (see graph number 2, above).
For a detailed discussion of Categorized Graphs, see
Categorized Graphs in
Selected Topics in Graphical Analytic Techniques.