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3D plotting vignetteΒΆ
Demo 3D plotting with matplotlib and decorate the figure.

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
x = np.arange(-4, 4, 0.25)
y = np.arange(-4, 4, 0.25)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)
R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2)
Z = np.sin(R)
fig = plt.figure()
ax: Axes3D = fig.add_subplot(111, projection="3d")
ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, cmap="hot")
ax.contourf(X, Y, Z, zdir="z", offset=-2, cmap="hot")
ax.set_zlim(-2, 2)
plt.xticks([])
plt.yticks([])
ax.set_zticks([])
ax.text2D(
0.05,
0.93,
" 3D plots \n",
horizontalalignment="left",
verticalalignment="top",
size="xx-large",
bbox={"facecolor": "white", "alpha": 1.0},
transform=plt.gca().transAxes,
)
ax.text2D(
0.05,
0.87,
" Plot 2D or 3D data",
horizontalalignment="left",
verticalalignment="top",
size="large",
transform=plt.gca().transAxes,
)
plt.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.113 seconds)