.. _toolkit_mplot3d-index:

.. currentmodule:: mpl_toolkits.mplot3d

mplot3d

The mplot3d toolkit adds simple 3D plotting capabilities (scatter, surface,

line, mesh, etc.) to Matplotlib by supplying an axes object that can create

a 2D projection of a 3D scene. The resulting graph will have the same look

and feel as regular 2D plots. Not the fastest or most feature complete 3D

library out there, but it ships with Matplotlib and thus may be a lighter

weight solution for some use cases.

See the :doc:`mplot3d tutorial </tutorials/toolkits/mplot3d>` for

more information.

.. image:: /_static/demo_mplot3d.png

:align: center

The interactive backends also provide the ability to rotate and zoom

the 3D scene. One can rotate the 3D scene by simply clicking-and-dragging

the scene. Zooming is done by right-clicking the scene and dragging the

mouse up and down. Note that one does not use the zoom button like one

would use for regular 2D plots.

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mplot3d/faq.rst