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<span id="sphx-glr-tutorials-toolkits-mplot3d-py"></span><h1>The mplot3d Toolkit<a class="headerlink" href="#the-mplot3d-toolkit" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h1>
<p>Generating 3D plots using the mplot3d toolkit.</p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#the-mplot3d-toolkit" id="id1">The mplot3d Toolkit</a></p>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#line-plots" id="id2">Line plots</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#scatter-plots" id="id3">Scatter plots</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#wireframe-plots" id="id4">Wireframe plots</a></p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#quiver" id="id11">Quiver</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#d-plots-in-3d" id="id12">2D plots in 3D</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#text" id="id13">Text</a></p></li>
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<p>3D Axes (of class <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.html#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes3D</span></code></a>) are created by passing the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">projection="3d"</span></code>
keyword argument to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_subplot" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_subplot"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Figure.add_subplot</span></code></a>:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">matplotlib.pyplot</span> <span class="k">as</span> <span class="nn">plt</span>
<span class="n">fig</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">plt</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">figure</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="n">ax</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">fig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">add_subplot</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">projection</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="s1">'3d'</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>Multiple 3D subplots can be added on the same figure, as for 2D subplots.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 1.0.0: </span>Prior to Matplotlib 1.0.0, only a single <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.html#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Axes3D</span></code></a> could be created per
figure; it needed to be directly instantiated as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ax</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">Axes3D(fig)</span></code>.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.2.0: </span>Prior to Matplotlib 3.2.0, it was necessary to explicitly import the
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/toolkits/mplot3d.html#module-mpl_toolkits.mplot3d" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mpl_toolkits.mplot3d</span></code></a> module to make the '3d' projection to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_subplot" title="matplotlib.figure.Figure.add_subplot"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Figure.add_subplot</span></code></a>.</p>
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<p>See the <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/toolkits/mplot3d/faq.html#toolkit-mplot3d-faq"><span class="std std-ref">mplot3d FAQ</span></a> for more information about the mplot3d
toolkit.</p>
<section id="line-plots">
<span id="plot3d"></span><h2>Line plots<a class="headerlink" href="#line-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
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<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">plot</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">xs</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">ys</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'z'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L1464-L1503"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Plot 2D or 3D data.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl class="simple">
<dt><strong>xs</strong><span class="classifier">1D array-like</span></dt><dd><p>x coordinates of vertices.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>ys</strong><span class="classifier">1D array-like</span></dt><dd><p>y coordinates of vertices.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zs</strong><span class="classifier">float or 1D array-like</span></dt><dd><p>z coordinates of vertices; either one for all points or one for
each point.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zdir</strong><span class="classifier">{'x', 'y', 'z'}, default: 'z'</span></dt><dd><p>When plotting 2D data, the direction to use as z ('x', 'y' or 'z').</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>**kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>Other arguments are forwarded to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="scatter-plots">
<span id="scatter3d"></span><h2>Scatter plots<a class="headerlink" href="#scatter-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
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<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.scatter">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">scatter</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">xs</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">ys</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zs</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">0</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'z'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">s</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">20</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">c</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">depthshade</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">True</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L2326-L2398"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.scatter" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a scatter plot.</p>
<dl class="field-list">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl>
<dt><strong>xs, ys</strong><span class="classifier">array-like</span></dt><dd><p>The data positions.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zs</strong><span class="classifier">float or array-like, default: 0</span></dt><dd><p>The z-positions. Either an array of the same length as <em>xs</em> and
<em>ys</em> or a single value to place all points in the same plane.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zdir</strong><span class="classifier">{'x', 'y', 'z', '-x', '-y', '-z'}, default: 'z'</span></dt><dd><p>The axis direction for the <em>zs</em>. This is useful when plotting 2D
data on a 3D Axes. The data must be passed as <em>xs</em>, <em>ys</em>. Setting
<em>zdir</em> to 'y' then plots the data to the x-z-plane.</p>
<p>See also <a class="reference internal" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/2dcollections3d.html"><span class="doc">Plot 2D data on 3D plot</span></a>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>s</strong><span class="classifier">float or array-like, default: 20</span></dt><dd><p>The marker size in points**2. Either an array of the same length
as <em>xs</em> and <em>ys</em> or a single value to make all markers the same
size.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>c</strong><span class="classifier">color, sequence, or sequence of colors, optional</span></dt><dd><p>The marker color. Possible values:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>A single color format string.</p></li>
<li><p>A sequence of colors of length n.</p></li>
<li><p>A sequence of n numbers to be mapped to colors using <em>cmap</em> and
<em>norm</em>.</p></li>
<li><p>A 2D array in which the rows are RGB or RGBA.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For more details see the <em>c</em> argument of <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">scatter</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>depthshade</strong><span class="classifier">bool, default: True</span></dt><dd><p>Whether to shade the scatter markers to give the appearance of
depth. Each call to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">scatter()</span></code> will perform its depthshading
independently.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>data</strong><span class="classifier">indexable object, optional</span></dt><dd><p>If given, the following parameters also accept a string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">s</span></code>, which is
interpreted as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data[s]</span></code> (unless this raises an exception):</p>
<p><em>xs</em>, <em>ys</em>, <em>zs</em>, <em>s</em>, <em>edgecolors</em>, <em>c</em>, <em>facecolor</em>, <em>facecolors</em>, <em>color</em></p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>**kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>All other arguments are passed on to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.scatter"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">scatter</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><dl>
<dt><strong>paths</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/collections_api.html#matplotlib.collections.PathCollection" title="matplotlib.collections.PathCollection"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">PathCollection</span></code></a></span></dt><dd></dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="wireframe-plots">
<span id="wireframe"></span><h2>Wireframe plots<a class="headerlink" href="#wireframe-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
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</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot_wireframe">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">plot_wireframe</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">X</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Y</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Z</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L1793-L1910"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot_wireframe" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Plot a 3D wireframe.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The <em>rcount</em> and <em>ccount</em> kwargs, which both default to 50,
determine the maximum number of samples used in each direction. If
the input data is larger, it will be downsampled (by slicing) to
these numbers of points.</p>
</div>
<dl class="field-list">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl>
<dt><strong>X, Y, Z</strong><span class="classifier">2D arrays</span></dt><dd><p>Data values.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>rcount, ccount</strong><span class="classifier">int</span></dt><dd><p>Maximum number of samples used in each direction. If the input
data is larger, it will be downsampled (by slicing) to these
numbers of points. Setting a count to zero causes the data to be
not sampled in the corresponding direction, producing a 3D line
plot rather than a wireframe plot. Defaults to 50.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>rstride, cstride</strong><span class="classifier">int</span></dt><dd><p>Downsampling stride in each direction. These arguments are
mutually exclusive with <em>rcount</em> and <em>ccount</em>. If only one of
<em>rstride</em> or <em>cstride</em> is set, the other defaults to 1. Setting a
stride to zero causes the data to be not sampled in the
corresponding direction, producing a 3D line plot rather than a
wireframe plot.</p>
<p>'classic' mode uses a default of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rstride</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">cstride</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">1</span></code> instead
of the new default of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcount</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">ccount</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">50</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>**kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>Other arguments are forwarded to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Line3DCollection.html#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Line3DCollection" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Line3DCollection"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Line3DCollection</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="surface-plots">
<span id="surface"></span><h2>Surface plots<a class="headerlink" href="#surface-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/surface3d.html"><img alt="../../_images/sphx_glr_surface3d_001.png" src="../../_images/sphx_glr_surface3d_001.png" /></a>
</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot_surface">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">plot_surface</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">X</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Y</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Z</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">norm</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">vmin</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">vmax</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">lightsource</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L1507-L1712"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot_surface" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a surface plot.</p>
<p>By default it will be colored in shades of a solid color, but it also
supports colormapping by supplying the <em>cmap</em> argument.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>The <em>rcount</em> and <em>ccount</em> kwargs, which both default to 50,
determine the maximum number of samples used in each direction. If
the input data is larger, it will be downsampled (by slicing) to
these numbers of points.</p>
</div>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>To maximize rendering speed consider setting <em>rstride</em> and <em>cstride</em>
to divisors of the number of rows minus 1 and columns minus 1
respectively. For example, given 51 rows rstride can be any of the
divisors of 50.</p>
<p>Similarly, a setting of <em>rstride</em> and <em>cstride</em> equal to 1 (or
<em>rcount</em> and <em>ccount</em> equal the number of rows and columns) can use
the optimized path.</p>
</div>
<dl class="field-list">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl>
<dt><strong>X, Y, Z</strong><span class="classifier">2D arrays</span></dt><dd><p>Data values.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>rcount, ccount</strong><span class="classifier">int</span></dt><dd><p>Maximum number of samples used in each direction. If the input
data is larger, it will be downsampled (by slicing) to these
numbers of points. Defaults to 50.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>rstride, cstride</strong><span class="classifier">int</span></dt><dd><p>Downsampling stride in each direction. These arguments are
mutually exclusive with <em>rcount</em> and <em>ccount</em>. If only one of
<em>rstride</em> or <em>cstride</em> is set, the other defaults to 10.</p>
<p>'classic' mode uses a default of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rstride</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">cstride</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">10</span></code> instead
of the new default of <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">rcount</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">ccount</span> <span class="pre">=</span> <span class="pre">50</span></code>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>color</strong><span class="classifier">color-like</span></dt><dd><p>Color of the surface patches.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>cmap</strong><span class="classifier">Colormap</span></dt><dd><p>Colormap of the surface patches.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>facecolors</strong><span class="classifier">array-like of colors.</span></dt><dd><p>Colors of each individual patch.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>norm</strong><span class="classifier">Normalize</span></dt><dd><p>Normalization for the colormap.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>vmin, vmax</strong><span class="classifier">float</span></dt><dd><p>Bounds for the normalization.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>shade</strong><span class="classifier">bool, default: True</span></dt><dd><p>Whether to shade the facecolors. Shading is always disabled when
<em>cmap</em> is specified.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>lightsource</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.colors.LightSource.html#matplotlib.colors.LightSource" title="matplotlib.colors.LightSource"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LightSource</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The lightsource to use when <em>shade</em> is True.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>**kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>Other arguments are forwarded to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection.html#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Poly3DCollection</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="tri-surface-plots">
<span id="trisurface"></span><h2>Tri-Surface plots<a class="headerlink" href="#tri-surface-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/trisurf3d.html"><img alt="../../_images/sphx_glr_trisurf3d_001.png" src="../../_images/sphx_glr_trisurf3d_001.png" /></a>
</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot_trisurf">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">plot_trisurf</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">color</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">norm</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">vmin</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">vmax</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">lightsource</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L1912-L2011"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.plot_trisurf" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Plot a triangulated surface.</p>
<p>The (optional) triangulation can be specified in one of two ways;
either:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">plot_trisurf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">triangulation</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>where triangulation is a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/tri_api.html#matplotlib.tri.Triangulation" title="matplotlib.tri.Triangulation"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Triangulation</span></code></a> object, or:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">plot_trisurf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">X</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">plot_trisurf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">X</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">triangles</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">plot_trisurf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">X</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Y</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">triangles</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">triangles</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">...</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>in which case a Triangulation object will be created. See
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/tri_api.html#matplotlib.tri.Triangulation" title="matplotlib.tri.Triangulation"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Triangulation</span></code></a> for a explanation of these possibilities.</p>
<p>The remaining arguments are:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">plot_trisurf</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">Z</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>where <em>Z</em> is the array of values to contour, one per point
in the triangulation.</p>
<dl class="field-list">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl>
<dt><strong>X, Y, Z</strong><span class="classifier">array-like</span></dt><dd><p>Data values as 1D arrays.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>color</strong></dt><dd><p>Color of the surface patches.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>cmap</strong></dt><dd><p>A colormap for the surface patches.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>norm</strong><span class="classifier">Normalize</span></dt><dd><p>An instance of Normalize to map values to colors.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>vmin, vmax</strong><span class="classifier">float, default: None</span></dt><dd><p>Minimum and maximum value to map.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>shade</strong><span class="classifier">bool, default: True</span></dt><dd><p>Whether to shade the facecolors. Shading is always disabled when
<em>cmap</em> is specified.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>lightsource</strong><span class="classifier"><a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.colors.LightSource.html#matplotlib.colors.LightSource" title="matplotlib.colors.LightSource"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LightSource</span></code></a></span></dt><dd><p>The lightsource to use when <em>shade</em> is True.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>**kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>All other arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection.html#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Poly3DCollection</span></code></a></p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
<p class="rubric">Examples</p>
<p>(<a class="reference external" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/trisurf3d.py">Source code</a>, <a class="reference external" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/trisurf3d.png">png</a>, <a class="reference external" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/trisurf3d.pdf">pdf</a>)</p>
<figure class="align-default">
<img alt="../../_images/trisurf3d.png" class="plot-directive" src="../../_images/trisurf3d.png" />
</figure>
<p>(<a class="reference external" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/trisurf3d_2.py">Source code</a>, <a class="reference external" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/trisurf3d_2.png">png</a>, <a class="reference external" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/trisurf3d_2.pdf">pdf</a>)</p>
<figure class="align-default">
<img alt="../../_images/trisurf3d_2.png" class="plot-directive" src="../../_images/trisurf3d_2.png" />
</figure>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="contour-plots">
<span id="contour3d"></span><h2>Contour plots<a class="headerlink" href="#contour-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/contour3d.html"><img alt="../../_images/sphx_glr_contour3d_001.png" src="../../_images/sphx_glr_contour3d_001.png" /></a>
</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.contour">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">contour</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">X</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Y</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Z</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">extend3d</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">stride</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">5</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'z'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">offset</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L2103-L2140"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.contour" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a 3D contour plot.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl class="simple">
<dt><strong>X, Y, Z</strong><span class="classifier">array-like,</span></dt><dd><p>Input data. See <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contour</span></code></a> for acceptable
data shapes.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>extend3d</strong><span class="classifier">bool, default: False</span></dt><dd><p>Whether to extend contour in 3D.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>stride</strong><span class="classifier">int</span></dt><dd><p>Step size for extending contour.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zdir</strong><span class="classifier">{'x', 'y', 'z'}, default: 'z'</span></dt><dd><p>The direction to use.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>offset</strong><span class="classifier">float, optional</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, plot a projection of the contour lines at this
position in a plane normal to zdir.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>data</strong><span class="classifier">indexable object, optional</span></dt><dd><p>If given, all parameters also accept a string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">s</span></code>, which is
interpreted as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data[s]</span></code> (unless this raises an exception).</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>*args, **kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>Other arguments are forwarded to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><dl class="simple">
<dt>matplotlib.contour.QuadContourSet</dt><dd></dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="filled-contour-plots">
<span id="contourf3d"></span><h2>Filled contour plots<a class="headerlink" href="#filled-contour-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/contourf3d.html"><img alt="../../_images/sphx_glr_contourf3d_001.png" src="../../_images/sphx_glr_contourf3d_001.png" /></a>
</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.contourf">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">contourf</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">X</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Y</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Z</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'z'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">offset</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L2208-L2239"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.contourf" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a 3D filled contour plot.</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl class="simple">
<dt><strong>X, Y, Z</strong><span class="classifier">array-like</span></dt><dd><p>Input data. See <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contourf</span></code></a> for acceptable
data shapes.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zdir</strong><span class="classifier">{'x', 'y', 'z'}, default: 'z'</span></dt><dd><p>The direction to use.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>offset</strong><span class="classifier">float, optional</span></dt><dd><p>If specified, plot a projection of the contour lines at this
position in a plane normal to zdir.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>data</strong><span class="classifier">indexable object, optional</span></dt><dd><p>If given, all parameters also accept a string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">s</span></code>, which is
interpreted as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data[s]</span></code> (unless this raises an exception).</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>*args, **kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>Other arguments are forwarded to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><dl class="simple">
<dt>matplotlib.contour.QuadContourSet</dt><dd></dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 1.1.0: </span>The feature demoed in the second contourf3d example was enabled as a
result of a bugfix for version 1.1.0.</p>
</div>
</section>
<section id="polygon-plots">
<span id="polygon3d"></span><h2>Polygon plots<a class="headerlink" href="#polygon-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/polys3d.html"><img alt="../../_images/sphx_glr_polys3d_001.png" src="../../_images/sphx_glr_polys3d_001.png" /></a>
</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.add_collection3d">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">add_collection3d</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">col</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zs</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">0</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'z'</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L2293-L2324"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.add_collection3d" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Add a 3D collection object to the plot.</p>
<p>2D collection types are converted to a 3D version by
modifying the object and adding z coordinate information.</p>
<p>Supported are:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>PolyCollection</p></li>
<li><p>LineCollection</p></li>
<li><p>PatchCollection</p></li>
</ul>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="bar-plots">
<span id="bar3d"></span><h2>Bar plots<a class="headerlink" href="#bar-plots" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/bars3d.html"><img alt="../../_images/sphx_glr_bars3d_001.png" src="../../_images/sphx_glr_bars3d_001.png" /></a>
</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.bar">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">bar</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">left</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">height</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zs</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">0</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">zdir</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'z'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">data</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L2402-L2454"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.bar" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Add 2D bar(s).</p>
<dl class="field-list simple">
<dt class="field-odd">Parameters</dt>
<dd class="field-odd"><dl class="simple">
<dt><strong>left</strong><span class="classifier">1D array-like</span></dt><dd><p>The x coordinates of the left sides of the bars.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>height</strong><span class="classifier">1D array-like</span></dt><dd><p>The height of the bars.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zs</strong><span class="classifier">float or 1D array-like</span></dt><dd><p>Z coordinate of bars; if a single value is specified, it will be
used for all bars.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>zdir</strong><span class="classifier">{'x', 'y', 'z'}, default: 'z'</span></dt><dd><p>When plotting 2D data, the direction to use as z ('x', 'y' or 'z').</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>data</strong><span class="classifier">indexable object, optional</span></dt><dd><p>If given, all parameters also accept a string <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">s</span></code>, which is
interpreted as <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">data[s]</span></code> (unless this raises an exception).</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>**kwargs</strong></dt><dd><p>Other arguments are forwarded to <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar"><code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt class="field-even">Returns</dt>
<dd class="field-even"><dl class="simple">
<dt>mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Patch3DCollection</dt><dd></dd>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>
</dd></dl>
</section>
<section id="quiver">
<span id="quiver3d"></span><h2>Quiver<a class="headerlink" href="#quiver" title="Permalink to this headline">#</a></h2>
<figure class="align-center">
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="../../gallery/mplot3d/quiver3d.html"><img alt="../../_images/sphx_glr_quiver3d_001.png" src="../../_images/sphx_glr_quiver3d_001.png" /></a>
</figure>
<dl class="py method">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.quiver">
<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">Axes3D.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">quiver</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">X</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Y</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">Z</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">U</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">V</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">W</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">/</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">length</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">1</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">arrow_length_ratio</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">.3</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">pivot</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">'tail'</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">normalize</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">False</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/blob/v3.5.3/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py#L2629-L2778"><span class="viewcode-link"><span class="pre">[source]</span></span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.Axes3D.quiver" title="Permalink to this definition">#</a></dt>
<dd><p>Plot a 3D field of arrows.</p>
<p>The arguments could be array-like or scalars, so long as they
they can be broadcast together. The arguments can also be
masked arrays. If an element in any of argument is masked, then
that corresponding quiver element will not be plotted.</p>
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