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<span id="toolkit-mplot3d-api"></span><h1>mplot3d API<a class="headerlink" href="#mplot3d-api" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#mplot3d-api" id="id1">mplot3d API</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#axes3d" id="id2"><a class="reference internal" href="#module-mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">axes3d</span></tt></a></a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#axis3d" id="id3"><a class="reference internal" href="#module-mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axis3d" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axis3d"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">axis3d</span></tt></a></a></li>
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<div class="section" id="axes3d">
<span id="toolkit-mplot3d-axesapi"></span><h2><a class="reference internal" href="#module-mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">axes3d</span></tt></a><a class="headerlink" href="#axes3d" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Significant effort went into bringing axes3d to feature-parity with
regular axes objects for version 1.1.0. However, more work remains.
Please report any functions that do not behave as expected as a bug.
In addition, help and patches would be greatly appreciated!</p>
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<span class="target" id="module-mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d"></span><p>Module containing Axes3D, an object which can plot 3D objects on a
2D matplotlib figure.</p>
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<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D">
<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.</tt><tt class="descname">Axes3D</tt><big>(</big><em>fig</em>, <em>rect=None</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes</span></tt></a></p>
<p>3D axes object.</p>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.add_collection3d">
<tt class="descname">add_collection3d</tt><big>(</big><em>col</em>, <em>zs=0</em>, <em>zdir='z'</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.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>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt>Supported are:</dt>
<dd><ul class="first last simple">
<li>PolyCollection</li>
<li>LineColleciton</li>
<li>PatchCollection</li>
</ul>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.add_contour_set">
<tt class="descname">add_contour_set</tt><big>(</big><em>cset</em>, <em>extend3d=False</em>, <em>stride=5</em>, <em>zdir='z'</em>, <em>offset=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.add_contour_set" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
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<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.add_contourf_set">
<tt class="descname">add_contourf_set</tt><big>(</big><em>cset</em>, <em>zdir='z'</em>, <em>offset=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.add_contourf_set" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.auto_scale_xyz">
<tt class="descname">auto_scale_xyz</tt><big>(</big><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z=None</em>, <em>had_data=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.auto_scale_xyz" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.autoscale">
<tt class="descname">autoscale</tt><big>(</big><em>enable=True</em>, <em>axis='both'</em>, <em>tight=None</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.autoscale" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Convenience method for simple axis view autoscaling.
See <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale()</span></tt></a> for full explanation.
Note that this function behaves the same, but for all
three axes. Therfore, ‘z’ can be passed for <em>axis</em>,
and ‘both’ applies to all three axes.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
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</dd></dl>
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<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.autoscale_view">
<tt class="descname">autoscale_view</tt><big>(</big><em>tight=None</em>, <em>scalex=True</em>, <em>scaley=True</em>, <em>scalez=True</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.autoscale_view" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Autoscale the view limits using the data limits.
See <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale_view" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale_view"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale_view()</span></tt></a> for documentation.
Note that this function applies to the 3D axes, and as such
adds the <em>scalez</em> to the function arguments.</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>Function signature was changed to better match the 2D version.
<em>tight</em> is now explicitly a kwarg and placed first.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.2.1: </span>This is now fully functional.</p>
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</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.bar">
<tt class="descname">bar</tt><big>(</big><em>left</em>, <em>height</em>, <em>zs=0</em>, <em>zdir='z'</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.bar" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Add 2D bar(s).</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="17%" />
<col width="83%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>left</em></td>
<td>The x coordinates of the left sides of the bars.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>height</em></td>
<td>The height of the bars.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>zs</em></td>
<td>Z coordinate of bars, if one value is specified
they will all be placed at the same z.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>zdir</em></td>
<td>Which direction to use as z (‘x’, ‘y’ or ‘z’)
when plotting a 2D set.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Keyword arguments are passed onto <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">bar()</span></tt></a>.</p>
<p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Patch3DCollection" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Patch3DCollection"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Patch3DCollection</span></tt></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.bar3d">
<tt class="descname">bar3d</tt><big>(</big><em>x</em>, <em>y</em>, <em>z</em>, <em>dx</em>, <em>dy</em>, <em>dz</em>, <em>color='b'</em>, <em>zsort='average'</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.bar3d" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Generate a 3D bar, or multiple bars.</p>
<p>When generating multiple bars, x, y, z have to be arrays.
dx, dy, dz can be arrays or scalars.</p>
<p><em>color</em> can be:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ul class="simple">
<li>A single color value, to color all bars the same color.</li>
<li>An array of colors of length N bars, to color each bar
independently.</li>
<li>An array of colors of length 6, to color the faces of the
bars similarly.</li>
<li>An array of colors of length 6 * N bars, to color each face
independently.</li>
</ul>
<p>When coloring the faces of the boxes specifically, this is
the order of the coloring:</p>
<blockquote>
<div><ol class="arabic simple">
<li>-Z (bottom of box)</li>
<li>+Z (top of box)</li>
<li>-Y</li>
<li>+Y</li>
<li>-X</li>
<li>+X</li>
</ol>
</div></blockquote>
</div></blockquote>
<p>Keyword arguments are passed onto
<a class="reference internal" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">Poly3DCollection()</span></tt></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.can_pan">
<tt class="descname">can_pan</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.can_pan" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <em>True</em> if this axes supports the pan/zoom button functionality.</p>
<p>3D axes objects do not use the pan/zoom button.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.can_zoom">
<tt class="descname">can_zoom</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.can_zoom" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <em>True</em> if this axes supports the zoom box button functionality.</p>
<p>3D axes objects do not use the zoom box button.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.cla">
<tt class="descname">cla</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.cla" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Clear axes</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.clabel">
<tt class="descname">clabel</tt><big>(</big><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.clabel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This function is currently not implemented for 3D axes.
Returns <em>None</em>.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contour">
<tt class="descname">contour</tt><big>(</big><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contour" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a 3D contour plot.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="17%" />
<col width="83%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>,</td>
<td>Data values as numpy.arrays</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>Z</em></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>extend3d</em></td>
<td>Whether to extend contour in 3D (default: False)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>stride</em></td>
<td>Stride (step size) for extending contour</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>zdir</em></td>
<td>The direction to use: x, y or z (default)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>offset</em></td>
<td>If specified plot a projection of the contour
lines on this position in plane normal to zdir</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The positional and other keyword arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">contour()</span></tt></a></p>
<p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">contour</span></tt></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contour3D">
<tt class="descname">contour3D</tt><big>(</big><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contour3D" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a 3D contour plot.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="17%" />
<col width="83%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>,</td>
<td>Data values as numpy.arrays</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>Z</em></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>extend3d</em></td>
<td>Whether to extend contour in 3D (default: False)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>stride</em></td>
<td>Stride (step size) for extending contour</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>zdir</em></td>
<td>The direction to use: x, y or z (default)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>offset</em></td>
<td>If specified plot a projection of the contour
lines on this position in plane normal to zdir</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The positional and other keyword arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">contour()</span></tt></a></p>
<p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contour"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">contour</span></tt></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contourf">
<tt class="descname">contourf</tt><big>(</big><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contourf" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a 3D contourf plot.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="16%" />
<col width="84%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>,</td>
<td>Data values as numpy.arrays</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>Z</em></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>zdir</em></td>
<td>The direction to use: x, y or z (default)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>offset</em></td>
<td>If specified plot a projection of the filled contour
on this position in plane normal to zdir</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The positional and keyword arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">contourf()</span></tt></a></p>
<p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">contourf</span></tt></a></p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>The <em>zdir</em> and <em>offset</em> kwargs were added.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contourf3D">
<tt class="descname">contourf3D</tt><big>(</big><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.contourf3D" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create a 3D contourf plot.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="16%" />
<col width="84%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>,</td>
<td>Data values as numpy.arrays</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>Z</em></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>zdir</em></td>
<td>The direction to use: x, y or z (default)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>offset</em></td>
<td>If specified plot a projection of the filled contour
on this position in plane normal to zdir</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The positional and keyword arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">contourf()</span></tt></a></p>
<p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.contourf"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">contourf</span></tt></a></p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>The <em>zdir</em> and <em>offset</em> kwargs were added.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.convert_zunits">
<tt class="descname">convert_zunits</tt><big>(</big><em>z</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.convert_zunits" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>For artists in an axes, if the zaxis has units support,
convert <em>z</em> using zaxis unit type</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.2.1.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.disable_mouse_rotation">
<tt class="descname">disable_mouse_rotation</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.disable_mouse_rotation" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Disable mouse button callbacks.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.draw">
<tt class="descname">draw</tt><big>(</big><em>renderer</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.draw" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.format_coord">
<tt class="descname">format_coord</tt><big>(</big><em>xd</em>, <em>yd</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.format_coord" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Given the 2D view coordinates attempt to guess a 3D coordinate.
Looks for the nearest edge to the point and then assumes that
the point is at the same z location as the nearest point on the edge.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.format_zdata">
<tt class="descname">format_zdata</tt><big>(</big><em>z</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.format_zdata" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <em>z</em> string formatted. This function will use the
<tt class="xref py py-attr docutils literal"><span class="pre">fmt_zdata</span></tt> attribute if it is callable, else will fall
back on the zaxis major formatter</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_autoscale_on">
<tt class="descname">get_autoscale_on</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_autoscale_on" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get whether autoscaling is applied for all axes on plot commands</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_autoscalez_on">
<tt class="descname">get_autoscalez_on</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_autoscalez_on" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get whether autoscaling for the z-axis is applied on plot commands</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_axis_position">
<tt class="descname">get_axis_position</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_axis_position" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_axisbelow">
<tt class="descname">get_axisbelow</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_axisbelow" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get whether axis below is true or not.</p>
<p>For axes3d objects, this will always be <em>True</em></p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added for completeness.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_children">
<tt class="descname">get_children</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_children" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_frame_on">
<tt class="descname">get_frame_on</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_frame_on" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get whether the 3D axes panels are drawn</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_proj">
<tt class="descname">get_proj</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_proj" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Create the projection matrix from the current viewing position.</p>
<p>elev stores the elevation angle in the z plane
azim stores the azimuth angle in the x,y plane</p>
<p>dist is the distance of the eye viewing point from the object
point.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_w_lims">
<tt class="descname">get_w_lims</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_w_lims" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get 3D world limits.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_xlim">
<tt class="descname">get_xlim</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_xlim" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the x-axis range [<em>left</em>, <em>right</em>]</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>This function now correctly refers to the 3D x-limits</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_xlim3d">
<tt class="descname">get_xlim3d</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_xlim3d" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the x-axis range [<em>left</em>, <em>right</em>]</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>This function now correctly refers to the 3D x-limits</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_ylim">
<tt class="descname">get_ylim</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_ylim" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the y-axis range [<em>bottom</em>, <em>top</em>]</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>This function now correctly refers to the 3D y-limits.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_ylim3d">
<tt class="descname">get_ylim3d</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_ylim3d" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the y-axis range [<em>bottom</em>, <em>top</em>]</p>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>This function now correctly refers to the 3D y-limits.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zbound">
<tt class="descname">get_zbound</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zbound" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Returns the z-axis numerical bounds where:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">lowerBound</span> <span class="o"><</span> <span class="n">upperBound</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zlabel">
<tt class="descname">get_zlabel</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zlabel" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the z-label text string.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zlim">
<tt class="descname">get_zlim</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zlim" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get 3D z limits.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zlim3d">
<tt class="descname">get_zlim3d</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zlim3d" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get 3D z limits.</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zmajorticklabels">
<tt class="descname">get_zmajorticklabels</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zmajorticklabels" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the ztick labels as a list of Text instances</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zminorticklabels">
<tt class="descname">get_zminorticklabels</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zminorticklabels" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get the ztick labels as a list of Text instances</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Minor ticks are not supported. This function was added
only for completeness.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zscale">
<tt class="descname">get_zscale</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zscale" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zticklabels">
<tt class="descname">get_zticklabels</tt><big>(</big><em>minor=False</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zticklabels" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get ztick labels as a list of Text instances.
See <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_yticklabels" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_yticklabels"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_yticklabels()</span></tt></a> for more details.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Minor ticks are not supported.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zticklines">
<tt class="descname">get_zticklines</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zticklines" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Get ztick lines as a list of Line2D instances.
Note that this function is provided merely for completeness.
These lines are re-calculated as the display changes.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zticks">
<tt class="descname">get_zticks</tt><big>(</big><em>minor=False</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.get_zticks" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the z ticks as a list of locations
See <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_yticks" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_yticks"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_yticks()</span></tt></a> for more details.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Minor ticks are not supported.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0.</span></p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.grid">
<tt class="descname">grid</tt><big>(</big><em>b=True</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.grid" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Set / unset 3D grid.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Currently, this function does not behave the same as
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.grid" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.grid"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.grid()</span></tt></a>, but it is intended to
eventually support that behavior.</p>
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
<p><span>Changed in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was changed, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.have_units">
<tt class="descname">have_units</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.have_units" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <em>True</em> if units are set on the <em>x</em>, <em>y</em>, or <em>z</em> axes</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.invert_zaxis">
<tt class="descname">invert_zaxis</tt><big>(</big><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.invert_zaxis" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Invert the z-axis.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.locator_params">
<tt class="descname">locator_params</tt><big>(</big><em>axis='both'</em>, <em>tight=None</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.locator_params" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Convenience method for controlling tick locators.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.locator_params" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.locator_params"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib.axes.Axes.locator_params()</span></tt></a> for full
documentation Note that this is for Axes3D objects,
therefore, setting <em>axis</em> to ‘both’ will result in the
parameters being set for all three axes. Also, <em>axis</em>
can also take a value of ‘z’ to apply parameters to the
z axis.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.margins">
<tt class="descname">margins</tt><big>(</big><em>*args</em>, <em>**kw</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.margins" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Convenience method to set or retrieve autoscaling margins.</p>
<dl class="docutils">
<dt>signatures::</dt>
<dd>margins()</dd>
</dl>
<p>returns xmargin, ymargin, zmargin</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="n">margins</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">margin</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">margins</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">xmargin</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">ymargin</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">zmargin</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">margins</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">x</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">xmargin</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">y</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">ymargin</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">z</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="n">zmargin</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">margins</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="o">...</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">tight</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="bp">False</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<p>All forms above set the xmargin, ymargin and zmargin
parameters. All keyword parameters are optional. A single argument
specifies xmargin, ymargin and zmargin. The <em>tight</em> parameter
is passed to <a class="reference internal" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.autoscale_view" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.autoscale_view"><tt class="xref py py-meth docutils literal"><span class="pre">autoscale_view()</span></tt></a>, which is executed after
a margin is changed; the default here is <em>True</em>, on the
assumption that when margins are specified, no additional
padding to match tick marks is usually desired. Setting
<em>tight</em> to <em>None</em> will preserve the previous setting.</p>
<p>Specifying any margin changes only the autoscaling; for example,
if <em>xmargin</em> is not None, then <em>xmargin</em> times the X data
interval will be added to each end of that interval before
it is used in autoscaling.</p>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span>New in version 1.1.0: </span>This function was added, but not tested. Please report any bugs.</p>
</div>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.mouse_init">
<tt class="descname">mouse_init</tt><big>(</big><em>rotate_btn=1</em>, <em>zoom_btn=3</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.mouse_init" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Initializes mouse button callbacks to enable 3D rotation of
the axes. Also optionally sets the mouse buttons for 3D rotation
and zooming.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="18%" />
<col width="82%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>rotate_btn</em></td>
<td>The integer or list of integers specifying which mouse
button or buttons to use for 3D rotation of the axes.
Default = 1.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>zoom_btn</em></td>
<td>The integer or list of integers specifying which mouse
button or buttons to use to zoom the 3D axes.
Default = 3.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="attribute">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.name">
<tt class="descname">name</tt><em class="property"> = '3d'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.name" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd></dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.plot">
<tt class="descname">plot</tt><big>(</big><em>xs</em>, <em>ys</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.plot" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Plot 2D or 3D data.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="17%" />
<col width="83%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>xs</em>, <em>ys</em></td>
<td>X, y coordinates of vertices</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>zs</em></td>
<td>z value(s), either one for all points or one for
each point.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>zdir</em></td>
<td>Which direction to use as z (‘x’, ‘y’ or ‘z’)
when plotting a 2D set.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Other arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">plot()</span></tt></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.plot3D">
<tt class="descname">plot3D</tt><big>(</big><em>xs</em>, <em>ys</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.plot3D" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Plot 2D or 3D data.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="17%" />
<col width="83%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>xs</em>, <em>ys</em></td>
<td>X, y coordinates of vertices</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>zs</em></td>
<td>z value(s), either one for all points or one for
each point.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>zdir</em></td>
<td>Which direction to use as z (‘x’, ‘y’ or ‘z’)
when plotting a 2D set.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Other arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="../../api/axes_api.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot" title="matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot"><tt class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">plot()</span></tt></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.plot_surface">
<tt class="descname">plot_surface</tt><big>(</big><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z</em>, <em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.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 color mapping by supplying the <em>cmap</em>
argument.</p>
<table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="21%" />
<col width="79%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z</em></td>
<td>Data values as 2D arrays</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>rstride</em></td>
<td>Array row stride (step size)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>cstride</em></td>
<td>Array column stride (step size)</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>color</em></td>
<td>Color of the surface patches</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>cmap</em></td>
<td>A colormap for the surface patches.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>facecolors</em></td>
<td>Face colors for the individual patches</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>norm</em></td>
<td>An instance of Normalize to map values to colors</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>vmin</em></td>
<td>Minimum value to map</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>vmax</em></td>
<td>Maximum value to map</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>shade</em></td>
<td>Whether to shade the facecolors</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Other arguments are passed on to
<a class="reference internal" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection" title="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Poly3DCollection</span></tt></a></p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="method">
<dt id="mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.plot_trisurf">
<tt class="descname">plot_trisurf</tt><big>(</big><em>*args</em>, <em>**kwargs</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d.Axes3D.plot_trisurf" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><table border="1" class="docutils">
<colgroup>
<col width="21%" />
<col width="79%" />
</colgroup>
<thead valign="bottom">
<tr class="row-odd"><th class="head">Argument</th>
<th class="head">Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>X</em>, <em>Y</em>, <em>Z</em></td>
<td>Data values as 1D arrays</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>color</em></td>
<td>Color of the surface patches</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>cmap</em></td>
<td>A colormap for the surface patches.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>norm</em></td>
<td>An instance of Normalize to map values to colors</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>vmin</em></td>
<td>Minimum value to map</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-odd"><td><em>vmax</em></td>
<td>Maximum value to map</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row-even"><td><em>shade</em></td>
<td>Whether to shade the facecolors</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The (optional) triangulation can be specified in one of two ways;
either:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><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"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Triangulation</span></tt></a>
object, or:</p>
<div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><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>