.. _mplot3d-contour3d_demo3: mplot3d example code: contour3d_demo3.py ======================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/mplot3d/contour3d_demo3.py :: from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib import cm fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.gca(projection='3d') X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05) ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=8, cstride=8, alpha=0.3) cset = ax.contour(X, Y, Z, zdir='z', offset=-100, cmap=cm.coolwarm) cset = ax.contour(X, Y, Z, zdir='x', offset=-40, cmap=cm.coolwarm) cset = ax.contour(X, Y, Z, zdir='y', offset=40, cmap=cm.coolwarm) ax.set_xlabel('X') ax.set_xlim(-40, 40) ax.set_ylabel('Y') ax.set_ylim(-40, 40) ax.set_zlabel('Z') ax.set_zlim(-100, 100) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)