.. _toolkit_mplot3d-index: .. currentmodule:: mpl_toolkits.mplot3d ******* mplot3d ******* Matplotlib mplot3d toolkit ========================== The mplot3d toolkit adds simple 3D plotting capabilities to matplotlib by supplying an axes object that can create a 2D projection of a 3D scene. The resulting graph will have the same look and feel as regular 2D plots. See the :doc:`mplot3d tutorial ` for more information on how to use this toolkit. .. image:: /_static/demo_mplot3d.png The interactive backends also provide the ability to rotate and zoom the 3D scene. One can rotate the 3D scene by simply clicking-and-dragging the scene. Zooming is done by right-clicking the scene and dragging the mouse up and down. Note that one does not use the zoom button like one would use for regular 2D plots. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 faq.rst