.. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_mplot3d_mixed_subplots.py: ================================= 2D and 3D *Axes* in same *Figure* ================================= This example shows a how to plot a 2D and 3D plot on the same figure. .. image:: /gallery/mplot3d/images/sphx_glr_mixed_subplots_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default # This import registers the 3D projection, but is otherwise unused. from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D # noqa: F401 unused import import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def f(t): return np.cos(2*np.pi*t) * np.exp(-t) # Set up a figure twice as tall as it is wide fig = plt.figure(figsize=plt.figaspect(2.)) fig.suptitle('A tale of 2 subplots') # First subplot ax = fig.add_subplot(2, 1, 1) t1 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1) t2 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02) t3 = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01) ax.plot(t1, f(t1), 'bo', t2, f(t2), 'k--', markerfacecolor='green') ax.grid(True) ax.set_ylabel('Damped oscillation') # Second subplot ax = fig.add_subplot(2, 1, 2, projection='3d') X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25) Y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25) X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y) R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2) Z = np.sin(R) surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, linewidth=0, antialiased=False) ax.set_zlim(-1, 1) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_mixed_subplots.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: mixed_subplots.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: mixed_subplots.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_