.. only:: html
.. 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_contour3d.py:
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Demonstrates plotting contour (level) curves in 3D
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This is like a contour plot in 2D except that the ``f(x, y)=c`` curve is
plotted on the plane ``z=c``.
.. image:: /gallery/mplot3d/images/sphx_glr_contour3d_001.png
:alt: contour3d
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
.. code-block:: default
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)
# Plot contour curves
cset = ax.contour(X, Y, Z, cmap=cm.coolwarm)
ax.clabel(cset, fontsize=9, inline=1)
plt.show()
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_contour3d.py:
.. only :: html
.. container:: sphx-glr-footer
:class: sphx-glr-footer-example
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python
:download:`Download Python source code: contour3d.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: contour3d.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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