.. 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_wire3d_animation_sgskip.py:
==========================
Rotating 3D wireframe plot
==========================
A very simple 'animation' of a 3D plot. See also rotate_axes3d_demo.
(This example is skipped when building the documentation gallery because it
intentionally takes a long time to run)
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import time
def generate(X, Y, phi):
"""
Generates Z data for the points in the X, Y meshgrid and parameter phi.
"""
R = 1 - np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2)
return np.cos(2 * np.pi * X + phi) * R
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
# Make the X, Y meshgrid.
xs = np.linspace(-1, 1, 50)
ys = np.linspace(-1, 1, 50)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(xs, ys)
# Set the z axis limits so they aren't recalculated each frame.
ax.set_zlim(-1, 1)
# Begin plotting.
wframe = None
tstart = time.time()
for phi in np.linspace(0, 180. / np.pi, 100):
# If a line collection is already remove it before drawing.
if wframe:
ax.collections.remove(wframe)
# Plot the new wireframe and pause briefly before continuing.
Z = generate(X, Y, phi)
wframe = ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=2, cstride=2)
plt.pause(.001)
print('Average FPS: %f' % (100 / (time.time() - tstart)))
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_wire3d_animation_sgskip.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: wire3d_animation_sgskip.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: wire3d_animation_sgskip.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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