.. 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 `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_