.. 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_errorbar3d.py:
============
3D errorbars
============
An example of using errorbars with upper and lower limits in mplot3d.
.. image:: /gallery/mplot3d/images/sphx_glr_errorbar3d_001.png
:alt: errorbar3d
:class: sphx-glr-single-img
.. code-block:: default
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
ax = plt.figure().add_subplot(projection='3d')
# setting up a parametric curve
t = np.arange(0, 2*np.pi+.1, 0.01)
x, y, z = np.sin(t), np.cos(3*t), np.sin(5*t)
estep = 15
i = np.arange(t.size)
zuplims = (i % estep == 0) & (i // estep % 3 == 0)
zlolims = (i % estep == 0) & (i // estep % 3 == 2)
ax.errorbar(x, y, z, 0.2, zuplims=zuplims, zlolims=zlolims, errorevery=estep)
ax.set_xlabel("X label")
ax.set_ylabel("Y label")
ax.set_zlabel("Z label")
plt.show()
.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_errorbar3d.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: errorbar3d.py `
.. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter
:download:`Download Jupyter notebook: errorbar3d.ipynb `
.. only:: html
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature
Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
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