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Rotating a 3D plot#
A very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot about all three axes.
See Animate a 3D wireframe plot for another example of animating a 3D plot.
(This example is skipped when building the documentation gallery because it intentionally takes a long time to run)
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(projection='3d')
# Grab some example data and plot a basic wireframe.
X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)
ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=10, cstride=10)
# Set the axis labels
ax.set_xlabel('x')
ax.set_ylabel('y')
ax.set_zlabel('z')
# Rotate the axes and update
for angle in range(0, 360*4 + 1):
# Normalize the angle to the range [-180, 180] for display
angle_norm = (angle + 180) % 360 - 180
# Cycle through a full rotation of elevation, then azimuth, roll, and all
elev = azim = roll = 0
if angle <= 360:
elev = angle_norm
elif angle <= 360*2:
azim = angle_norm
elif angle <= 360*3:
roll = angle_norm
else:
elev = azim = roll = angle_norm
# Update the axis view and title
ax.view_init(elev, azim, roll)
plt.title('Elevation: %d°, Azimuth: %d°, Roll: %d°' % (elev, azim, roll))
plt.draw()
plt.pause(.001)