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.. _sphx_glr_gallery_mplot3d_wire3d_animation_sgskip.py:


===========================
Animate a 3D wireframe plot
===========================

A very simple "animation" of a 3D plot.  See also :doc:`rotate_axes3d_sgskip`.

(This example is skipped when building the documentation gallery because it
intentionally takes a long time to run.)

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.. code-block:: Python


    import time

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(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:
            wframe.remove()
        # Generate data.
        Z = np.cos(2 * np.pi * X + phi) * (1 - np.hypot(X, Y))
        # Plot the new wireframe and pause briefly before continuing.
        wframe = ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=2, cstride=2)
        plt.pause(.001)

    print('Average FPS: %f' % (100 / (time.time() - tstart)))


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