.. _mplot3d-surface3d_demo:

mplot3d example code: surface3d_demo.py
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.. plot:: /home/mandrake/rpm/BUILD/matplotlib-1.1.1/doc/mpl_examples/mplot3d/surface3d_demo.py

::

    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
    from matplotlib import cm
    from matplotlib.ticker import LinearLocator, FormatStrFormatter
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np
    
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
    X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
    Y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
    X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y)
    R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2)
    Z = np.sin(R)
    surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, cmap=cm.jet,
            linewidth=0, antialiased=False)
    ax.set_zlim(-1.01, 1.01)
    
    ax.zaxis.set_major_locator(LinearLocator(10))
    ax.zaxis.set_major_formatter(FormatStrFormatter('%.02f'))
    
    fig.colorbar(surf, shrink=0.5, aspect=5)
    
    plt.show()
    
    

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