.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_plot3d-2.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_plot3d-2.py:


3D plotting
============

Demo 3D plotting with matplotlib and style the figure.




.. image:: /intro/matplotlib/auto_examples/images/sphx_glr_plot_plot3d-2_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d

    ax = plt.gca(projection='3d')
    X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)
    cset = ax.contourf(X, Y, Z)
    ax.clabel(cset, fontsize=9, inline=1)

    plt.xticks([])
    plt.yticks([])
    ax.set_zticks([])


    ax.text2D(-0.05, 1.05, " 3D plots             \n",
              horizontalalignment='left',
              verticalalignment='top',
              bbox=dict(facecolor='white', alpha=1.0),
              family='Lint McCree Intl BB',
              size='x-large',
              transform=plt.gca().transAxes)

    ax.text2D(-0.05, .975, " Plot 2D or 3D data",
              horizontalalignment='left',
              verticalalignment='top',
              family='Lint McCree Intl BB',
              size='medium',
              transform=plt.gca().transAxes)

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.053 seconds)


.. _sphx_glr_download_intro_matplotlib_auto_examples_plot_plot3d-2.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: plot_plot3d-2.py <plot_plot3d-2.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: plot_plot3d-2.ipynb <plot_plot3d-2.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_