Matplotlib 3.0 Cookbook

How to do it...

Here are the steps involved in drawing a wireframe plot:

1. Define the figure and axes for 3D plotting:

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')

2. Prepare the data for the x and y coordinates:

x = np.linspace(-2, 2, 25)y = np.linspace(-5, 5, 25)X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)

3. Set labels for the x, y, and z axes:

ax.set_xlabel('X')ax.set_ylabel('Y')ax.set_zlabel('Z')

4. Set limits for the z axis so that the axis ticks don't keep changing while the animation is active:

ax.set_zlim(-4, 4)

5. Plot the animated wireframe by making the z axis data a function of X, Y and using a variable, phi, that varies from 0 to 90 degrees:

wframe = Nonefor phi in np.linspace(0, 90, 100):    if wframe: ax.collections.remove(wframe) ...