3D plots

Etienne Gaudrain <et.gaudrain@...185...> writes:

This is probably a recurrent topic, or even more probably HAVE been a
recurrent topic... So sorry, sorry, sorry... I wanted to search the
archives but Sourceforge is very slow today (...).

I don't think the Sourceforge search has ever been very useful. Try
Gmane, Nabble, or The Mail Archive instead:

http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general
http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel
http://www.nabble.com/matplotlib-f2903.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net/
http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/

Is it right that Matplotlib can no longer plot 3D graphes?

It is correct: the 3D capabilities have been removed from the latest
versions.

So if I understand correctly, for some obscure reason, Matplotlib has
been stripped from its 3D plot capabilities... and this same website
suggest the use of another package instead...

The reason is that extensive changes were made to the way Matplotlib
works internally, and no-one has been sufficiently interested in the 3D
plotting code to keep it up to date.

Does it mean that all my efforts to understand and learn Matplotlib are
just a big waste of time since I need another package now that I need 3D
plot?

Of course the old version of Matplotlib still works, it just doesn't
have all the latest features. Also, very recently some people have
started to work on the 3D code:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel/6672/focus=6691

If you want to be able to make 3D plots with Matplotlib, perhaps you
could find a way to help with this effort.

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Jouni K. Sepp�nen

Thanks for all these pointers!
I am well aware and respectful of the open source philosophy, and please do not see a criticism toward the work of the developers in my e-mail... just a lost user seeking advice, wanting to understand what happened to catch the train I apparently missed during the last 6 months...
I will sure have look to the current project and see if I can help. Thanks for this particular hint!

Cheers,
-Etienne

Jouni K. Sepp�nen wrote:

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Etienne Gaudrain <et.gaudrain@...185...> writes:

This is probably a recurrent topic, or even more probably HAVE been a recurrent topic... So sorry, sorry, sorry... I wanted to search the archives but Sourceforge is very slow today (...).
    
I don't think the Sourceforge search has ever been very useful. Try
Gmane, Nabble, or The Mail Archive instead:

http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general
http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel
http://www.nabble.com/matplotlib-f2903.html
matplotlib-users
matplotlib-devel

Is it right that Matplotlib can no longer plot 3D graphes?
    
It is correct: the 3D capabilities have been removed from the latest
versions.

So if I understand correctly, for some obscure reason, Matplotlib has been stripped from its 3D plot capabilities... and this same website suggest the use of another package instead...
    
The reason is that extensive changes were made to the way Matplotlib
works internally, and no-one has been sufficiently interested in the 3D
plotting code to keep it up to date.

Does it mean that all my efforts to understand and learn Matplotlib are just a big waste of time since I need another package now that I need 3D plot?
    
Of course the old version of Matplotlib still works, it just doesn't
have all the latest features. Also, very recently some people have
started to work on the 3D code:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel/6672/focus=6691

If you want to be able to make 3D plots with Matplotlib, perhaps you
could find a way to help with this effort.

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University of Cambridge
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UK
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