Marker types in 3d plots
Hi,
A few problems with marker types in 3D plots. I can use "o" and "^" and "+". However I can not use "." or "," it seems a bit odd to me however I get the below error. It should be possible to repeat this with the following input
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test.py", line 16, in <module>
ax.scatter(xs, ys, zs, c=c, marker=m)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py", line 1019, in scatter
patches = Axes.scatter(self, xs, ys, *args, **kwargs)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/site-packages/matplotlib/axes.py", line 5719, in scatter
raise ValueError('Unknown marker symbol to scatter')
ValueError: Unknown marker symbol to scatter
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import numpy as np
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
def randrange(n, vmin, vmax):
return (vmax-vmin)*np.random.rand(n) + vmin
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
n = 100
#for c, m, zl, zh in [('r', '+', -50, -25), ('b', '^', -30, -5)]:
for c, m, zl, zh in [('r', '+', -50, -25), ('b', '.', -30, -5)]:
xs = randrange(n, 23, 32)
ys = randrange(n, 0, 100)
zs = randrange(n, zl, zh)
ax.scatter(xs, ys, zs, c=c, marker=m)
ax.set_xlabel('X Label')
ax.set_ylabel('Y Label')
ax.set_zlabel('Z Label')
plt.show()