""" ========================== Rotating 3D wireframe plot ========================== A very simple 'animation' of a 3D plot. See also rotate_axes3d_demo. """ from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np import time def generate(X, Y, phi): """ Generates Z data for the points in the X, Y meshgrid and parameter phi. """ R = 1 - np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2) return np.cos(2 * np.pi * X + phi) * R fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection="3d") # Make the X, Y meshgrid. xs = np.linspace(-1, 1, 50) ys = np.linspace(-1, 1, 50) X, Y = np.meshgrid(xs, ys) # Set the z axis limits so they aren't recalculated each frame. ax.set_zlim(-1, 1) # Begin plotting. wframe = None tstart = time.time() for phi in np.linspace(0, 180.0 / np.pi, 100): # If a line collection is already remove it before drawing. if wframe: ax.collections.remove(wframe) # Plot the new wireframe and pause briefly before continuing. Z = generate(X, Y, phi) wframe = ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=2, cstride=2) plt.pause(0.001) print("Average FPS: %f" % (100 / (time.time() - tstart)))