Thread: [Matplotlib-users] 3d bar plots

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Hi,

Was wondering if anyone knows if there was any way to reproduce this kind of
example:

http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/exa_bars3d.html

i.e. a 3d barplot.

Thanks,

Jonathan

>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Taylor <jon...@st...> writes:

    Jonathan> Hi,

    Jonathan> Was wondering if anyone knows if there was any way to
    Jonathan> reproduce this kind of example:

    Jonathan> http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/exa_bars3d.html

    Jonathan> i.e. a 3d barplot.

Definitely not with matplotlib currently.  Personally, I don't like
these plots.  One way to represent this data is with three calls to
scatter, each with a different color, and use marker size for the
z-axis.

JDH

"Jonathan" == Jonathan Taylor <jon...@st...> writes:
> 
>  Hi,
> 
> Was wondering if anyone knows if there was any way to
>  reproduce this kind of example:
> 
>  http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/exa_bars3d.html
> 
>  i.e. a 3d barplot.

One alternative that exists is Qwt3d:

http://qwtplot3d.sourceforge.net/

which apparently can do 3d barplots.  

http://qwtplot3d.sourceforge.net/images/venrichment.png

Personally I'm not that familiar with that toolkit, but it does have
python bindings, in conjunction with PyQt:

http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net/
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/index.php

Glen

Thanks for all the replies -- I'm not such a huge fan, either, but a 
collaborator of mine is....

-- Jonathan

John Hunter wrote:

>>>>>>"Jonathan" == Jonathan Taylor <jon...@st...> writes:
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>
>    Jonathan> Hi,
>
>    Jonathan> Was wondering if anyone knows if there was any way to
>    Jonathan> reproduce this kind of example:
>
>    Jonathan> http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/exa_bars3d.html
>
>    Jonathan> i.e. a 3d barplot.
>
>Definitely not with matplotlib currently.  Personally, I don't like
>these plots.  One way to represent this data is with three calls to
>scatter, each with a different color, and use marker size for the
>z-axis.
>
>JDH
>
>
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>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan Taylor <jon...@st...> writes:

    Jonathan> Thanks for all the replies -- I'm not such a huge fan,
    Jonathan> either, but a collaborator of mine is....

Ahh collaborators, can't live with 'em, can't dissuade them from excel
chart junk.

JDH

Hi Jonathan,
A couple of people have suggested trying pyqwt. Since the answer is that 
matplotlib won't do it, why not just use DISLIN?
Gary

Jonathan Taylor wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Was wondering if anyone knows if there was any way to reproduce this 
> kind of
> example:
> 
> http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin/exa_bars3d.html
> 
> i.e. a 3d barplot.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jonathan