Re: [Matplotlib-users] 3d plot examples

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "J" == J Brandenburg <J.B...@if...> writes:

    J> Hi Travis, Hi list,

    J> I saw Travis' query on the matplotlib-user - list and of cause
    J> I read Fernandos reply...

    J> So, I copied the three files into the matplotlib directory as
    J> bsp_3D01.py, proj3d.py and mplot3d.py... But if I try to run
    J> bsp_3d01.py I get:

Not sure about the bsp example ...

Try the following

  wget http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl3d.zip
  unzip mpl3d.zip
  cd 3d/
  python mplot3d.py  --Numeric

There is a problem with numpy support, since when I ran the code with
numpy I got the following

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File
  "/home/jdhunter/debs/matplotlib/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtk.py",
  line 303, in expose_event
    self._render_figure(self._pixmap, w, h)
  File
  "/home/jdhunter/debs/matplotlib/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_gtkagg.py",
  line 72, in _render_figure
    FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self)
  File
  "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py",
  line 386, in draw
    self.figure.draw(renderer)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/matplotlib/figure.py", line
  528, in draw
    for a in self.axes: a.draw(renderer)
  File "mplot3d.py", line 714, in draw
    self.w_xaxis.draw(renderer)
  File "mplot3d.py", line 464, in draw
    tc = self.axes.tunit_cube(vals,renderer.M)
  File "mplot3d.py", line 680, in tunit_cube
    M = M or self.M
ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is
  ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()