Re: [Matplotlib-users] mplot3d: plot_surface() and contour on grid?

[Andrew S. <str...@as...>]

Matthias Michler wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I'm not an expert in axes3d, but in case the feature which Nicolas requested 
> is not possible in an easy manner up to now, I propose an additional kwarg 
> for axes3d.Axes3D.contour. Something like *offset*. If offset is None the 
> z-values of the contour lines corresponds to given Z and otherwise offset is 
> used for the z-values of the contour lines.
> I attached a changed axes3d.py and a patch against current svn. The result is 
> illustrated in the contour3d_demo.png.
>
> Could any of the experts have a look at it and tell me if this could be 
> useful, please?
>
> Thanks in advance for any comments.
>
> Kind regards
> Matthias 
>
> On Wednesday 30 September 2009 19:22:42 Nicolas Bigaouette wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> I have a nice plot_surface() using mplot3d (see attachement).
>>
>> I'd like to project the surface on the axis xoy, xoz and yoz with a
>> contour, similar to this figure:
>> http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~dgonze/INFO/matlab/fig19.jpg
>>
>> Is it possible using matplotlib and mplot3d?
>>
>> Thanx!
>>     
>
>   
Hi Matthias,

I committed your patch to a github branch of MPL, but I'll let Reinier
actually commit something based on this to MPL.
http://github.com/astraw/matplotlib/tree/dev/michler-3d-contourf-offsets

-Andrew