Re: [Matplotlib-users] how to hide axes in a 3D plot

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Matthew Koichi Grimes <mk...@cs...>wrote:

> How can I make a 3D plot without showing the axes?
>
> When plotting a 3d plot, Matplotlib not only draws the x, y, and z
> axes, it also draws light gray grids on the x-y, y-z, and x-z planes.
> I would like to draw a "free-floating" 3D graph, with none of these
> elements. My matplotlib.__version__ is 1.0.1.
>
> Stuff I've tried:
>
> # Doesn't work; this hides the plot, not the axes
> my_3d_axes.set_visible(False)
>
> # Doesn't do anything. Also, there's no get_zaxis() function.
> my_3d_axes.get_xaxis().set_visible(False)
> my_3d_axes.get_yaxis().set_visible(False)
>
> -- Matt
>
>
Matt,

Try "my_3d_axes.set_axis_off()".  I should probably override set_visible()
to work as expected...

Ben Root