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

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

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Joe Kington <jki...@wi...> wrote:

> This no longer seems to work with matplotlib 1.0.1.
>
> As a quick example:
>
> import numpy as np
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
>
> fig = plt.figure()
> ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
>
> x,y,z,c = np.random.random((4,10))
> ax.scatter(x, y, z, c=c)
> ax.set_axis_off()
>
> plt.show()
>
> The attached .png shows the result on my system... Is this a bug, or am I
> doing something strange?
>
> Thanks!
>  -Joe
>
>
Hmmm, try putting that call right after the add_subplot() call.  I don't
have time to test it out right now, but I wonder if the axes are being drawn
once prior to the call to set_axis_off().  I would also be interested to
know if the axes disappear when you interact with it.

Ben Root