Re: [Matplotlib-users] using solid colours in surface plots

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

2012/1/9 Zoltán Vörös <zv...@gm...>

>  Thanks for the reply!
>
>   surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, facecolors=colors,
>>         linewidth=0.0, antialiased=True)
>>
>
> Is the issue that you have transparent lines between the faces?  Set the
> "shade" kwarg to True and the "antialiased" kwarg to False.
>
> The problem is that the faces themselves are transparent. But if I set
> shade to False, it becomes solid, so that must be the solution.
>
> If the shading is not what you want, it has been a feature request to
> implement the smooth coloring that shading does, but without a
> lightsource.  I have yet to do this, and there have been some attempts to
> get this right, but nothing finalized yet.  Contributions would be welcomed!
>
> OK, I will try to get this done and send you an implementation.
> Cheers,
> Zoltán
>


What version of mpl are you using?  For me (on master) I never get
transparent faces.

Ben Root