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Cupitor
Cupitor

Reputation: 11657

Matplotlib doesn't rotate 3D plots

I have written the following test code to demonstrate the problem:

import numpy as np
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

x=np.linspace(0,1,10)
y=np.linspace(0,1,10)

X,Y=np.meshgrid(x,y)

ax = plt.gca(projection='3d')
ax.plot_surface(X,Y,X+Y)
plt.show()

This code plots a 3d surface but I cannot grab and rotate it. Where is the problem?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6136

Answers (1)

brettb
brettb

Reputation: 809

When I have had this same problem, adding the following lines before importing anything matplotlib related (i.e. above line 2 in your example) fixes the issue.

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Qt4Agg')

So, your example would be:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('Qt4Agg')

from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

x=np.linspace(0,1,10)
y=np.linspace(0,1,10)

X,Y=np.meshgrid(x,y)

ax = plt.gca(projection='3d')
ax.plot_surface(X,Y,X+Y)
plt.show()

Upvotes: 3

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