mplot3d example code: wire3d_zero_stride.py

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'''
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3D wireframe plots in one direction
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Demonstrates that setting rstride or cstride to 0 causes wires to not be
generated in the corresponding direction.
'''

from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


fig, [ax1, ax2] = plt.subplots(2, 1, figsize=(8, 12), subplot_kw={'projection': '3d'})

# Get the test data
X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)

# Give the first plot only wireframes of the type y = c
ax1.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=10, cstride=0)
ax1.set_title("Column (x) stride set to 0")

# Give the second plot only wireframes of the type x = c
ax2.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=0, cstride=10)
ax2.set_title("Row (y) stride set to 0")

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

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