Just re-pinging to see if there is any interest in this patch.
Ben Root
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.v.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have always been a bit troubled with how Axes3D object is a bit of a
> 2nd-class citizen in matplotlib. In particular, it is very common to create
> a new axes using .add_subplot() or .gca(), but you can't do that with
> Axes3D. You also can't create subplots of 3d figures, you have to create
> multiple figures with single 3d plots in them.
>
> My examination off the code have not revealed anything that prevents this
> from happening. Currently, the gca() and add_subplot() functions accept a
> kwarg of 'projection' which allows one to specify the name of a registered
> axes object. Currently axes.Axes, polar and a few others are registered,
> with axes.Axes being default.
>
> I have found that 3 lines of code in the axes3d module to have it add the
> Axes3D class to the registry. Using a name of '3d', one can specify the
> projection to gain a Axes3d object. Note, you will still have to import the
> Axes3D object as usual. Attached is a patch for axes3d.py and a file that
> could be added to mpl_examples/. Give it a shot and let me know how it
> works for you!
>
> Enjoy!
> Ben Root
>
> P.S. - Can you just imagine subplots of animated 3d plots? wink... wink...
>
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