I found that def set_sort_zpos(self,val): '''Set the position to use for z-sorting.''' self._sort_zpos = val
was missing from class Line3DCollection(LineCollection) (in matplotlib 1.0.1): Now, with the above method added, add_collection3d works as it should with line segments, and the following will work as expected :-) ''' Purpose: Waterfall plot using LineCollection Author: V.P.S. (2011-03-26) ''' from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D from matplotlib.collections import LineCollection from matplotlib.colors import colorConverter import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np np.random.seed(40040157) # Used to allow repeatable experiments (plots) fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.gca(projection='3d') cc = [colorConverter.to_rgba(c,alpha=0.6) for c in ('r','g','b','c','y','m','k')] ncc = len(cc) nxs = 5 # Num of points to connect (nxs-1 line segments) # Generate X values xs = np.arange(1, nxs+1, 1) # Create array of Y values (to be updated) ys = np.zeros(nxs) # Create list of Z values nzs = 4 # Num of Z-planes zs = [zs+1 for zs in range(nzs)] # Create list of colors (cyclic) for lines colorlist = [cc[j%ncc] for j in range(nzs)] segs = [] # Generate line segments in each Z-plane for j in zs: ys = np.random.rand(nxs) segs.append(zip(xs, ys)) curves = LineCollection(segs, colors = colorlist) ax.add_collection3d(curves, zs=zs, zdir='y') ax.set_xlabel('X') # points to right -- X ax.set_xlim3d(0, nxs+1) ax.set_ylabel('Y') # points into screen -- Y ax.set_ylim3d(0, nzs+1) ax.set_zlabel('Z') # points up -- Z ax.set_zlim3d(0, 1) plt.show() Have a Good Day --V ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel