On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Etienne Gaudrain <et.gaudr...@free.fr> wrote: > Thanks a lot for the link, and for the suggestions! > I will probably give a go to Mayavi2, but given how heavy it seems to be > (compared to matplotlib) it probably requires some custom wrapping... > which means again a lot time investment... thanks for the tips anyway!
Etienne, I believe that Mayavi2 has a matlab-like interface (called mlab, I think) which offers a much higher-level (and more command-line friendly) API. I'm not a Mayavi expert by any streach, but you may be able to find many helpful folks on the enthought-dev list (https://mail.enthought.com/mailman/listinfo/enthought-dev) cheers, Barry > > Cheers, > -Etienne > > > > Gary Ruben wrote: >> Hi Etienne, >> >> Sorry to hear about your disappointment. You can read about the >> attempt to resurrect the 3D plotting capabilities here: >> <http://www.nabble.com/Updating-MPlot3D-to-a-more-recent-matplotlib.-td22302256.html> >> >> >> Unfortunately, this doesn't help you right now. >> Depending on the type of 3D plotting you want to do, some suggestions >> for other packages that support 3D plotting from Python and work now are: >> Mayavi2's mlab interface >> <http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi/docs/development/html/mayavi/mlab_3d_plotting_functions.html> >> >> gnuplot.py <http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/> >> DISLIN <http://www.mps.mpg.de/dislin> >> R via RPy <http://rpy.sourceforge.net/> >> >> and I'm pretty sure there are more too. >> >> Right now, if mayavi2 looks like it'll do what you want, I'd recommend >> it as your next stop. And in my opinion, I wouldn't say that your time >> spent learning matplotlib was wasted - 2D plotting is usually useful >> and matplotlib may soon again have limited 3D capability. >> >> Gary R. >> >> Etienne Gaudrain wrote: >>> Hello list ! >>> >>> This is probably a recurrent topic, or even more probably HAVE been a >>> recurrent topic... So sorry, sorry, sorry... I wanted to search the >>> archives but Sourceforge is very slow today (...). >>> >>> Anyway, here is my question: >>> >>> Is it right that Matplotlib can no longer plot 3D graphes? >> <snip> >>> Does it mean that all my efforts to understand and learn Matplotlib >>> are just a big waste of time since I need another package now that I >>> need 3D plot? So I ask you for advice: should I forget completely >>> Matplotlib and move to MayaVI2? Or is there any plan to bring 3D back >>> into Matplotlib, I mean to make a proper and complete alternative to >>> Matlab? >>> >>> Or am I just upset because I am missing something. I only plot data >>> every 4 or 6 months, and I really don't expect to see major >>> functionalities to have disappeared when I come back to plotting >>> data... is it a wrong expectation? >>> >>> Thanks !! >>> -Etienne >> >> > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Etienne Gaudrain > Centre for the Neural Basis of Hearing > Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience > University of Cambridge > Downing Street > Cambridge CB2 3EG > UK > Phone: +44 (1223) 333 859 office > Fax: +44 (1223) 333 840 department > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
