Ok, I'll go for Mayavi. I am reasonably impressed by the demos. I haven't been to far into the documentation and I hop I won't regret my choice. But it looks great so far.
Thanks for your help !! -Etienne 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? > The scipy Cookbook / Matplotlib / mplot3D says: > >> The examples below show simple 3D plots using matplotlib. matplotlib's >> 3D capabilities were added by incorporating John Porter's mplot3d >> module, thus no additional download is required any more, the >> following examples will run with an up to date matplotlib >> installation. Note, this code is not supported in matplotlib-0.98 and >> later, so please use the 0.91 maintenance release of matplotlib if you >> need this functionality. >> > Which seems a bit like saying one thing and the opposite in the next > sentence... > > So if I understand correctly, for some obscure reason, Matplotlib has > been stripped from its 3D plot capabilities... and this same website > suggest the use of another package instead... > > 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
