http://gael-varoquaux.info/physics/slides_Scipy2007.pdf for a good intro to the high level mayavi API.
Johann Etienne Gaudrain wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
