I think I found a bug with in the Axes3D color support. When there are 3 or 4 points to plot, then the you cannot specify an array of rgba arrays for the colors of the points.
I tested in matplotlib 0.99.1 and the latest code from SVN. Both exibit the bug. This simple code demonstrates the bug: #simple Axes3D example setting color and size of points import numpy as np from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from numpy.random import rand fig = plt.figure() ax = Axes3D(fig) n = 3 # ERROR WHEN n = 3 or 4 !! xs = np.random.rand(n) ys = np.random.rand(n) zs = np.random.rand(n) ss = np.random.rand(n) * 1000 cs = rand(n, 4) ax.scatter(xs, ys, zs, s=ss, c=cs) ax.set_xlabel('X Label') ax.set_ylabel('Y Label') ax.set_zlabel('Z Label') plt.show() #end code This is the call trace for the bug: Exception in Tkinter callback Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python26\lib\lib-tk\Tkinter.py", line 1410, in __call__ return self.func(*args) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_tkagg.py", line 212, in resize self.show() File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_tkagg.py", line 215, in draw FigureCanvasAgg.draw(self) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\backends\backend_agg.py", line314, in draw self.figure.draw(self.renderer) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\artist.py", line 46, in draw_wrapper draw(artist, renderer, *kl) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\figure.py", line 773, in draw for a in self.axes: a.draw(renderer) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\mpl_toolkits\mplot3d\axes3d.py", line 150, in draw for col in self.collections] File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\mpl_toolkits\mplot3d\art3d.py", line 290, in do_3d_projection self.set_facecolors(zalpha(self._facecolor3d, vzs)) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\mpl_toolkits\mplot3d\art3d.py", line 497, in zalpha colors = [(c[0], c[1], c[2], c[3] * s) for c, s in zip(colors, sats)] IndexError: index out of bounds Thanks, -Ben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users