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3D Plots: Surface and Wireframe¶

3D plotting in Matplotlib

Other Plot Types

General Plot Help

Surface Plots ¶

Click Menus ¶

Scripting ¶

Basic example of plotting a Surface:

from mantid.simpleapi import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

data = Load('MUSR00015189.nxs')
data = mtd['data_1'] # Extract individual workspace from group

fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'projection':'mantid3d'})
ax.plot_surface(data)
plt.show()

(Source code)

For more advice: Formatting Plots with a script

Wireframe Plots ¶

Plot Toolbar ¶

Change the Color of the Wireframe:

Click Menus ¶

ptions Menu¶

Scripting ¶

Basic example of plotting a Wireframe:

from mantid.simpleapi import *
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

data = Load('MAR11060.nxs')

fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'projection':'mantid3d'})
ax.plot_wireframe(data, color='#1f77b4')
plt.show()

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

For more advice: Formatting Plots with a script

General ¶

General Plot Help

Plots Toolbox ¶

File > Settings ¶

Other Plotting Documentation

Matplotlib in Mantid
Matplotlib Keyboard Shortcuts
See here for custom color cycles and colormaps