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From: Etienne G. <et....@fr...> - 2009-03-23 11:48:31
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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From: Jouni K. S. <jk...@ik...> - 2009-03-23 13:00:27
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Etienne Gaudrain <et....@fr...> writes: > 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 (...). I don't think the Sourceforge search has ever been very useful. Try Gmane, Nabble, or The Mail Archive instead: http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel http://www.nabble.com/matplotlib-f2903.html http://www.mail-archive.com/mat...@li.../ http://www.mail-archive.com/mat...@li.../ > Is it right that Matplotlib can no longer plot 3D graphes? It is correct: the 3D capabilities have been removed from the latest versions. > 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... The reason is that extensive changes were made to the way Matplotlib works internally, and no-one has been sufficiently interested in the 3D plotting code to keep it up to date. > 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? Of course the old version of Matplotlib still works, it just doesn't have all the latest features. Also, very recently some people have started to work on the 3D code: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel/6672/focus=6691 If you want to be able to make 3D plots with Matplotlib, perhaps you could find a way to help with this effort. -- Jouni K. Seppänen http://www.iki.fi/jks |
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From: Etienne G. <et....@fr...> - 2009-03-23 13:27:51
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Thanks for all these pointers! I am well aware and respectful of the open source philosophy, and please do not see a criticism toward the work of the developers in my e-mail... just a lost user seeking advice, wanting to understand what happened to catch the train I apparently missed during the last 6 months... I will sure have look to the current project and see if I can help. Thanks for this particular hint! Cheers, -Etienne Jouni K. Seppänen wrote: > Etienne Gaudrain <et....@fr...> writes: > > >> 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 (...). >> > > I don't think the Sourceforge search has ever been very useful. Try > Gmane, Nabble, or The Mail Archive instead: > > http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general > http://search.gmane.org/form.php?group=gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel > http://www.nabble.com/matplotlib-f2903.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/mat...@li.../ > http://www.mail-archive.com/mat...@li.../ > > >> Is it right that Matplotlib can no longer plot 3D graphes? >> > > It is correct: the 3D capabilities have been removed from the latest > versions. > > >> 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... >> > > The reason is that extensive changes were made to the way Matplotlib > works internally, and no-one has been sufficiently interested in the 3D > plotting code to keep it up to date. > > >> 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? >> > > Of course the old version of Matplotlib still works, it just doesn't > have all the latest features. Also, very recently some people have > started to work on the 3D code: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.devel/6672/focus=6691 > > If you want to be able to make 3D plots with Matplotlib, perhaps you > could find a way to help with this effort. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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From: Gary R. <gr...@bi...> - 2009-03-23 13:01:47
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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 |
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From: Etienne G. <et....@fr...> - 2009-03-23 13:11:51
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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! 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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From: Barry W. <bar...@gm...> - 2009-03-23 16:34:04
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Etienne Gaudrain <et....@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 > Mat...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > |
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From: Etienne G. <et....@fr...> - 2009-03-23 16:49:37
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Thanks Barry. I still don't know whether I want to use Gnuplot.py or Mayavi. Gnuplot is built on a very stable base, so I would be sure to have few surprises with future developments. But maybe it is too old and will not pass the Python3k step... I gave a look to Mayavi, and the start is pretty bad given that the online doc does not match the version of my Ubuntu. The consequence is that the mlab.show() method seems to be missing, while the doc present it as the solution for external scripting... but I'll dig a bit further. -Etienne Barry Wark wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Etienne Gaudrain <et....@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 >> Mat...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >> >> > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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From: Andy B. <an...@in...> - 2009-03-23 16:40:31
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Barry Wark wrote: > On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Etienne Gaudrain <et....@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) You might also be interested in Nicholas Rougier's SciGL project, which (IIRC) was started because of the removal of mpl's 3D plotting functionality, but which looks really nice: http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/scigl/ Reminds me that I need to find something to plot in 3D so I can use it ;) Andy |
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From: Etienne G. <et....@fr...> - 2009-03-23 16:57:27
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Waouuuh ! These screenshots look awsome ! A shame this package is not in my Ubuntu repository. I'm a bit lazy, and I want a long-term solution, which supposes auto-update... -Etienne Andy Buckley wrote: > > You might also be interested in Nicholas Rougier's SciGL project, which > (IIRC) was started because of the removal of mpl's 3D plotting > functionality, but which looks really nice: > > http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/scigl/ > > Reminds me that I need to find something to plot in 3D so I can use it ;) > > Andy > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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From: Etienne G. <et....@fr...> - 2009-03-23 17:31:20
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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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From: Cohen-Tanugi J. <co...@lp...> - 2009-03-23 19:19:25
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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 >> >> >> > > > |
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