[Matplotlib-users] Transferring an Axes Subplot to a projection on a 3d plot

Hi,

Sorry for all of these left-field questions.  We are trying to develop some
custom functionality for a spectroscopy program...

Given a 3d surface plot, matplotlib makes it easy to add contours along the
projections of the plot.

http://matplotlib.org/1.3.1/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/tutorial.html#d-plots-in-3d

We were wondering if it was possible to add other things to the projections
instead of contours?  For example, imagine I have a standard x vs. y plot
already created in a separate Axes object.  Would it be possible to
transfer the data from the x vs. y plot directly onto the projection of the
3d plot?  We've found that sometimes it's useful to put projections on our
3d plots that aren't necessarily reflecting the 3d-dataset per-se.   It
would be nice if a user could generate plots 2d plots separately, and add
them as projections later.

I know this is a pretty special use case, so if nothing obvious comes to
mind, no problem.

Thanks