

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_mplot3d_subplot3d.py:


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3D plots as subplots
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Demonstrate including 3D plots as subplots.




.. image:: /gallery/mplot3d/images/sphx_glr_subplot3d_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d import Axes3D, get_test_data
    from matplotlib import cm
    import numpy as np


    # set up a figure twice as wide as it is tall
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=plt.figaspect(0.5))

    #===============
    #  First subplot
    #===============
    # set up the axes for the first plot
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 1, projection='3d')

    # plot a 3D surface like in the example mplot3d/surface3d_demo
    X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
    Y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
    X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y)
    R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2)
    Z = np.sin(R)
    surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, cmap=cm.coolwarm,
                           linewidth=0, antialiased=False)
    ax.set_zlim(-1.01, 1.01)
    fig.colorbar(surf, shrink=0.5, aspect=10)

    #===============
    # Second subplot
    #===============
    # set up the axes for the second plot
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 2, projection='3d')

    # plot a 3D wireframe like in the example mplot3d/wire3d_demo
    X, Y, Z = get_test_data(0.05)
    ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=10, cstride=10)

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.175 seconds)



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