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Current versions cannot reproduce rotate_axes_3d_demo.py #10980
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Python 2.7.14
Mac OS X El Capitan, v10.11.6
Matplotlib v2.2.2 (same for v2.0.0)
I was trying to reproduce the rotating 3D plot from this example:
https://matplotlib.org/examples/mplot3d/rotate_axes3d_demo.html
(also copied below)
However, the plot displayed the initial view, got stuck, and then finished without any errors. I later found that if I use another computer with an old matplotlib version (v1.5.3), the code runs correctly. I used pip to install different versions of matplotlib.
Code for reproduction
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
# load some test data for demonstration and plot a wireframe
X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.1)
ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=5, cstride=5)
# rotate the axes and update
for angle in range(0, 360):
ax.view_init(30, angle)
plt.draw()
plt.pause(.001)
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[-]Current versions cannot reproduce [/-][+]Current versions cannot reproduce rotate_axes_3d_demo.py[/+]dstansby commentedon Apr 7, 2018
I reckon this is an OSX backend bug; what result do you get from this:
EDIT: it works fine for me on OSX, but using
Qt5Aggbackend.snownontrace commentedon Apr 7, 2018
With both versions 1.5.3 and 2.2.2 I got "MacOSX"
It appears that I need to install PyQt5 for using Qt5Agg -- will try it later. Thanks!