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.. only:: html

    .. meta::
        :keywords: codex

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_2dcollections3d.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_mplot3d_2dcollections3d.py:


=======================
Plot 2D data on 3D plot
=======================

Demonstrates using ax.plot's *zdir* keyword to plot 2D data on
selective axes of a 3D plot.

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.. code-block:: Python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np

    ax = plt.figure().add_subplot(projection='3d')

    # Plot a sin curve using the x and y axes.
    x = np.linspace(0, 1, 100)
    y = np.sin(x * 2 * np.pi) / 2 + 0.5
    ax.plot(x, y, zs=0, zdir='z', label='curve in (x, y)')

    # Plot scatterplot data (20 2D points per colour) on the x and z axes.
    colors = ('r', 'g', 'b', 'k')

    # Fixing random state for reproducibility
    np.random.seed(19680801)

    x = np.random.sample(20 * len(colors))
    y = np.random.sample(20 * len(colors))
    c_list = []
    for c in colors:
        c_list.extend([c] * 20)
    # By using zdir='y', the y value of these points is fixed to the zs value 0
    # and the (x, y) points are plotted on the x and z axes.
    ax.scatter(x, y, zs=0, zdir='y', c=c_list, label='points in (x, z)')

    # Make legend, set axes limits and labels
    ax.legend()
    ax.set_xlim(0, 1)
    ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
    ax.set_zlim(0, 1)
    ax.set_xlabel('X')
    ax.set_ylabel('Y')
    ax.set_zlabel('Z')

    # Customize the view angle so it's easier to see that the scatter points lie
    # on the plane y=0
    ax.view_init(elev=20., azim=-35, roll=0)

    plt.show()


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.. tags::
   plot-type: 3D, plot-type: scatter, plot-type: line,
   component: axes,
   level: intermediate


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_2dcollections3d.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: 2dcollections3d.ipynb <2dcollections3d.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: 2dcollections3d.py <2dcollections3d.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: 2dcollections3d.zip <2dcollections3d.zip>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_
