.. _mplot3d-wire3d_zero_stride:

mplot3d example code: wire3d_zero_stride.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/mplot3d/wire3d_zero_stride.py

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    '''
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    3D wireframe plots in one direction
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    Demonstrates that setting rstride or cstride to 0 causes wires to not be
    generated in the corresponding direction.
    '''
    
    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    
    fig, [ax1, ax2] = plt.subplots(2, 1, figsize=(8, 12), subplot_kw={'projection': '3d'})
    
    # Get the test data
    X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)
    
    # Give the first plot only wireframes of the type y = c
    ax1.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=10, cstride=0)
    ax1.set_title("Column (x) stride set to 0")
    
    # Give the second plot only wireframes of the type x = c
    ax2.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=0, cstride=10)
    ax2.set_title("Row (y) stride set to 0")
    
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.show()
    

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