In this Python tutorial I will show you how to create 3D Bar Plots with Python using Matplotlib.
3D Bar Plot allows us to compare the relationship of three variables rather than just two. 3D bar charts with matplotlib are slightly more complex than your scatter plots, because the bars have 1 more characteristic, depth.
Basically, the “thickness” of the bars is also define-able. For most, this will be simply a pre-determined set of data, but you can actually use this for one more “dimension” to your plot.
Let’s create 3D Bar plots
# Import the libraries import numpy as np from matplotlib import cm import matplotlib.colors as col from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
alpha = 1. / np.linspace(1, 8, 5)
t = np.linspace(0, 5, 16)
T, A = np.meshgrid(t, alpha)
data = np.exp(-T * A)
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
cmap = cm.ScalarMappable(col.Normalize(0, len(alpha)),cm.gray)
for i, row in enumerate(data):
ax.bar(4 * t, row, zs=i, zdir='y', alpha=0.8, color=cmap.to_rgba(i))
plt.show()
alpha = np.linspace(1, 8, 5)
t = np.linspace(0, 5, 16)
T, A = np.meshgrid(t, alpha)
data = np.exp(-T * (1. / A))
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
x1 = T.flatten()
y1 = A.flatten()
z1 = np.zeros(data.size)
dx = .40 * np.ones(data.size)
dy = .40 * np.ones(data.size)
dz = data.flatten()
ax.set_xlabel('T')
ax.set_ylabel('Alpha')
ax.bar3d(x1, y1,z1, dx, dy, dz, color='red')
plt.show()
