3D plotting with python 2.5 on win32

Jason tenax.raccoon at gmail.com
Wed Dec 19 12:34:50 EST 2007


On Dec 19, 7:15 am, anton <anto... at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if some of you knows a
>
>  - working
>
>  - actual
>
>  - out of the box (for me: binaries available)
>
> Package/Lib to do 3D plotting out of the box.
>
> I know  matplotlib.
>
> There is MayaVi from enthon but you need to use their python (2.4.3),
> all other stuff need picking sources etc.
>
> IVuPy-0.1 seems to be abandonware, and there are no binaries.
>
> I don't get qwtplot3d-0.2.7 to compile on my pc, it seems you need the
> commercial
> qt 4.33 (with opensource qt 4.3.3 I doesnt work).
>
> Actually there is a big list on python org of 3D software, but I need
> only plotting facility (like Matlab for example), and some/most of
> the listed projects seem not be up to date (still based on python 2.4,
> like PyOpenGL where you get binaries only for python 2.4,
> seems to be abandonware too, sigh).
>
> Thanks for a hint :-)

PyOpenGL isn't abandonware.  Python 2.5 comes with the ctypes module
[1], so there isn't any need for a binary wrapper module anymore.

Under 2.5, all pure "wrapper" binary modules are unnecessary.  They
can work cross-platform from pure Python, calling directly into the C
function code.  Trust me, this is an excellent improvement.

PyOpenGL probably too low-level for what you want, but it isn't dead
yet.  (It's just pining for the symbol table.)

  --Jason

[1] http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ctypes.html



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