[SciPy-user] 3d plotting question

[Lance Boyle]

I might have posted this little bit of code before, but it's not too  
much so I hope no one minds seeing it again. It's not mine, so for  
proper cretids, Google a unique-looking line and it should pop right  
up. With this, you can get to gnuplot with a minimum of fuss. Note  
that it sets up AquaTerm (that's a "plotting terminal" for OS X that  
uses native antialiased graphics with PDF saving, etc. If you don't  
use it, delete the line or set to your own terminal.


import os
class gnuplot:
     def __init__(self):
         print "opening new gnuplot session..."
         self.session = os.popen("gnuplot","w")
     def __del__(self):
         print "closing gnuplot session..."
         self.session.close()
     def send(self, cmd):
         self.session.write(cmd+'\n')
         self.session.flush()
if __name__=="__main__":
     g1 = gnuplot()
     g1.send("set terminal aqua 0")

     # Your code here
     g1.send("plot sin(x)")

     del g1




On Sep 28, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Ryan Krauss wrote:

> You can actually use Gnuplot from Python.  I have had the best luck  
> with  the Gnuplot.py package (http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/).   
> If it doesn't implement the features you want, you can send pure  
> gnuplot code from your python script to the gnuplot session.
>
> Mayavi is pretty good but I think a bit more complicated (http:// 
> mayavi.sourceforge.net/).  It can do some neat animations.  But, it  
> doesn't do as nice a job of generating post-script files as  
> gnuplot.  I use mayavi for animations and gnuplot.py for print  
> quality graphics.
>
> Ryan
>
> Yaroslav Bulatov wrote:
>
>> There are so many 3d plotting packages, but I'm looking for something
>> simple that'll resemble 3d plots of Gnuplot/Mathematica, can someone
>> recommend one?
>> --
>> Yaroslav Bulatov
>> bulatov at cs.oregonstate.edu
>> Dearborn 102
>> Oregon State University
>> Corvallis, OR
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