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

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_mixed_subplots.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_mplot3d_mixed_subplots.py:


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2D and 3D *Axes* in same *Figure*
=================================

This example shows a how to plot a 2D and 3D plot on the same figure.




.. image:: /gallery/mplot3d/images/sphx_glr_mixed_subplots_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python

    # This import registers the 3D projection, but is otherwise unused.
    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D  # noqa: F401 unused import

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np


    def f(t):
        s1 = np.cos(2*np.pi*t)
        e1 = np.exp(-t)
        return np.multiply(s1, e1)


    # Set up a figure twice as tall as it is wide
    fig = plt.figure(figsize=plt.figaspect(2.))
    fig.suptitle('A tale of 2 subplots')

    # First subplot
    ax = fig.add_subplot(2, 1, 1)

    t1 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.1)
    t2 = np.arange(0.0, 5.0, 0.02)
    t3 = np.arange(0.0, 2.0, 0.01)

    ax.plot(t1, f(t1), 'bo',
            t2, f(t2), 'k--', markerfacecolor='green')
    ax.grid(True)
    ax.set_ylabel('Damped oscillation')

    # Second subplot
    ax = fig.add_subplot(2, 1, 2, projection='3d')

    X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
    Y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
    X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y)
    R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2)
    Z = np.sin(R)

    surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1,
                           linewidth=0, antialiased=False)
    ax.set_zlim(-1, 1)

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_mixed_subplots.py:


.. only :: html

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: mixed_subplots.py <mixed_subplots.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: mixed_subplots.ipynb <mixed_subplots.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

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

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_
