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

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_surface3d_2.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_mplot3d_surface3d_2.py:


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3D surface (solid color)
========================

Demonstrates a very basic plot of a 3D surface using a solid color.




.. image:: /gallery/mplot3d/images/sphx_glr_surface3d_2_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. code-block:: python


    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np


    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')

    # Make data
    u = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 100)
    v = np.linspace(0, np.pi, 100)
    x = 10 * np.outer(np.cos(u), np.sin(v))
    y = 10 * np.outer(np.sin(u), np.sin(v))
    z = 10 * np.outer(np.ones(np.size(u)), np.cos(v))

    # Plot the surface
    ax.plot_surface(x, y, z, color='b')

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_surface3d_2.py:


.. only :: html

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



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: surface3d_2.py <surface3d_2.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: surface3d_2.ipynb <surface3d_2.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>`_
