surface3d_ex2.py

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

# 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


fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
a= [0,1000,200,2,0.5,0]

# Make data
for i,j in enumerate (a):
    u = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 1000)
    v = np.linspace(0, np.pi, 1000)
    x = i*0.5 * np.outer(np.cos(u), np.sin(v))
    y = i*0.5 * np.outer(np.sin(u), np.sin(v))
    z = i*0.5 * np.outer(np.ones(np.size(u)), np.cos(v))
    ax.plot_surface(x, y, z, color='b',alpha=j*0.001)

# Plot the surface
plt.show()