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.. _sphx_glr_gallery_mplot3d_contour3d.py:


==================================================
Demonstrates plotting contour (level) curves in 3D
==================================================

This is like a contour plot in 2D except that the ``f(x, y)=c`` curve is
plotted on the plane ``z=c``.

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.. image-sg:: /gallery/mplot3d/images/sphx_glr_contour3d_001.png
   :alt: contour3d
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.. code-block:: default


    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from matplotlib import cm

    ax = plt.figure().add_subplot(projection='3d')
    X, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)

    ax.contour(X, Y, Z, cmap=cm.coolwarm)  # Plot contour curves

    plt.show()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_mplot3d_contour3d.py:

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      :download:`Download Python source code: contour3d.py <contour3d.py>`

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