""" ===================== Demo of 3D bar charts ===================== A basic demo of how to plot 3D bars with and without shading. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # setup the figure and axes fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 3)) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(121, projection='3d') ax2 = fig.add_subplot(122, projection='3d') # fake data _x = np.arange(4) _y = np.arange(5) _xx, _yy = np.meshgrid(_x, _y) x, y = _xx.ravel(), _yy.ravel() top = x + y bottom = np.zeros_like(top) width = depth = 1 ax1.bar3d(x, y, bottom, width, depth, top, shade=True) ax1.set_title('Shaded') ax2.bar3d(x, y, bottom, width, depth, top, shade=False) ax2.set_title('Not Shaded') plt.show()