# This import registers the 3D projection, but is otherwise unused. from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D # noqa: F401 unused import
from matplotlib.collections import PolyCollection import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib import colors as mcolors import numpy as np
# Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801)
defcc(arg): ''' Shorthand to convert 'named' colors to rgba format at 60% opacity. ''' return mcolors.to_rgba(arg, alpha=0.6)
defpolygon_under_graph(xlist, ylist): ''' Construct the vertex list which defines the polygon filling the space under the (xlist, ylist) line graph. Assumes the xs are in ascending order. ''' return [(xlist[0], 0.), *zip(xlist, ylist), (xlist[-1], 0.)]
fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
# Make verts a list, verts[i] will be a list of (x,y) pairs defining polygon i verts = []
# Set up the x sequence xs = np.linspace(0., 10., 26)
# The ith polygon will appear on the plane y = zs[i] zs = range(4)
for i in zs: ys = np.random.rand(len(xs)) verts.append(polygon_under_graph(xs, ys))