.. _toolkit_mplot3d-index:
.. currentmodule:: mpl_toolkits.mplot3d

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mplot3d
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Matplotlib mplot3d toolkit
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The mplot3d toolkit adds simple 3D plotting capabilities to matplotlib by
supplying an axes object that can create a 2D projection of a 3D scene.
The resulting graph will have the same look and feel as regular 2D plots.

See the :ref:`mplot3d tutorial <sphx_glr_tutorials_toolkits_mplot3d.py>` for
more information on how to use this toolkit.

.. image:: ../../_static/demo_mplot3d.png

The interactive backends also provide the ability to rotate and zoom
the 3D scene. One can rotate the 3D scene by simply clicking-and-dragging
the scene. Zooming is done by right-clicking the scene and dragging the
mouse up and down. Note that one does not use the zoom button like one
would use for regular 2D plots.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2

    faq.rst
