[FIXED] How to print two figures together in matplotlib.pyplot so that they form a complete figure

Issue

I am trying to generate a 3d ellipsoid in matplotlib using the method matplotlib.pyplot.add_subplot(211,projection='3d').

Firstly, I generate the upper side of the ellipsoid using this code:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig1=plt.figure(figsize=(20,20))
ax=fig1.add_subplot(211,projection='3d')
import numpy as np
Xval=np.linspace(-5,5,50)
Yval=np.linspace(-5,5,50)
X,Y=np.meshgrid(Xval,Yval)
def height(x,y):
    return 100-(x**2/4+y**2/9)


Z=np.sqrt(height(X,Y))

ax.plot_wireframe(X,Y,Z)

Secondly, when I tried to generate the lower side of the ellipsoid, I could not show the two pictures together to form a complete ellipsoid and it messes up. The Z vector is as follows for the lower side.

Z=-np.sqrt(height(X,Y))

I would appreciate any tip. I know that this is possible in 2d figures.

Solution

Your ellipsoid is way too large for the data ranges you define, that's why you get two "planes" when you plot the two sides together. With

Xval=np.linspace(-30,30,300)
Yval=np.linspace(-30,30,300)
...
ax.plot_wireframe(X,Y,np.sqrt(height(X,Y)))
ax.plot_wireframe(X,Y,-np.sqrt(height(X,Y)))

it shows as

Note that this still lacks the connections between the halves. That's because you would need to include the exact x, y coordinates which give z=0.

Answered By - mcsoini