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A 3D object appears in front of another object, even though it is physically behind it. #9499
Description
Bug report
Bug summary
A 3D object appears in front of another object, even though it is physically behind it.
Code for reproduction
import matplotlib as mpl
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
from matplotlib.patches import Circle, Rectangle
import matplotlib.path as mpath
import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
import numpy as np
import mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.art3d as art3d
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
mpl.rcParams['legend.fontsize'] = 10
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection='3d')
ax.set_xlim(-16, 16)
ax.set_ylim(-16, 16)
ax.set_zlim(-16, 16)
for depth in [0.]:
theta = np.linspace(-5 * np.pi, 5 * np.pi, 1000)
x = depth * np.ones(theta.shape)
y = theta
z = 4 * np.cos(0.2 * theta) * np.sin(0.4 * 8 * theta)
points = np.array([y, z]).T
patch = mpatches.PathPatch(mpath.Path(points))
ax.add_patch(patch)
art3d.pathpatch_2d_to_3d(patch, z=depth, zdir='x')
for depth in range(6 ,7):
ret = Rectangle((0-5, 0-5), 5 * 2, 5 * 2, facecolor=(depth /10, depth/10, depth/10), edgecolor=(0.,0.,0.), alpha=1.)
ax.add_patch(ret)
art3d.pathpatch_2d_to_3d(ret, z=depth, zdir='x')
plt.show()Outcome
Matplotlib version
- Operating system: Linux mercury 4.10.0-35-generic Issue38 #39-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 13 07:46:59 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Matplotlib version: 2.0.2
- Matplotlib backend (print(matplotlib.get_backend())):Qt5Agg
- Python version:Python 3.6.1 |Anaconda 4.4.0 (64-bit)| (default, May 11 2017, 13:09:58)
- Jupyter version (if applicable):
- Other libraries:
Activity
anntzer commented on Oct 21, 2017
This is a well known issue, acknowlegded and documented at http://matplotlib.org/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/faq.html#my-3d-plot-doesn-t-look-right-at-certain-viewing-angles, and the general agreement is that it would be quite difficult to solve.
Closing, not because we do not think the issue is unimportant, but because having another issue open on this is unlikely to change anything.