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<span id="toolkits-index"></span><span id="id1"></span><h1>Toolkits<a class="headerlink" href="#toolkits" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

<p>Toolkits are collections of application-specific functions that extend

Matplotlib.</p>

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<span id="toolkit-mplot3d"></span><h2>mplot3d<a class="headerlink" href="#mplot3d" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mpl_toolkits.mplot3d</span></code> provides some basic 3D

plotting (scatter, surf, line, mesh) tools. Not the fastest or most feature

complete 3D library out there, but it ships with Matplotlib and thus may be a

lighter weight solution for some use cases. Check out the

<a class="reference internal" href="../tutorials/toolkits/mplot3d.html#sphx-glr-tutorials-toolkits-mplot3d-py"><span class="std std-ref">mplot3d tutorial</span></a> for more

information.</p>

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<p class="caption"><span class="caption-text">Contourf3d 2</span></p>

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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="mplot3d/index.html">mplot3d</a><ul>

<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="mplot3d/index.html#matplotlib-mplot3d-toolkit">Matplotlib mplot3d toolkit</a></li>

<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="mplot3d/faq.html">mplot3d FAQ</a><ul>

<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="mplot3d/faq.html#how-is-mplot3d-different-from-mayavi">How is mplot3d different from MayaVi?</a></li>

<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="mplot3d/faq.html#my-3d-plot-doesn-t-look-right-at-certain-viewing-angles">My 3D plot doesn’t look right at certain viewing angles</a></li>

<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="mplot3d/faq.html#i-don-t-like-how-the-3d-plot-is-laid-out-how-do-i-change-that">I don’t like how the 3D plot is laid out, how do I change that?</a></li>

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<h3>Links<a class="headerlink" href="#links" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>

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<li>mpl3d API: <a class="reference internal" href="../api/toolkits/mplot3d.html#toolkit-mplot3d-api"><span class="std std-ref">mplot3d API</span></a></li>

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<span id="toolkit-axes-grid1"></span><h2>axes_grid1<a class="headerlink" href="#axes-grid1" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../api/_as_gen/mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.html#module-mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1" title="mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1</span></code></a> toolkit is a

collection of helper classes for displaying multiple axes in Matplotlib.</p>

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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="axes_grid1/index.html">Matplotlib axes_grid1 Toolkit</a></li>

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<span id="toolkit-axisartist"></span><h2>axisartist<a class="headerlink" href="#axisartist" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="../api/_as_gen/mpl_toolkits.axisartist.html#module-mpl_toolkits.axisartist" title="mpl_toolkits.axisartist"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mpl_toolkits.axisartist</span></code></a> toolkit contains

a custom Axes class that is meant to support curvilinear grids.</p>

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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="axisartist/index.html">Matplotlib axisartist Toolkit</a></li>

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<h3>API<a class="headerlink" href="#api" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>

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<li>Axes Grid and Axis Artist API: <a class="reference internal" href="../api/toolkits/axes_grid.html#axes-grid-api-index"><span class="std std-ref">The Matplotlib axes_grid Toolkit API</span></a></li>

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