Plotting 3D scatter plots

In this recipe, we will learn how to plot 3D scatterplots and visualize them in three dimensions.

How to do it…

  1. Create a new Python file, and import the following packages:
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
  2. Create the empty figure:
    # Create the figure
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
  3. Define the number of values that we should generate:
    # Define the number of values
    n = 250
  4. Create a lambda function to generate values in a given range:
    # Create a lambda function to generate the random values in the given range
    f = lambda minval, maxval, n: minval + (maxval - minval) * np.random.rand(n)
  5. Generate X, Y, and Z values using this function:
    # Generate the values
    x_vals = f(15, 41, n)
    y_vals = f(-10, 70, n)
    z_vals = f(-52, -37, n)
  6. Plot these values:
    # Plot the values
    ax.scatter(x_vals, y_vals, z_vals, c='k', marker='o')
    ax.set_xlabel('X axis')
    ax.set_ylabel('Y axis')
    ax.set_zlabel('Z axis')
    
    plt.show()
  7. The full code is in the scatter_3d.py file that's already provided to you. If you run this code, you will see the following figure:
    How to do it…
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