Re: [matplotlib-devel] 3d support

I was just experimenting with Mayavi2 when your mail arrived! Thanks. 
I'll look at it over the weekend

Mathew

Gael Varoquaux wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 02:47:21PM -0800, Mathew Yeates wrote:
>   
>> I looked into VTK and it certainly has good performance and good 
>> navigation but .... another steep learning and probably overkill for 
>> interacting with simple 3d plots.
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>   
>> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>>     
>
> We are working on making Mayavi2
> (https://svn.enthought.com/enthought/wiki/MayaVi) suitable for what you
> want to do. You can have a look at http://gael-varoquaux.info/blog/?p=3
> for a demo of the capabilities and the interface. This is only part of
> Mayavi2, as Mayavi2 also provides a fully-fledged visualisation
> application.
>
> Mayavi2 is based upon VTK but strives to make it interactive and to
> provide a simple API. It is still in flux and documentation is sparse (I
> am planning to address this problem this week end). Moreover some people
> find installation painful. We are working on that and in the mean time we
> are very willing to help people if they have difficulties with the
> instructions on the webpage. If you want more info or help of any kind,
> the relevant mailing list is
> https://mail.enthought.com/mailman/listinfo/enthought-dev .
>
> HTH,
>
> Gaël
>
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