Connecting two points on a 3D scatter plot in Python and Matplotlib


To connect two points on a 3D scatter plot, we can take the following steps

  • Set the figure size and adjust the padding between and around the subplots.
  • Create a new figure or activate an existing figure using figure() method.
  • Add an axes to the current figure as a subplot arrangement.
  • Create lists for x, y and z.
  • Plot x, y and z data points using scatter() method
  • To connect the points, use plot() method with x, y and z data points with black color line.
  • To display the figure, use show() method.

Example

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [7.50, 3.50]
plt.rcParams["figure.autolayout"] = True
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(projection="3d")
x, y, z = [1, 1.5], [1, 2.4], [3.4, 1.4]
ax.scatter(x, y, z, c='red', s=100)
ax.plot(x, y, z, color='black')
plt.show()

Output

Updated on: 01-Jun-2021

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