More intuitive scaling

scottshambaugh · scottshambaugh · commit d55706c14561 · 2022-08-27T13:16:48.000-06:00
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ def _set_view_from_bbox(self, bbox, direction='in',
         dy = abs(start_y - stop_y)
         scale_u = dx / (self.bbox.max[0] - self.bbox.min[0])
         scale_v = dy / (self.bbox.max[1] - self.bbox.min[1])
-        scale_w = 1
+        scale_w = max(scale_u, scale_v)
 
         # Limit box zoom to reasonable range, protect for divide by zero below
         scale_u = np.clip(scale_u, 1e-2, 1e2)
