Allow rasterization for 3D plots #10013
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3D plots do not allow for rasterization. It seems this is only due to the missing decorator (`@allow_rasterization`) of the respecive `draw` methods.
In this patch I'm adding the decorator to all draw methods in `art3d.py` to see what happens.
This would allow to rasterize 3D objects, like
```
from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.gca(projection=Axes3D.name)
x = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25)
X, Y = np.meshgrid(x, x)
Z = np.sin(np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2))
surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, cmap="coolwarm",
linewidth=0, antialiased=True)
surf.set_rasterized(True)
plt.savefig("rasterizedsurface.pdf")
plt.show()
```
resulting in (screenshot from pdf):
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Of course one would need to do the same with the other files in mplot3d, to also allow the axes to be rasterized. I do not know how to add another file change to this commit without creating a complete new pull request (and I do not want to spam the PR queue); so maybe someone wants to explain that to me if the general idea of this is well received. |
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http://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/gitwash/index.html Do you mean if you change another file? You just |
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Thanks @jklymak but I have to admit I'm on a totally different level here. I just hit the "New Pull Request" Button on the website to create this PR. I don't even have Git installed currently. |
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Oh, hmmm, well thats going to be an awkward way to do much sophisticated contribution. If you are up for it check out the rest of the development guide: http://matplotlib.org/devdocs/devel/contributing.html Its a bit of a pain the first time, and maybe a big pain if you are on Windows, but once you've got it set up its pretty easy. |
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@ImportanceOfBeingErnest if you navigate to your fork, then select your branch, any changes you commit through the web interface will be added to the PR.
To add an entirely new file, use the UI elements to the right of the page:
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Closed by #10158, thanks for the PR. |
3D plots do not allow for rasterization. It seems this is only due to the missing decorator (
@allow_rasterization) of the respecivedrawmethods.In this patch I'm adding the decorator to all draw methods in
art3d.pyto see what happens.This would allow to rasterize 3D objects, like
resulting in (screenshot from pdf):