I assume you mean the first example, the wire frame (see below). It works for me. No problems. When pylab (matplotlib) plots it does so in a window associated with a Python process that is separate from the terminal (I assume you are using a terminal). You might need to bring that process window to the foreground.
Here's the code that worked for me: from numpy import * import pylab as p import matplotlib.axes3d as p3 # u and v are parametric variables. # u is an array from 0 to 2*pi, with 100 elements u=r_[0:2*pi:100j] # v is an array from 0 to 2*pi, with 100 elements v=r_[0:pi:100j] # x, y, and z are the coordinates of the points for plotting # each is arranged in a 100x100 array x=10*outer(cos(u),sin(v)) y=10*outer(sin(u),sin(v)) z=10*outer(ones(size(u)),cos(v)) fig=p.figure() ax = p3.Axes3D(fig) ax.plot_wireframe(x,y,z) ax.set_xlabel('X') ax.set_ylabel('Y') ax.set_zlabel('Z') p.show() --- Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm following the 3D plotting examples I found at > > http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/mplot3D > > The problem is that my program hangs when I call > pylab.show(), > it never returns: my program hangs. > > How do I show a 3D plot without hanging my program? > > -- > Grant Edwards grante -- Lou Pecora, my views are my own. --------------- "I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early." --Yogi Berra ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users