Re: [Matplotlib-users] re ndering bug in bar3d

2010-02-03 Thread Ben Axelrod
. Thanks, -Ben -Original Message- From: Reinier Heeres [mailto:rein...@heeres.eu] Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:10 PM To: Ben Axelrod; pierre-yves.debr...@bnpparibas.com; ben.r...@ou.edu Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] re ndering bug in

Re: [Matplotlib-users] re ndering bug in bar3d

2010-02-03 Thread Reinier Heeres
Hi, Unfortunately z-sorting the polygons is a really hard problem. Or in fact, in the way it is currently implemented, an unsolvable problem. Please remember that mplot3d is not a full-blown 3d engine. Fixing this would require either a z-buffer or things such as BSP trees, which I do not think ar

Re: [Matplotlib-users] re ndering bug in bar3d

2010-01-28 Thread baxelrod
I am also seeing this behavior and it is unfortunately holding my project back. I have seen it with python 2.6 on Debian Linux and Windows XP. I have seen it in version 0.99.1 and the latest SVN tree (as of yesterday). I want to highlight a portion of each 3d bar with another color. This i