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        "\n# Rotating a 3D plot\n\nA very simple animation of a rotating 3D plot about all three axes.\n\nSee :doc:`wire3d_animation_sgskip` for another example of animating a 3D plot.\n\n(This example is skipped when building the documentation gallery because it\nintentionally takes a long time to run)\n"
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        "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n\nfrom mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import axes3d\n\nfig = plt.figure()\nax = fig.add_subplot(projection='3d')\n\n# Grab some example data and plot a basic wireframe.\nX, Y, Z = axes3d.get_test_data(0.05)\nax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=10, cstride=10)\n\n# Set the axis labels\nax.set_xlabel('x')\nax.set_ylabel('y')\nax.set_zlabel('z')\n\n# Rotate the axes and update\nfor angle in range(0, 360*4 + 1):\n    # Normalize the angle to the range [-180, 180] for display\n    angle_norm = (angle + 180) % 360 - 180\n\n    # Cycle through a full rotation of elevation, then azimuth, roll, and all\n    elev = azim = roll = 0\n    if angle <= 360:\n        elev = angle_norm\n    elif angle <= 360*2:\n        azim = angle_norm\n    elif angle <= 360*3:\n        roll = angle_norm\n    else:\n        elev = azim = roll = angle_norm\n\n    # Update the axis view and title\n    ax.view_init(elev, azim, roll)\n    plt.title('Elevation: %d\u00b0, Azimuth: %d\u00b0, Roll: %d\u00b0' % (elev, azim, roll))\n\n    plt.draw()\n    plt.pause(.001)"
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        ".. tags::\n   plot-type: 3D,\n   component: animation,\n   level: advanced,\n   internal: high-bandwidth\n\n"
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