Axes3D scatter changes the color in version 1.2.1 during rotation

[alexgorb]

Scatter plot in Axes3D changes the color/alpha when rotating. Scatter became darker if closer to the viewer or lighter if far. I use matplotlib 1.2.1 following code:
import mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d as p3
fig = p.figure()

ax = p3.Axes3D(fig)

 ax=fig.add_subplot(111,projection='3d')
 ax.scatter(x[:,0],x[:,1],x[:,2],'o',c=cl,edgecolors=cl)

color table is custom array of tuples, one color tuple for each marker

[tacaswell]

Related SO question:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8971309/matplotlib-3d-scatter-color-lost-after-redraw

     import mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d as p3
     fig = p.figure()
     #   ax = p3.Axes3D(fig)
     ax=fig.add_subplot(111,projection='3d')
     ax.scatter(x[:,0],x[:,1],x[:,2],'o',c=cl,edgecolors=cl)

(You use triple ` to offset code blocks of code)

[alexgorb]

Yes I know this post. I tried and it didnt work for me.

[alexgorb]

colours= [ ( 0.2600,0.6000,0.8200,1),
          ( 0.3000,0.6000,0.8200,1),
          ( 0.3400,0.6000,0.8000,1),
          ( 0.3800,0.6000,0.7800,1),
          ( 0.4200,0.6000,0.7600,1),
          ( 0.4600,0.6000,0.7400,1),
          ( 0.5000,0.6000,0.7200,1),
          ( 0.5400,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.5600,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.6000,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.6400,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.6800,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.7200,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.7600,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.8000,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.8400,0.6000,0.7000,1),
          ( 0.8800,0.6000,0.7200,1),
          ( 0.9200,0.6000,0.7400,1),
          ( 0.9600,0.6000,0.7600,1),
          ( 1.0000,0.6000,0.7800,1)]
     ax=fig.gca(projection='3d')
     ax.plot_wireframe(xgrid,ygrid,z_grid)
     cl=[]
     for i in xrange(len(x[:,0])):

          for j in xrange(len(colours)):
                     if (time[i]-time[0]) >= j*4. and (time[i]-time[0]) < (j+1)*4.:
                        ''' colours index should be j or -j-1 depending which order of palette you want to use '''
                        cl.append(colours[j])


     print cl
     global scatCollection
     scatCollection=ax.scatter(x[:,0],x[:,1],x[:,2],'o',c=cl,edgecolors=cl)
     def forceUpdate(event):
         global scatCollection
         scatCollection.changed()
         scatCollection.set_alpha(1.)

     fig.canvas.mpl_connect('draw_event',forceUpdate)

data are few samples taken within 0 to 70 seconds time. there are results during rotation:

[WeatherGod]

This is a bug that was fixed a while ago. See
#1253

Please double-check your version by doing the following:

import matplotlib
print matplotlib.__version__

[alexgorb]

Python 2.7.2 (default, Apr 19 2013, 15:47:14)
[GCC 4.4.6 20110731 (Red Hat 4.4.6-3)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import matplotlib
matplotlib.version
'1.2.1'

[mdboom]

Since we are no longer supporting 1.2.x, and this bug is fixed in 1.3.0, I'm going to close as fixed.