3D Plots

[dcjones]

I've heard that it's now possible to render three-dimensional images with computers (example below).

I don't have any immediate plans to do this, but it comes up occasionally, so this an official issue for 3d plots. If someone has a genius plan how Gadfly could be extended, feel free to fill me in.

[ssagaert]

How about adding something similar to the 3D plots that you have in the lattice package of R?
I have always missed this in ggplot2 so I end up using a mix of base plot, ggplot2 & lattice in R.

[ssagaert]

see also https://plot.ly There you can create interactive 3D plots with a ggplot2 like API.

[GravityAssisted]

Any updates on this ? I want to use gadfly for showing spacecraft simulations but the lack of 3d feature is big a issue... :(
Is this part of the future roadmap for Gadfly ?

Btw: I am looking for simple 3d point plots and not something as complex as shown in the picture above

[dcjones]

It's definitely going to happen eventually, but I can't promise when.

@rohitvarkey has laid some major groundwork for this by generalizing the graphics system in Compose3D. There's still a pretty big project of generalizing what parts of Gadfly can be generalized and implementing 3D versions of what can't be generalized (and hopefully merging Compose3D into Compose).

Btw: I am looking for simple 3d point plots and not something as complex as shown in the picture above

Don't worry, the image was entirely facetious. 😁

[jackparmer]

Hi everyone -

Jack from Plotly here. Thanks for mentioning us @ssagaert

Plotly.js and its Julia client is not now 100% open-source under an MIT license:
https://plot.ly/javascript/open-source-announcement

Our 3d library is based on stack.gl and has all the functionality of matplotlib or MATLAB:
https://plot.ly/python/#3d-charts

How can we help out with this? I created an issue for a broader Gadfly > Plotly figure converter effort here:
#764

Would love to help bring 3D to the party if we can.