.. _toolkits-index:

.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   axes_grid1/index.rst
   axisartist/index.rst
   mplot3d/index.rst

.. _toolkits:

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Toolkits
########



Toolkits are collections of application-specific functions that extend matplotlib.


.. _toolkit_mplot3d:

mplot3d
=======


:ref:`mpl_toolkits.mplot3d <toolkit_mplot3d-index>` provides some basic 3D plotting (scatter, surf,
line, mesh) tools.  Not the fastest or feature complete 3D library out
there, but ships with matplotlib and thus may be a lighter weight
solution for some use cases.

.. plot:: mpl_examples/mplot3d/contourf3d_demo2.py

.. _toolkit_axes_grid1:

axes_grid1
==========


The :ref:`mpl_toolkits.axisgrid1 <toolkit_axesgrid1-index>` toolkit is a
collection of helper classes to ease displaying multiple axes in matplotlib.



.. image:: /_static/demo_axes_grid.png


.. _toolkit_axisartist:

axisartist
==========


The :ref:`mpl_toolkits.axisartist <toolkit_axisartist-index>` toolkit contains 
a custom Axes class that is meant to support for curvilinear grids.


.. _toolkit_gtk:

GTK Tools
=========

``mpl_toolkits.gtktools`` provides some utilities for working with GTK.
This toolkit ships with matplotlib, but requires `pygtk
<http://www.pygtk.org/>`_.


.. _toolkit_excel:

Excel Tools
===========

``mpl_toolkits.exceltools`` provides some utilities for working with
Excel.  This toolkit ships with matplotlib, but requires
`xlwt <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlwt>`_