from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D ax = Axes3D(fig) ax.scatter(xx,yy,zz, marker='o', s=20, c="goldenrod", alpha=0.6) for ii in xrange(0,360,1): ax.view_init(elev=10., azim=ii) savefig("movie%d.png" % ii)