3D Voxels

Hourglass Voxels

Two cones meeting at the center forming an hourglass with teal gradient.

Output
Hourglass Voxels
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

n = 12
voxels = np.zeros((n, n, n), dtype=bool)

# Stacked cubes of decreasing size
sizes = [6, 4, 2]
colors_list = [
    (0.78, 0.16, 0.04),   # red #C82909
    (0.96, 0.83, 0.15),   # yellow #F5D327
    (0.33, 0.08, 0.90),   # deep_purple #5314E6
]

colors = np.empty(voxels.shape + (4,), dtype=np.float32)
colors[..., 3] = 0

z_offset = 0
for i, size in enumerate(sizes):
    margin = (n - size) // 2
    voxels[margin:margin+size, margin:margin+size, z_offset:z_offset+size] = True
    colors[margin:margin+size, margin:margin+size, z_offset:z_offset+size, :3] = colors_list[i]
    colors[margin:margin+size, margin:margin+size, z_offset:z_offset+size, 3] = 0.9
    z_offset += size

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(10, 8), facecolor='#020B14')
ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d', facecolor='#020B14')

ax.voxels(voxels, facecolors=colors, edgecolors='#1e293b', linewidth=0.3)

ax.set_xlabel('X', fontsize=11, color='#94a3b8', labelpad=10)
ax.set_ylabel('Y', fontsize=11, color='#94a3b8', labelpad=10)
ax.set_zlabel('Z', fontsize=11, color='#94a3b8', labelpad=10)
ax.set_title('Stacked Cubes', fontsize=14, color='white', fontweight='bold', pad=20)

ax.tick_params(colors='#64748b', labelsize=8)
ax.xaxis.pane.fill = False
ax.yaxis.pane.fill = False
ax.zaxis.pane.fill = False
ax.xaxis.pane.set_edgecolor('#1e293b')
ax.yaxis.pane.set_edgecolor('#1e293b')
ax.zaxis.pane.set_edgecolor('#1e293b')
ax.grid(True, alpha=0.2, color='#475569')

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library

Matplotlib

Category

3D Charts

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