This x,y.z set of scatter3d data pts does not render

[etpinard]

See http://codepen.io/etpinard/pen/JXQPaE

[mdtusz]

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at that's wrong.

They seem to render for me?

[bombaci-vsc]

Looks like it fails to render when using plotly version >= 1.3.0.

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/VjKLKa

[etpinard]

@bombaci-vsc yep, this bug is a side-effect of #112

[bombaci-vsc]

I have a similar case which partially renders (rather than not at all). I was going to write a ticket, but I'm thinking it has the same underlying cause.

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/Gqjgxp

It appears to happen when the plotted values can't be represented in a 32 bit float.

[etpinard]

@bombaci-vsc Yep. Looks like the same issue. No need for another ticket.

[alexcjohnson]

@bcdunbar in #2190 brought up that this is a pretty easy problem to encounter with date axes. The good news is gl2d doesn't have this limitation (see gl2d_date_axes.png), so (presumably?) we know exactly what's needed to fix it in gl3d.

[brian428]

If the cause of the problem is known, any idea when this will be addressed? We could really use the 3d scatter plot for our app, but this issue with the time axis is a blocker.

[etpinard]

@brian428 can you share a reproducible example of the problem you're seeing. Perhaps it's unrelated to this ticket.

[brian428]

@etpinard Here is a fiddle showing the problem with date axis and 3D scatter. No console errors, and the axes and legend render, but no trace data is shown. When we use non-date axes for all 3 axes, things plot correctly. http://jsfiddle.net/brian428/pq74L32h/

[brian428]

Just thought I'd see if there was any progress on this?

[brian428]

Just thought I'd check back on this again, since it's been open for 3 years now. It makes the 3D scatter plot unusable for anyone who needs to plot date/time-related data.

[brian428]

And again, just trying to see if this is on anyone's radar?

[brian428]

Just bumping this to see if this bug is on the roadmap any time soon.

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[gvwilson]

Hi - this issue has been sitting for a while, so as part of our effort to tidy up our public repositories I'm going to close it. If it's still a concern, we'd be grateful if you could open a new issue (with a short reproducible example if appropriate) so that we can add it to our stack. Cheers - @gvwilson