importmatplotlib.pyplotaspltimportnumpyasnpax=plt.figure().add_subplot(projection='3d')# setting up a parametric curvet=np.arange(0,2*np.pi+.1,0.01)x,y,z=np.sin(t),np.cos(3*t),np.sin(5*t)estep=15i=np.arange(t.size)zuplims=(i%estep==0)&(i//estep%3==0)zlolims=(i%estep==0)&(i//estep%3==2)ax.errorbar(x,y,z,0.2,zuplims=zuplims,zlolims=zlolims,errorevery=estep)ax.set_xlabel("X label")ax.set_ylabel("Y label")ax.set_zlabel("Z label")plt.show()

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