I have a 2D array Z that stores the height at that element's position. Other than using the method here in which I need to create array X and Y with the same size as Z, are there any simpler methods to create a 3D height map?
The 3D surface height map is something like the first surface plot here.
Even if I agree with the others that meshgrids are not difficult, still I think that a solution is provided by the Mayavi package (check the function surf)
from mayavi import mlab
mlab.surf(Z)
mlab.show()