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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Is there a way to set_zticks in a customized way ?","articleBody":"### Bug report\r\n\r\n**Bug summary**\r\nI'm unable to find anywhere that we can set the `ztick` like `xtick` and `ytick` or is there a way ?\r\n\r\n**Code for reproduction**\r\n```\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nimport numpy as np\r\nimport math\r\nfrom mpl_toolkits.mplot3d import Axes3D\r\n\r\nfig = plt.figure()\r\nax = fig.add_subplot(111)\r\nx= np.linspace(-math.pi,math.pi,30)\r\ny= np.linspace(-math.pi,math.pi,30)\r\nxx,yy = np.meshgrid(x,y)\r\n\r\nX_grid, Y_grid = np.meshgrid(x,y)\r\nprint(\"X_grid shape: \",X_grid.shape)\r\nzz =-2*(np.cos(xx) + np.cos(yy))\r\n\r\n#ax = plt.axes(projection='3d')\r\nax = Axes3D(fig)\r\nax.plot_surface(xx,yy,zz)\r\n\r\nplt.xticks([x[0],x[int(len(s)/2)], x[-1]], [r'$-\\pi$',  r'$0$', r'$-\\pi$' ])\r\nplt.yticks([y[0],y[int(len(s)/2)], y[-1]], [r'$-\\pi$',  r'$0$', r'$-\\pi$' ])\r\nplt.xlabel(\"kx\")\r\nplt.ylabel(\"ky\")\r\n```\r\n**Actual outcome**\r\nPlease see [this](https://imgur.com/2gKygjK).\r\n\r\n**Expected outcome**\r\nIn output `z-axis` should have the values like `x` and `y` axis ( `[-math.pi,0,math.pi]` ).\r\n\r\n**Matplotlib version**\r\n  * Operating system: Windows 10\r\n  * Matplotlib version: '2.2.2'\r\n  * Matplotlib backend (`print(matplotlib.get_backend())`): Qt5Agg\r\n  * Python version: Python 3.6.5\r\n\r\nWorking on `Spyder`.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/bhuvanshukla","@type":"Person","name":"bhuvanshukla"},"datePublished":"2019-08-05T08:48:25.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":10},"url":"https://github.com/14980/matplotlib/issues/14980"}