# pgfplots - remove xz and yz background planes

I'm trying to get a 3dplot with only xy plane, without z axis and zx and zy planes. To be clear, this is the best result i've got:

and this is what i'd like to obtain:

Here's the code:

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
title=Hello plot,
hide z axis,
grid=major,
axis lines*=left,
]
surf,
mesh/ordering=y varies,
%mesh/rows=10,
%mesh/cols=53,
%scatter,
] table {
week    year    pax
0       2017    0
0       2018    77

1       2017    89
1       2018    0

2       2017    49
2       2018    25

3       2017    76
3       2018    53

4       2017    20
4       2018    46

5       2017    47
5       2018    35

6       2017    28
6       2018    74

7       2017    123
7       2018    116

8       2017    70
8       2018    14

9       2017    78
9       2018    74

10      2017    205
10      2018    64
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}


Suggestion?

• Welcome! You could just draw the lines by hand. Please add the preamble to your code. – user121799 Mar 7 at 22:58
• \pgfplotsinvokeforeach{2,4,...,8} {\draw[thin,gray] (#1,2017)--(#1,2018);} \pgfplotsinvokeforeach{2017.5,2018} {\draw[thin,gray] (0,#1)--(10,#1);}  – user121799 Mar 7 at 23:03
• @marmot thanks for your reply! I've not added preamble, because it's just a \usepackage{pgfplots}, nothing strange What you mean with draw the lines by hand? I'd like to remove them... And to be more specific: the main problem it's the vertical space, not removed when i remove the z axis – Benci Mar 7 at 23:05

What I meant is this:

\documentclass[tikz,border=3.14mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.16}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
title=Hello plot,
hide z axis,
%grid=major,
axis lines*=left,
]
\pgfplotsinvokeforeach{2,4,...,8}
{\draw[thin,gray] (#1,2017)--(#1,2018);}
\pgfplotsinvokeforeach{2017.5,2018}
{\draw[thin,gray] (0,#1)--(10,#1);}
surf,
mesh/ordering=y varies,
%mesh/rows=10,
%mesh/cols=53,
%scatter,
] table {
week    year    pax
0       2017    0
0       2018    77

1       2017    89
1       2018    0

2       2017    49
2       2018    25

3       2017    76
3       2018    53

4       2017    20
4       2018    46

5       2017    47
5       2018    35

6       2017    28
6       2018    74

7       2017    123
7       2018    116

8       2017    70
8       2018    14

9       2017    78
9       2018    74

10      2017    205
10      2018    64
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


• Ok, maybe a viable workaround. But there's still too much vertical space (the z axis is simply non shown, but the space is here). – Benci Mar 8 at 10:28