Try making V=X*Y and plotting that. Python can handle these array calculations. ... the next time I do a search for "3d plot in plotly" I will find this post and the comments will be useful to me ...

Make XKCD-Style Plots From Python. 16 Comments . by: Ted Yapo. March 7, 2019. Title: Copy. Short Link: Copy [Randall Munroe] certainly understands the power of graphical representation of data.