def __create_navigator(self, main_root):
		navigator_dir = os.path.join(main_root, 'navigator')
		safe_mkdir(navigator_dir)

		navigators = self.__config_mgr.navigator()
		self.__navigator_mgr.create_navigators(navigators, navigator_dir)
def _create_3d_axis():
    """creates a subplot with 3d projection if one does not already exist"""
    from matplotlib.projections import get_projection_class
    from matplotlib import _pylab_helpers

    create_axis = True
    if _pylab_helpers.Gcf.get_active() is not None:
        if isinstance(plt.gca(), get_projection_class('3d')):
            create_axis = False
    if create_axis:
        plt.figure()
        plt.subplot(111, projection='3d')