diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 7b1bc646..bdfdea3d 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ const _gr_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     :tick_direction,
     :camera,
     :contour_labels,
+    :connections,
 ])
 const _gr_seriestype = [
     :path,
@@ -521,6 +522,7 @@ const _plotly_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     :tick_direction,
     :camera,
     :contour_labels,
+    :connections,
 ])
 
 const _plotly_seriestype = [
@@ -777,6 +779,7 @@ const _pyplot_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     :tick_direction,
     :camera,
     :contour_labels,
+    :connections,
 ])
 const _pyplot_seriestype = [
     :path,
@@ -793,6 +796,7 @@ const _pyplot_seriestype = [
     :contour3d,
     :path3d,
     :scatter3d,
+    :mesh3d,
     :surface,
     :wireframe,
 ]
@@ -860,6 +864,7 @@ const _gaston_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     # :framestyle,
     # :camera,
     # :contour_labels,
+    :connections,
 ])
 
 const _gaston_seriestype = [
@@ -1240,6 +1245,7 @@ const _pgfplotsx_attr = merge_with_base_supported([
     :tick_direction,
     :camera,
     :contour_labels,
+    :connections,
 ])
 const _pgfplotsx_seriestype = [
     :path,
diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index dd9dd8d9..32a75c6d 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -512,10 +512,26 @@ function pgfx_add_series!(::Val{:heatmap}, axis, series_opt, series, series_func
 end
 
 function pgfx_add_series!(::Val{:mesh3d}, axis, series_opt, series, series_func, opt)
-    ptable = join(
-        [string(i, " ", j, " ", k, "\\\\") for (i, j, k) in zip(opt[:connections]...)],
-        "\n        ",
-    )
+    if opt[:connections] isa Tuple{Array,Array,Array}
+        # 0-based indexing
+        ptable = join(
+            [string(i, " ", j, " ", k, "\\\\") for (i, j, k) in zip(opt[:connections]...)],
+            "\n        ",
+        )
+    elseif typeof(opt[:connections]) <: AbstractVector{NTuple{3, Int}}
+        # 1-based indexing
+        ptable = join(
+            [string(i-1, " ", j-1, " ", k-1, "\\\\") for (i, j, k) in opt[:connections]],
+            "\n        ",
+        )
+    else
+        throw(
+            ArgumentError(
+                "Argument connections has to be either a tuple of three arrays (0-based indexing)
+                    or an AbstractVector{NTuple{3,Int}} (1-based indexing).",
+            ),
+        )
+    end
     push!(
         series_opt,
         "patch" => nothing,
diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index ab09ee80..d88c16e7 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ function plotly_series(plt::Plot, series::Series)
 
         if series[:connections] !== nothing
             if typeof(series[:connections]) <: Tuple{Array,Array,Array}
+                # 0-based indexing
                 i, j, k = series[:connections]
                 if !(length(i) == length(j) == length(k))
                     throw(
@@ -689,10 +690,17 @@ function plotly_series(plt::Plot, series::Series)
                 plotattributes_out[:i] = i
                 plotattributes_out[:j] = j
                 plotattributes_out[:k] = k
+            elseif typeof(series[:connections]) <: AbstractVector{NTuple{3, Int}}
+                # 1-based indexing
+                i, j, k = broadcast(i -> [ inds[i]-1 for inds in series[:connections]], (1, 2, 3))
+                plotattributes_out[:i] = i
+                plotattributes_out[:j] = j
+                plotattributes_out[:k] = k
             else
                 throw(
                     ArgumentError(
-                        "Argument connections has to be a tuple of three arrays.",
+                        "Argument connections has to be either a tuple of three arrays (0-based indexing)
+                         or an AbstractVector{NTuple{3,Int}} (1-based indexing).",
                     ),
                 )
             end
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 79294790..5f484d41 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -698,6 +698,43 @@ function py_add_series(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
         end
     end
 
+    if st == :mesh3d
+        polygons = if series[:connections] isa AbstractVector{<:AbstractVector{Int}}
+            # Combination of any polygon types
+            broadcast(inds -> broadcast(i -> [x[i], y[i], z[i]], inds), series[:connections])
+        elseif series[:connections] isa AbstractVector{NTuple{N, Int}} where N
+            # Only N-gons - connections have to be 1-based (indexing)
+            broadcast(inds -> broadcast(i -> [x[i], y[i], z[i]], inds), series[:connections])
+        elseif series[:connections] isa NTuple{3,<:AbstractVector{Int}}
+            # Only triangles - connections have to be 0-based (indexing)
+            ci, cj, ck = series[:connections] 
+            if !(length(ci) == length(cj) == length(ck))
+                throw(
+                    ArgumentError("Argument connections must consist of equally sized arrays."),
+                )
+            end
+            broadcast(j -> broadcast(i -> [x[i], y[i], z[i]], [ci[j]+1, cj[j]+1, ck[j]+1]), eachindex(ci))
+        else
+            throw(
+                ArgumentError("Unsupported `:connections` type $(typeof(series[:connections])) for seriestype=$st"),
+            )
+        end
+        col = mplot3d.art3d.Poly3DCollection(polygons,
+            linewidths = py_thickness_scale(plt, series[:linewidth]), 
+            edgecolor = py_color(get_linecolor(series)),
+            facecolor = py_color(series[:fillcolor]),
+            alpha = get_fillalpha(series),
+            zorder = series[:series_plotindex]
+        )
+        handle = ax."add_collection3d"(col)
+        # Fix for handle: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54994600/pyplot-legend-poly3dcollection-object-has-no-attribute-edgecolors2d
+        # It seems there aren't two different alpha values for edge and face
+        handle._facecolors2d = py_color(series[:fillcolor])
+        handle._edgecolors2d = py_color(get_linecolor(series))
+        push!(handles, handle)
+    end
+
+
     if st == :image
         xmin, xmax = ignorenan_extrema(series[:x])
         ymin, ymax = ignorenan_extrema(series[:y])
diff --git a/src/examples.jl b/src/examples.jl
index d1e1a474..62d1cd02 100644
--- a/src/examples.jl
+++ b/src/examples.jl
@@ -962,8 +962,10 @@ const _examples = PlotExample[
         """
         Allows to plot arbitrary 3d meshes. If only x,y,z are given the mesh is generated automatically.
         You can also specify the connections using the connections keyword.
-        The connections are specified using a tuple of vectors. Each vector contains the 0-based indices of one point of a triangle,
-        such that elements at the same position of these vectors form a triangle.
+        The connections can be specified in two ways: Either as a tuple of vectors where each vector 
+        contains the 0-based indices of one point of a triangle, such that elements at the same 
+        position of these vectors form a triangle. Or as a vector of NTuple{3,Ints} where each element 
+        contains the 1-based indices of the three points of a triangle.
         """,
         [
             :(
@@ -979,13 +981,14 @@ const _examples = PlotExample[
                     i = [0, 0, 0, 1]
                     j = [1, 2, 3, 2]
                     k = [2, 3, 1, 3]
+                    # Or: cns = [(1, 2, 3), (1, 3, 4), (1, 4, 2), (2, 3, 4)] (1-based indexing)
 
                     # the four triangles gives above give a tetrahedron
                     mesh3d(
                         x,
                         y,
                         z;
-                        connections = (i, j, k),
+                        connections = (i, j, k), # connections = cns
                         title = "triangles",
                         xlabel = "x",
                         ylabel = "y",
@@ -1235,7 +1238,7 @@ const _examples = PlotExample[
 _animation_examples = [2, 31]
 _backend_skips = Dict(
     :gr => [25, 30],
-    :pyplot => [2, 25, 30, 31, 47, 49, 55],
+    :pyplot => [2, 25, 30, 31, 49, 55],
     :plotlyjs => [2, 21, 24, 25, 30, 31, 49, 51, 55],
     :plotly => [2, 21, 24, 25, 30, 31, 49, 50, 51, 55],
     :pgfplotsx => [
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index ffafde64..83aa022a 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -1181,16 +1181,12 @@ end
 _document_argument(S::AbstractString) =
     _fmt_paragraph("`$S`: " * _arg_desc[Symbol(S)], leadingspaces = 6 + length(S))
 
-function mesh3d_triangles(x, y, z, cns)
-    if typeof(cns) <: Tuple{Array,Array,Array}
-        ci, cj, ck = cns
-        if !(length(ci) == length(cj) == length(ck))
-            throw(
-                ArgumentError("Argument connections must consist of equally sized arrays."),
-            )
-        end
-    else
-        throw(ArgumentError("Argument connections has to be a tuple of three arrays."))
+function mesh3d_triangles(x, y, z, cns::Tuple{Array,Array,Array})
+    ci, cj, ck = cns
+    if !(length(ci) == length(cj) == length(ck))
+        throw(
+            ArgumentError("Argument connections must consist of equally sized arrays."),
+        )
     end
     X = zeros(eltype(x), 4length(ci))
     Y = zeros(eltype(y), 4length(cj))
@@ -1215,6 +1211,30 @@ function mesh3d_triangles(x, y, z, cns)
     end
     return X, Y, Z
 end
+function mesh3d_triangles(x, y, z, cns::AbstractVector{NTuple{3, Int}})
+    X = zeros(eltype(x), 4length(cns))
+    Y = zeros(eltype(y), 4length(cns))
+    Z = zeros(eltype(z), 4length(cns))
+    @inbounds for I in 1:length(cns)
+        i = cns[I][1]  # connections are 1-based
+        j = cns[I][2]
+        k = cns[I][3]
+        m = 4(I - 1) + 1
+        n = m + 1
+        o = m + 2
+        p = m + 3
+        X[m] = X[p] = x[i]
+        Y[m] = Y[p] = y[i]
+        Z[m] = Z[p] = z[i]
+        X[n] = x[j]
+        Y[n] = y[j]
+        Z[n] = z[j]
+        X[o] = x[k]
+        Y[o] = y[k]
+        Z[o] = z[k]
+    end
+    return X, Y, Z
+end
 
 # cache joined symbols so they can be looked up instead of constructed each time
 const _attrsymbolcache = Dict{Symbol,Dict{Symbol,Symbol}}()