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To make static images, you can change the viewer option to 'tachyon' or 'canvas3d':

x,y= var('x,y')
plot3d(x^2*sin(y)-y^2*cos(x), (x,-6,6), (y,-6,6), viewer='tachyon')

There are several good published worksheets on 3d plotting, for example this one.