Finalizes the ticks on the axes based on the supplied ticks
        and Elements. Sets the axes position as well as tick positions,
        labels and fontsize.

def _finalize_ticks(self, axis, dimensions, xticks, yticks, zticks):
        """
        Finalizes the ticks on the axes based on the supplied ticks
        and Elements. Sets the axes position as well as tick positions,
        labels and fontsize.
        """
        ndims = len(dimensions) if dimensions else 0
        xdim = dimensions[0] if ndims else None
        ydim = dimensions[1] if ndims > 1 else None

        # Tick formatting
        if xdim:
            self._set_axis_formatter(axis.xaxis, xdim, self.xformatter)
        if ydim:
            self._set_axis_formatter(axis.yaxis, ydim, self.yformatter)
        if self.projection == '3d':
            zdim = dimensions[2] if ndims > 2 else None
            if zdim or self.zformatter is not None:
                self._set_axis_formatter(axis.zaxis, zdim, self.zformatter)

        xticks = xticks if xticks else self.xticks
        self._set_axis_ticks(axis.xaxis, xticks, log=self.logx,
                             rotation=self.xrotation)

        yticks = yticks if yticks else self.yticks
        self._set_axis_ticks(axis.yaxis, yticks, log=self.logy,
                             rotation=self.yrotation)

        if self.projection == '3d':
            zticks = zticks if zticks else self.zticks
            self._set_axis_ticks(axis.zaxis, zticks, log=self.logz,
                                 rotation=self.zrotation)

        axes_str = 'xy'
        axes_list = [axis.xaxis, axis.yaxis]

        if hasattr(axis, 'zaxis'):
            axes_str += 'z'
            axes_list.append(axis.zaxis)

        for ax, ax_obj in zip(axes_str, axes_list):
            tick_fontsize = self._fontsize('%sticks' % ax,'labelsize',common=False)
            if tick_fontsize: ax_obj.set_tick_params(**tick_fontsize)