Einar M. Einarsson wrote: > Hi all. > > is it not possible to extend plot outside of a plot area? To > illustrate what I want > to do take for example the wind barbs example from the matplotlib > gallery. > (see below) > > I only changed line 23 from ax.barbs(X, Y, U, V) to ax.barbs(X, Y, - > U, -V) > > But now we don't see the tail of the barbs in the first subplot. > > So Is it possible to let matplotlib plot the tail, without extending > the axes? >
Einar: You can use the set_clip_box method of the barbs instance to turn clipping off: bb = ax.barbs(X, Y, -U, -V) bb.set_clip_box(None) -Jeff > Best Regards > Einar M. Einarsson > > ''' > Demonstration of wind barb plots > ''' > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > import numpy as np > > x = np.linspace(-5, 5, 5) > X,Y = np.meshgrid(x, x) > U, V = 12*X, 12*Y > > data = [(-1.5, .5, -6, -6), > (1, -1, -46, 46), > (-3, -1, 11, -11), > (1, 1.5, 80, 80), > (0.5, 0.25, 25, 15), > (-1.5, -0.5, -5, 40)] > > data = np.array(data, dtype=[('x', np.float32), ('y', np.float32), > ('u', np.float32), ('v', np.float32)]) > > #Default parameters, uniform grid > ax = plt.subplot(2,2,1) > ax.barbs(X, Y, -U, -V) > > #Arbitrary set of vectors, make them longer and change the pivot point > #(point around which they're rotated) to be the middle > ax = plt.subplot(2,2,2) > ax.barbs(data['x'], data['y'], data['u'], data['v'], length=8, > pivot='middle') > > #Showing colormapping with uniform grid. Fill the circle for an > empty barb, > #don't round the values, and change some of the size parameters > ax = plt.subplot(2,2,3) > ax.barbs(X, Y, U, V, np.sqrt(U*U + V*V), fill_empty=True, > rounding=False, > sizes=dict(emptybarb=0.25, spacing=0.2, height=0.3)) > > #Change colors as well as the increments for parts of the barbs > ax = plt.subplot(2,2,4) > ax.barbs(data['x'], data['y'], data['u'], data['v'], flagcolor='r', > barbcolor=['b','g'], barb_increments=dict(half=10, full=20, > flag=100), > flip_barb=True) > > plt.show() > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users