Thomas Robitaille wrote: > Thanks! > > Is there an easy way to keep a reference to patches? I notice that for > example > > p = ax.add_patch(Circle((0.5,0.5),radius=0.5)) > > does not work (p is not a reference to the patch). Is there a way to > keep a reference so I can update the properties of the patch at a later > time?
Split the command up: p = Circle(...) ax.add_patch(p, ...) (add_* could be modified to return the reference; maybe this would be worthwhile.) Eric > > Cheers, > > Thomas > > On 29 Apr 2009, at 21:13, Eric Firing wrote: > >> Thomas Robitaille wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Is there an easy way to draw a patch or a patchcollection such that >>> it always stays at the same relative position in a set of axes, >>> rather than at the same pixel position? So for example, I would want >>> to plot it at (0.1,0.1) relative to the axes, and if I zoom in I >>> would still want it to stay at (0.1,0.1) >> >> With ipython -pylab: >> >> ax = gca() >> ax.fill([0.1, 0.2, 0.15], [0.1, 0.1, 0.15], transform=ax.transAxes) >> draw() >> >> then pan, zoom at will. >> >> Eric >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
