On 11/5/12 3:19 PM, Benjamin Root wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Brad Malone <brad.mal...@gmail.com > <mailto:brad.mal...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am trying to plot some small circles in my plotting window, in > addition to the curves I'm already plotting. If I don't want to set > my x- and y- axis scales equal to each other, a naive drawing of a > circle results in an ellipse. To fix this problem I found some nice > example code online here : > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9230389/why-is-matplotlib-plotting-my-circles-as-ovals, > which solves the problem by basically plotting an ellipse, but an > ellipse which will look like a circle in the display window. > > That works all fine for me, but then, if I change my xlim or ylim > using ax1.set_xlim((something1,something2)) then the solution no > longer works, and I get an ellipse. > > A minimal example showing the breaking behavior can be seen below. > > > I am probably gonna reply to that stackoverflow question with a better > response... > > Essentially, you want a similar behavior to the markers in the scatter > plots, right? As you zoom or resize the plot, the circle markers stay > as circles and have the same size relative to the size of the figure. > If that is what you want, the way to do that is very easy. > > ax1.scatter([0.5], [0.5], s=30) > > Or whatever size you want (units of points).
I think the units are points^2, i.e., area of the circle... Thanks, Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
