An axes can only belong to one figure at a time. And I also don't think I have ever seen anyone try and transfer an axes from one figure to another.
You *might* have luck with inset locators from axes_grid: http://matplotlib.org/examples/axes_grid/inset_locator_demo.html Cheers! Ben Root On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Alejandro Weinstein < alejandro.weinst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a previously draw plot that I want to place as an inset in > another figure. I've tried with passing the previously drawn axes as > the `axes` parameter to the `add_axes` method of the figure, and also > tried using the `set_axes` method of the new axes, without success: I > get the new inset axes, but without the previously drawn plot, in both > cases. > > The following code shows both approaches: > > # Passing the inset axes as a parameter to add_axes > fig_in, ax_in = plt.subplots() > ax_in.plot([1,2,3]) > fig, ax = plt.subplots() > ax.plot([1,2,1]) > fig.add_axes([0.72, 0.72, 0.16, 0.16], axes=ax_in) > > # Using set_axes > fig_in, ax_in = plt.subplots() > ax_in.plot([1,2,3]) > fig, ax = plt.subplots() > ax.plot([1,2,1]) > ax_new = fig.add_axes([0.72, 0.72, 0.16, 0.16]) > ax_new.set_axes(ax_in) > > Any help with this will be appreciated. > > Regards, > Alejandro > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >
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