While you cannot add an axes to another axes, you can set position of
an axes "relative to" another axes. The threads below show simple
approaches.
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general/16373
http://old.nabble.com/embedding-figures-inside-another-%28coordinates%29-td2282612
A figure is a figure and an axes is an axes. They are NOT
interchangeable. The AxesGrid essentially creates a list of axes.
As you may already know, only figure class has an add_axes method. And
axes can only be added to a figure. You cannot add an axes to another
axes.
Since I have no idea what
Hi guys,
I made a class which create a special plot in the parent figure
(matplotlib.pyplot.figure) given as a argument to the __init__ method.
To show more than one instance of this class in the matrix I make a grid
(mpl_toolkits.axes_grid.AxesGrid) and initialize the class with proper element