Inset plot with a previously draw plot

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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

2

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

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On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Alejandro Weinstein <alejandro.weinstein@…2015…87…> 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

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