positioning an inset_axes precisely in the figure

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#1

hi all,

i am using mpl_toolkits.axes_grid.inset_locator.inset_axes to plot an
inset axes inside my figure, as follows:

  inset = inset_axes(s,
           width="30%", # width = 30% of parent_bbox
           height=.5, # height : 1 inch
                       loc=4
)

i am trying to use the bbox_transform keyword argument to reposition
this within the figure -- i want to use figure coordinates rather than
the loc= keyword.

if i try the following:

    inset = inset_axes(s,
           width="30%", # width = 30% of parent_bbox
           height=.5, # height : 1 inch
           bbox_transform=(0.1, 0.1))

then i get the error:

  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-1.0.svn_r7892-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/matplotlib/offsetbox.py",
line 910, in get_bbox_to_anchor
    transform)
  File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-1.0.svn_r7892-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/matplotlib/transforms.py",
line 974, in __init__
    assert isinstance(transform, Transform)
AssertionError

any idea how i can reposition the inset axes? thanks very much for your help.

#2

*bbox_transform* expects a Transform instance.

ax = subplot(111)
ax2 = inset_axes(ax, width=3, height=2, loc=3,
                 bbox_to_anchor=(0.1, 0.1),
                 bbox_transform=ax.figure.transFigure)

Note that, bbox_to_anchor with a tuple of two numbers creates a bbox
with width=height=0, and something like width="30%" won't work.

Regards,

-JJ

···

i am using mpl_toolkits.axes_grid.inset_locator.inset_axes to plot an
inset axes inside my figure, as follows:

inset = inset_axes(s,
width="30%", # width = 30% of parent_bbox
height=.5, # height : 1 inch
loc=4
)

i am trying to use the bbox_transform keyword argument to reposition
this within the figure -- i want to use figure coordinates rather than
the loc= keyword.

if i try the following:

inset = inset_axes(s,
width="30%", # width = 30% of parent_bbox
height=.5, # height : 1 inch
bbox_transform=(0.1, 0.1))

then i get the error:

File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-1.0.svn_r7892-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/matplotlib/offsetbox.py",
line 910, in get_bbox_to_anchor
transform)
File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/matplotlib-1.0.svn_r7892-py2.6-macosx-10.6-universal.egg/matplotlib/transforms.py",
line 974, in __init__
assert isinstance(transform, Transform)
AssertionError

any idea how i can reposition the inset axes? thanks very much for your help.

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