zoomed copy of axis for grid of subplots

Hello,
A common task I have is to histogram one variable of a multidimensional
dataset as a function of two (or more) variables. I have attached an example
which shows exactly what I would like to do.

The problem I would like to solve is the zoomed in x-axis which is the last
part of the script attached. I start by copying one of the subplots with
Axes.twiny() and proceed to adjust it and label it. The results are quite
nice but as soon as I start adjusting the plotted window or any of the
subplot spacing parameters, this "copy of an axis" does not transform
properly. Could anyone make a suggestion as to which transformations I
should use to shift and zoom the new axes? Or perhaps there is a better
method for drawing a zoomed in version of an axis?

I would like to submit this to the examples/gallery page but feel that these
details need to be addressed, and I am not sure I know how to fix them.
Hopefully, I have commented this example enough that someone could follow
what I am doing.

Thank you,
Johann

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30748088/grid_plot.png

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30748088/grid_plot.py grid_plot.py

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Have you checked out the axes_grid1 toolkit? I have seen some neat
features there such as zoomed in plots and such. Maybe it could help
you?

Ben Root

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On Monday, January 24, 2011, johanngoetz <jgoetz@...2722...> wrote:

Hello,
A common task I have is to histogram one variable of a multidimensional
dataset as a function of two (or more) variables. I have attached an example
which shows exactly what I would like to do.

The problem I would like to solve is the zoomed in x-axis which is the last
part of the script attached. I start by copying one of the subplots with
Axes.twiny() and proceed to adjust it and label it. The results are quite
nice but as soon as I start adjusting the plotted window or any of the
subplot spacing parameters, this "copy of an axis" does not transform
properly. Could anyone make a suggestion as to which transformations I
should use to shift and zoom the new axes? Or perhaps there is a better
method for drawing a zoomed in version of an axis?

I would like to submit this to the examples/gallery page but feel that these
details need to be addressed, and I am not sure I know how to fix them.
Hopefully, I have commented this example enough that someone could follow
what I am doing.

Thank you,
Johann

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30748088/grid_plot.png

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30748088/grid_plot.py grid_plot.py

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Here is the axes_grid1 version. I only attach the *axins* part.
It is not identical to your original example and have difference scales.

-JJ

ax1 = ax[ybins-1,1]

from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator import zoomed_inset_axes, \
     mark_inset

axins = zoomed_inset_axes(parent_axes=ax1, zoom=2, loc=8,
                          bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, 0.),
                          bbox_transform=ax1.transAxes,
                          axes_kwargs=dict(sharex=ax1, sharey=ax1),
                          borderpad=-1.5, #padding in fraction of font size
                          )

pp, p1, p2 = mark_inset(parent_axes=ax1, inset_axes=axins, loc1=3, loc2=4.,
                        linestyle="dotted")
pp.set_visible(False)

axins.axesPatch.set_alpha(0.)

# we want to draw the bottom spine only
axins.set_frame_on(True)
axins.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
axins.spines['left'].set_visible(False)
axins.spines['right'].set_visible(False)

# don't draw the y axis ticks or labels
axins.set_yticks()
axins.set_yticklabels()

# only draw the bottom (x) axes
axins.xaxis.set_ticks_position('bottom')
axins.xaxis.set_label_position('bottom')

axins.set_xlabel('z-coordinate')

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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:08 AM, Benjamin Root <ben.root@...1304...> wrote:

On Monday, January 24, 2011, johanngoetz <jgoetz@...2722...> wrote:

Hello,
A common task I have is to histogram one variable of a multidimensional
dataset as a function of two (or more) variables. I have attached an example
which shows exactly what I would like to do.

The problem I would like to solve is the zoomed in x-axis which is the last
part of the script attached. I start by copying one of the subplots with
Axes.twiny() and proceed to adjust it and label it. The results are quite
nice but as soon as I start adjusting the plotted window or any of the
subplot spacing parameters, this "copy of an axis" does not transform
properly. Could anyone make a suggestion as to which transformations I
should use to shift and zoom the new axes? Or perhaps there is a better
method for drawing a zoomed in version of an axis?

I would like to submit this to the examples/gallery page but feel that these
details need to be addressed, and I am not sure I know how to fix them.
Hopefully, I have commented this example enough that someone could follow
what I am doing.

Thank you,
Johann

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30748088/grid_plot.png

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30748088/grid_plot.py grid_plot.py

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Have you checked out the axes_grid1 toolkit? I have seen some neat
features there such as zoomed in plots and such. Maybe it could help
you?

Ben Root

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Thanks guys! This is exactly what I was looking for. The axes_grid1 toolkit
works like a charm. I have attached a revised version of the example I had
before with a few minor modifications and some descriptive text at the top.

Is there a standard way for non-developers (i.e. users) to contribute
examples like these?
Thanks again!

http://old.nabble.com/file/p30807907/grid_histogram.py grid_histogram.py
http://old.nabble.com/file/p30807907/grid_histogram.png

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