import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid \ import Divider, LocatableAxes, Size def demo_fixed_size_axes(): fig1 = plt.figure(1, (6, 6)) # The first items are for padding and the second items are for the axes. # sizes are in inch. h = [Size.Fixed(1.0), Size.Fixed(4.5)] v = [Size.Fixed(0.7), Size.Fixed(5.)] divider = Divider(fig1, (0.0, 0.0, 1., 1.), h, v, aspect=False) # the width and height of the rectangle is ignored. ax = LocatableAxes(fig1, divider.get_position()) ax.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=1, ny=1)) fig1.add_axes(ax) ax.plot([1,2,3]) def demo_fixed_pad_axes(): fig = plt.figure(2, (6, 6)) # The first & third items are for padding and the second items are for the axes. # sizes are in inch. h = [Size.Fixed(1.0), Size.Scaled(1.), Size.Fixed(.2),] v = [Size.Fixed(0.7), Size.Scaled(1.), Size.Fixed(.5),] divider = Divider(fig, (0.0, 0.0, 1., 1.), h, v, aspect=False) # the width and height of the rectangle is ignored. ax = LocatableAxes(fig, divider.get_position()) ax.set_axes_locator(divider.new_locator(nx=1, ny=1)) fig.add_axes(ax) ax.plot([1,2,3]) if __name__ == "__main__": demo_fixed_size_axes() demo_fixed_pad_axes() plt.draw() plt.show()