.. _api-compound_path: api example code: compound_path.py ================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/api/compound_path.py :: """ Make a compund path -- in this case two simple polygons, a rectangle and a triangle. Use CLOSEOPOLY and MOVETO for the different parts of the compound path """ import numpy as np from matplotlib.path import Path from matplotlib.patches import PathPatch import matplotlib.pyplot as plt vertices = [] codes = [] codes = [Path.MOVETO] + [Path.LINETO]*3 + [Path.CLOSEPOLY] vertices = [(1,1), (1,2), (2, 2), (2, 1), (0,0)] codes += [Path.MOVETO] + [Path.LINETO]*2 + [Path.CLOSEPOLY] vertices += [(4,4), (5,5), (5, 4), (0,0)] vertices = np.array(vertices, float) path = Path(vertices, codes) pathpatch = PathPatch(path, facecolor='None', edgecolor='green') fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.add_patch(pathpatch) ax.set_title('A compound path') ax.dataLim.update_from_data_xy(vertices) ax.autoscale_view() plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)