.. _axes_grid-inset_locator_demo: axes_grid example code: inset_locator_demo.py ============================================= .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/axes_grid/inset_locator_demo.py :: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.inset_locator import inset_axes, zoomed_inset_axes from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1.anchored_artists import AnchoredSizeBar def add_sizebar(ax, size): asb = AnchoredSizeBar(ax.transData, size, str(size), loc=8, pad=0.1, borderpad=0.5, sep=5, frameon=False) ax.add_artist(asb) fig, (ax, ax2) = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=[5.5, 3]) # first subplot ax.set_aspect(1.) axins = inset_axes(ax, width="30%", # width = 30% of parent_bbox height=1., # height : 1 inch loc=3) plt.xticks(visible=False) plt.yticks(visible=False) # second subplot ax2.set_aspect(1.) axins = zoomed_inset_axes(ax2, 0.5, loc=1) # zoom = 0.5 # fix the number of ticks on the inset axes axins.yaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(nbins=7) axins.xaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(nbins=7) plt.xticks(visible=False) plt.yticks(visible=False) add_sizebar(ax2, 0.5) add_sizebar(axins, 0.5) plt.draw() plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)