.. _pylab_examples-ellipse_rotated: pylab_examples example code: ellipse_rotated.py =============================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/ellipse_rotated.py :: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse delta = 45.0 # degrees angles = np.arange(0, 360 + delta, delta) ells = [Ellipse((1, 1), 4, 2, a) for a in angles] a = plt.subplot(111, aspect='equal') for e in ells: e.set_clip_box(a.bbox) e.set_alpha(0.1) a.add_artist(e) plt.xlim(-2, 4) plt.ylim(-1, 3) plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)