.. _pylab_examples-equal_aspect_ratio: pylab_examples example code: equal_aspect_ratio.py ================================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/src/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/equal_aspect_ratio.py :: """ Example: simple line plot. Show how to make a plot that has equal aspect ratio """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np t = np.arange(0.0, 1.0 + 0.01, 0.01) s = np.cos(2*2*np.pi*t) plt.plot(t, s, '-', lw=2) plt.xlabel('time (s)') plt.ylabel('voltage (mV)') plt.title('About as simple as it gets, folks') plt.grid(True) plt.axes().set_aspect('equal', 'datalim') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)