.. _sphx_glr_gallery_shapes_and_collections_ellipse_demo.py: ============ Ellipse Demo ============ .. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_ellipse_demo_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse NUM = 250 ells = [Ellipse(xy=np.random.rand(2) * 10, width=np.random.rand(), height=np.random.rand(), angle=np.random.rand() * 360) for i in range(NUM)] fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'aspect': 'equal'}) for e in ells: ax.add_artist(e) e.set_clip_box(ax.bbox) e.set_alpha(np.random.rand()) e.set_facecolor(np.random.rand(3)) ax.set_xlim(0, 10) ax.set_ylim(0, 10) plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.062 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: ellipse_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: ellipse_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_