.. _sphx_glr_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_axis_equal_demo.py: =============== Axis Equal Demo =============== How to set and adjust plots with equal axis ratios. .. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_axis_equal_demo_001.png :align: center .. code-block:: python import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # Plot circle of radius 3. an = np.linspace(0, 2 * np.pi, 100) fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2) axs[0, 0].plot(3 * np.cos(an), 3 * np.sin(an)) axs[0, 0].set_title('not equal, looks like ellipse', fontsize=10) axs[0, 1].plot(3 * np.cos(an), 3 * np.sin(an)) axs[0, 1].axis('equal') axs[0, 1].set_title('equal, looks like circle', fontsize=10) axs[1, 0].plot(3 * np.cos(an), 3 * np.sin(an)) axs[1, 0].axis('equal') axs[1, 0].axis([-3, 3, -3, 3]) axs[1, 0].set_title('still a circle, even after changing limits', fontsize=10) axs[1, 1].plot(3 * np.cos(an), 3 * np.sin(an)) axs[1, 1].set_aspect('equal', 'box') axs[1, 1].set_title('still a circle, auto-adjusted data limits', fontsize=10) fig.tight_layout() plt.show() **Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes 0.109 seconds) .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Python source code: axis_equal_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: axis_equal_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_