.. note::
    :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

    Click :ref:`here <sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_ellipse_demo.py>` to download the full example code
.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_shapes_and_collections_ellipse_demo.py:


============
Ellipse Demo
============





.. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_ellipse_demo_001.png
    :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. 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()


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_ellipse_demo.py:


.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer
    :class: sphx-glr-footer-example



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: ellipse_demo.py <ellipse_demo.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: ellipse_demo.ipynb <ellipse_demo.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot
    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery
    <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_