.. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_shapes_and_collections_compound_path.py: ============= Compound path ============= Make a compound path -- in this case two simple polygons, a rectangle and a triangle. Use ``CLOSEPOLY`` and ``MOVETO`` for the different parts of the compound path .. code-block:: default import numpy as np from matplotlib.path import Path from matplotlib.patches import PathPatch import matplotlib.pyplot as plt vertices = [] codes = [] codes = [Path.MOVETO] + [Path.LINETO]*3 + [Path.CLOSEPOLY] vertices = [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2), (2, 1), (0, 0)] codes += [Path.MOVETO] + [Path.LINETO]*2 + [Path.CLOSEPOLY] vertices += [(4, 4), (5, 5), (5, 4), (0, 0)] vertices = np.array(vertices, float) path = Path(vertices, codes) pathpatch = PathPatch(path, facecolor='None', edgecolor='green') fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.add_patch(pathpatch) ax.set_title('A compound path') ax.autoscale_view() plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_compound_path_001.png :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.path matplotlib.path.Path matplotlib.patches matplotlib.patches.PathPatch matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch matplotlib.axes.Axes.autoscale_view .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_compound_path.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: compound_path.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: compound_path.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_