.. 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_subplots_axes_and_figures_zoom_inset_axes.py: ====================== Zoom region inset axes ====================== Example of an inset axes and a rectangle showing where the zoom is located. .. code-block:: default from matplotlib import cbook import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def get_demo_image(): z = cbook.get_sample_data("axes_grid/bivariate_normal.npy", np_load=True) # z is a numpy array of 15x15 return z, (-3, 4, -4, 3) fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=[5, 4]) # make data Z, extent = get_demo_image() Z2 = np.zeros((150, 150)) ny, nx = Z.shape Z2[30:30+ny, 30:30+nx] = Z ax.imshow(Z2, extent=extent, origin="lower") # inset axes.... axins = ax.inset_axes([0.5, 0.5, 0.47, 0.47]) axins.imshow(Z2, extent=extent, origin="lower") # sub region of the original image x1, x2, y1, y2 = -1.5, -0.9, -2.5, -1.9 axins.set_xlim(x1, x2) axins.set_ylim(y1, y2) axins.set_xticklabels('') axins.set_yticklabels('') ax.indicate_inset_zoom(axins) plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_zoom_inset_axes_001.png :alt: zoom inset axes :class: sphx-glr-single-img ------------ References """""""""" The use of the following functions and methods is shown in this example: .. code-block:: default import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.inset_axes matplotlib.axes.Axes.indicate_inset_zoom matplotlib.axes.Axes.imshow .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-script-out Out: .. code-block:: none .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_zoom_inset_axes.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: zoom_inset_axes.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: zoom_inset_axes.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_