.. 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_axes_demo.py: ========= Axes Demo ========= Example use of ``fig.add_axes`` to create inset axes within the main plot axes. Please see also the :ref:`axes_grid_examples` section, and the following three examples: - :doc:`/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/zoom_inset_axes` - :doc:`/gallery/axes_grid1/inset_locator_demo` - :doc:`/gallery/axes_grid1/inset_locator_demo2` .. image:: /gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/images/sphx_glr_axes_demo_001.png :alt: Gaussian colored noise, Probability, Impulse response :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np np.random.seed(19680801) # Fixing random state for reproducibility. # create some data to use for the plot dt = 0.001 t = np.arange(0.0, 10.0, dt) r = np.exp(-t[:1000] / 0.05) # impulse response x = np.random.randn(len(t)) s = np.convolve(x, r)[:len(x)] * dt # colored noise fig, main_ax = plt.subplots() main_ax.plot(t, s) main_ax.set_xlim(0, 1) main_ax.set_ylim(1.1 * np.min(s), 2 * np.max(s)) main_ax.set_xlabel('time (s)') main_ax.set_ylabel('current (nA)') main_ax.set_title('Gaussian colored noise') # this is an inset axes over the main axes right_inset_ax = fig.add_axes([.65, .6, .2, .2], facecolor='k') right_inset_ax.hist(s, 400, density=True) right_inset_ax.set(title='Probability', xticks=[], yticks=[]) # this is another inset axes over the main axes left_inset_ax = fig.add_axes([.2, .6, .2, .2], facecolor='k') left_inset_ax.plot(t[:len(r)], r) left_inset_ax.set(title='Impulse response', xlim=(0, .2), xticks=[], yticks=[]) plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_subplots_axes_and_figures_axes_demo.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: axes_demo.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: axes_demo.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_