.. DO NOT EDIT. .. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY. .. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE: .. "gallery/shapes_and_collections/path_patch.py" .. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW. .. 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_path_patch.py: ================ PathPatch object ================ This example shows how to create `~.path.Path` and `~.patches.PathPatch` objects through Matplotlib's API. .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-41 .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.path as mpath import matplotlib.patches as mpatches import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots() Path = mpath.Path path_data = [ (Path.MOVETO, (1.58, -2.57)), (Path.CURVE4, (0.35, -1.1)), (Path.CURVE4, (-1.75, 2.0)), (Path.CURVE4, (0.375, 2.0)), (Path.LINETO, (0.85, 1.15)), (Path.CURVE4, (2.2, 3.2)), (Path.CURVE4, (3, 0.05)), (Path.CURVE4, (2.0, -0.5)), (Path.CLOSEPOLY, (1.58, -2.57)), ] codes, verts = zip(*path_data) path = mpath.Path(verts, codes) patch = mpatches.PathPatch(path, facecolor='r', alpha=0.5) ax.add_patch(patch) # plot control points and connecting lines x, y = zip(*path.vertices) line, = ax.plot(x, y, 'go-') ax.grid() ax.axis('equal') plt.show() .. image:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_path_patch_001.png :alt: path patch :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 42-52 .. admonition:: References The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example: - `matplotlib.path` - `matplotlib.path.Path` - `matplotlib.patches` - `matplotlib.patches.PathPatch` - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch` .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_path_patch.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: path_patch.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: path_patch.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_