Adjusting a physical size of the axes is a bit tricky in matplotlib, as the axes has an fixed position in normalized figure coordinate. But, I guess setting the axes aspect ratio in physical size is doable relatively easily, at least if your x,y axis are in linear scales. For example, if you want a square axes, set the aspect as the inverse of your data aspect (ratio).
ax.set_aspect(1./ax.get_data_ratio()) As you see, you need to reset the aspect whenever your data limit changes. IHTH, -JJ On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Erik Tollerud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to ensure that the axes on a plot I'm making are square > in the sense of how the axes appear in the figure. I tried using > ax.set_aspect(1) , but that squares the axes in data coordinates, > rather than in figure coordinates. So aside from generating a figure > that is always square (which doesn't always work anyway if, for > example, I want a colorbar), how can I force the axes to be a > particular axis ratio in coordinates of physical size on the page? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
