Hi, As far as I know, the destination coordinate of trans* is a display (canvas) coordinate, not the normalized figure coordinate. It has a dimension of f.get_figwidth()*f.get_dpi(), f.get_figheight()*f.get_dpi().
For example, transFigure transforms the normalized figure coordinate to the display coordinate. See if something like below works for you. ax = gca() f = gcf() x1, y1, x2, y2 = 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 trans = ax.transData + f.transFigure.inverted() ax_x1, ax_y1 = trans.transform_point([x1, y1]) ax_x2, ax_y2 = trans.transform_point([x2, y2]) ax_dx, ax_dy = ax_x2 - ax_x1, ax_y2 - ax_y1 a = axes([ax_x1, ax_y1,ax_dx, ax_dy]) IHTH, -JJ On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Yves Revaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear List, > > I would like to define a new second plot inside a first plot using the > axes command. > But I need the position and size do be defined not by the relative > figure coordinates > but by data coordinates. > > I have found the following trick : > > ax = gca() > f = gcf() > x,y = ax.transData.transform([x,y])/f.transFigure.transform([1,1]) > a = axes([x,y,dy,dy]) > > However, if the position is now ok, the size (dx,dy) is still on > relative figure coordiate. > Ok, I could think a bit more and find how its possible to transform it, > but I would > like to ask the list if there is an easier way to do that. > > By the way, why do I have to divide by f.transFigure.transform([1,1]) ? > I expected that ax.transData.transform did return already normalized > values. > > > Thanks in advance. > > yves > > > > -- > (o o) > --------------------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo------- > Yves Revaz > Laboratory of Astrophysics EPFL > Observatoire de Sauverny Tel : ++ 41 22 379 24 28 > 51. Ch. des Maillettes Fax : ++ 41 22 379 22 05 > 1290 Sauverny e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > SWITZERLAND Web : http://www.lunix.ch/revaz/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
