Thanks Ben, I should have been more clear. In fact I do want to create an entirely new figure containing the already created axes. This might not be the best way to do what I want to do, but the docs for add_axes states that passing an axes instance will add that instance to the figure. I must be misunderstanding something.
-Chris On Friday, August 12, 2011 05:57:17 PM Benjamin Root wrote: > Yes, you are making it harder on yourself... > > On Friday, August 12, 2011, Christopher Brown <c...@asu.edu> wrote: > > I feel like I'm doing this right, but it doesn't work. Any clues? > > > > from matplotlib import pyplot as pp > > > > pp.plot((1,2,3)) > > ax = pp.gca() > > At this point, a figure is implicitly created because none exists at this > point. The ax object is implicitly added to that. > > > f = pp.figure(num=2) > > This will be a completely new figure. > > > print 'first: %i' % ax.figure.number > > print 'second: %i' % f.number > > f.add_axes(ax) > > Since ax was already attached, it can't be in two figures at once, so the > assertion fails. > > > yields: > > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > > File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\matplotlib\figure.py", line 606, > > > > in add_axes > > > > assert(a.get_figure() is self) > > > > AssertionError > > So, just simply create your figure first, and call ax = f.gca() after. > There should be no need to call add_axes except in very special > situations. > > I hope that helps! > > Ben Root ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FREE DOWNLOAD - uberSVN with Social Coding for Subversion. Subversion made easy with a complete admin console. Easy to use, easy to manage, easy to install, easy to extend. Get a Free download of the new open ALM Subversion platform now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
