Hi Ben, Eric and Paul,

Paul's partial solution is actually exactly what I need. Thanks!

-Chris

On Friday, August 12, 2011 07:26:22 PM Benjamin Root wrote:
> On Friday, August 12, 2011, Christopher Brown <c...@asu.edu> wrote:
> > 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
> 
> So, are you specifically wanting the same axes object in two figures?  If
> so, as Paul said, it is technically possible (using the method that Eric
> mentioned), but that mode is currently unsupported and we can not guarantee
> that things will work as expected.  Matplotlib assumes that an axes object
> has a single parent, and breaking that assumption can cause issues down the
> line.
> 
> However, if you don't intend to have the same axes appear twice, then the
> question becomes why do you need to create the figure after the axes?
> 
> Ben Root

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