Re: [Matplotlib-users] Re-combine different axes to make new figure in matplotlib

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2014/05/11 7:56 PM, Yuxiang Wang wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am curious that whether this is possible in matplotlib:
>
> I first create some figures, with subplots.
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> fig1, axs1 = plt.subplots(2, 2)
> fig2, axs2 = plt.subplots(2, 2)
>
> And then, could I recombine them, so fig3 is composed of the first row
> in fig1 (i.e., axs1[0, 0] and axs1[0, 1]) and second row in fig2
> (i.e., axs2[1, 0] and axs2[1, 1])?
>
> Currently, all I could do is to re-plot them. I am curious about
> whether there is a way that I can just move axes around and re-combine
> them to make new figures. Thanks!

No, there is no facility for doing this.  The Axes class is always 
initialized with a Figure instance.  The Axes and Figure are quite 
tightly tied together via transforms.

Eric

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> -Shawn
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