Re: [Matplotlib-users] Inset plot with a previously draw plot

[Benjamin R. <ben...@gm...>]

An axes can only belong to one figure at a time. And I also don't think I
have ever seen anyone try and transfer an axes from one figure to another.

You *might* have luck with inset locators from axes_grid:
http://matplotlib.org/examples/axes_grid/inset_locator_demo.html

Cheers!
Ben Root

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Alejandro Weinstein <
ale...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a previously draw plot that I want to place as an inset in
> another figure. I've tried with passing the previously drawn axes as
> the `axes` parameter to the `add_axes` method of the figure, and also
> tried using the `set_axes` method of the new axes, without success: I
> get the new inset axes, but without the previously drawn plot, in both
> cases.
>
> The following code shows both approaches:
>
>     # Passing the inset axes as a parameter to add_axes
>     fig_in, ax_in = plt.subplots()
>     ax_in.plot([1,2,3])
>     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
>     ax.plot([1,2,1])
>     fig.add_axes([0.72, 0.72, 0.16, 0.16], axes=ax_in)
>
>     # Using set_axes
>     fig_in, ax_in = plt.subplots()
>     ax_in.plot([1,2,3])
>     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
>     ax.plot([1,2,1])
>     ax_new = fig.add_axes([0.72, 0.72, 0.16, 0.16])
>     ax_new.set_axes(ax_in)
>
> Any help with this will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Alejandro
>
>
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