""" ================== floating_axis demo ================== Axis within rectangular frame. The following code demonstrates how to put a floating polar curve within a rectangular box. In order to get a better sense of polar curves, please look at :doc:`/gallery/axisartist/demo_curvelinear_grid`. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from matplotlib.projections import PolarAxes from matplotlib.transforms import Affine2D from mpl_toolkits.axisartist import GridHelperCurveLinear, HostAxes import mpl_toolkits.axisartist.angle_helper as angle_helper def curvelinear_test2(fig): """Polar projection, but in a rectangular box.""" # see demo_curvelinear_grid.py for details grid_helper = GridHelperCurveLinear( Affine2D().scale(np.pi / 180., 1.) + PolarAxes.PolarTransform(), extreme_finder=angle_helper.ExtremeFinderCycle( 20, 20, lon_cycle=360, lat_cycle=None, lon_minmax=None, lat_minmax=(0, np.inf), ), grid_locator1=angle_helper.LocatorDMS(12), tick_formatter1=angle_helper.FormatterDMS(), ) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(axes_class=HostAxes, grid_helper=grid_helper) # Now create floating axis # floating axis whose first coordinate (theta) is fixed at 60 ax1.axis["lat"] = axis = ax1.new_floating_axis(0, 60) axis.label.set_text(r"$\theta = 60^{\circ}$") axis.label.set_visible(True) # floating axis whose second coordinate (r) is fixed at 6 ax1.axis["lon"] = axis = ax1.new_floating_axis(1, 6) axis.label.set_text(r"$r = 6$") ax1.set_aspect(1.) ax1.set_xlim(-5, 12) ax1.set_ylim(-5, 10) ax1.grid(True) fig = plt.figure(figsize=(5, 5)) curvelinear_test2(fig) plt.show()