>>> """
============
Ellipse Demo
============
Draw many ellipses. Here individual ellipses are drawn. Compare this
to the :doc:`Ellipse collection example
</gallery/shapes_and_collections/ellipse_collection>`.
"""
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... import numpy as np
... from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse
...
...
... # Fixing random state for reproducibility
... np.random.seed(19680801)
...
... NUM = 250
...
... ells = [Ellipse(xy=np.random.rand(2) * 10,
... width=np.random.rand(), height=np.random.rand(),
... angle=np.random.rand() * 360)
... for i in range(NUM)]
...
... fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'aspect': 'equal'})
... for e in ells:
... ax.add_artist(e)
... e.set_clip_box(ax.bbox)
... e.set_alpha(np.random.rand())
... e.set_facecolor(np.random.rand(3))
...
... ax.set_xlim(0, 10)
... ax.set_ylim(0, 10)
...
... plt.show()
...
... #############################################################################
... # ===============
... # Ellipse Rotated
... # ===============
... #
... # Draw many ellipses with different angles.
... #
...
... angle_step = 45 # degrees
... angles = np.arange(0, 180, angle_step)
...
... fig, ax = plt.subplots(subplot_kw={'aspect': 'equal'})
...
... for angle in angles:
... ellipse = Ellipse((0, 0), 4, 2, angle=angle, alpha=0.1)
... ax.add_artist(ellipse)
...
... ax.set_xlim(-2.2, 2.2)
... ax.set_ylim(-2.2, 2.2)
...
... plt.show()
...
... #############################################################################
... #
... # .. admonition:: References
... #
... # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
... # in this example:
... #
... # - `matplotlib.patches`
... # - `matplotlib.patches.Ellipse`
... # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_artist`
... # - `matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_clip_box`
... # - `matplotlib.artist.Artist.set_alpha`
... # - `matplotlib.patches.Patch.set_facecolor`
...