""" ====================== Demo CurveLinear Grid2 ====================== Custom grid and ticklines. This example demonstrates how to use GridHelperCurveLinear to define custom grids and ticklines by applying a transformation on the grid. As showcase on the plot, a 5x5 matrix is displayed on the Axes. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.axislines import Axes from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.grid_finder import (ExtremeFinderSimple, MaxNLocator) from mpl_toolkits.axisartist.grid_helper_curvelinear import \ GridHelperCurveLinear def curvelinear_test1(fig): """Grid for custom transform.""" def tr(x, y): return np.sign(x)*abs(x)**.5, y def inv_tr(x, y): return np.sign(x)*x**2, y grid_helper = GridHelperCurveLinear( (tr, inv_tr), extreme_finder=ExtremeFinderSimple(20, 20), # better tick density grid_locator1=MaxNLocator(nbins=6), grid_locator2=MaxNLocator(nbins=6)) ax1 = fig.add_subplot(axes_class=Axes, grid_helper=grid_helper) # ax1 will have a ticks and gridlines defined by the given # transform (+ transData of the Axes). Note that the transform of the Axes # itself (i.e., transData) is not affected by the given transform. ax1.imshow(np.arange(25).reshape(5, 5), vmax=50, cmap=plt.cm.gray_r, origin="lower") if __name__ == "__main__": fig = plt.figure(figsize=(7, 4)) curvelinear_test1(fig) plt.show()