
.. DO NOT EDIT.
.. THIS FILE WAS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED BY SPHINX-GALLERY.
.. TO MAKE CHANGES, EDIT THE SOURCE PYTHON FILE:
.. "gallery/shapes_and_collections/path_patch.py"
.. LINE NUMBERS ARE GIVEN BELOW.

.. only:: html

    .. meta::
        :keywords: codex

    .. note::
        :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note

        :ref:`Go to the end <sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_path_patch.py>`
        to download the full example code.

.. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_shapes_and_collections_path_patch.py:


================
PathPatch object
================

This example shows how to create `~.path.Path` and `~.patches.PathPatch`
objects through Matplotlib's API.

.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 9-42

.. code-block:: Python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

    import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
    import matplotlib.path as mpath

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()

    Path = mpath.Path
    path_data = [
        (Path.MOVETO, (1.58, -2.57)),
        (Path.CURVE4, (0.35, -1.1)),
        (Path.CURVE4, (-1.75, 2.0)),
        (Path.CURVE4, (0.375, 2.0)),
        (Path.LINETO, (0.85, 1.15)),
        (Path.CURVE4, (2.2, 3.2)),
        (Path.CURVE4, (3, 0.05)),
        (Path.CURVE4, (2.0, -0.5)),
        (Path.CLOSEPOLY, (1.58, -2.57)),
        ]
    codes, verts = zip(*path_data)
    path = mpath.Path(verts, codes)
    patch = mpatches.PathPatch(path, facecolor='r', alpha=0.5)
    ax.add_patch(patch)

    # plot control points and connecting lines
    x, y = zip(*path.vertices)
    line, = ax.plot(x, y, 'go-')

    ax.grid()
    ax.axis('equal')
    plt.show()




.. image-sg:: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_path_patch_001.png
   :alt: path patch
   :srcset: /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_path_patch_001.png, /gallery/shapes_and_collections/images/sphx_glr_path_patch_001_2_00x.png 2.00x
   :class: sphx-glr-single-img





.. GENERATED FROM PYTHON SOURCE LINES 43-53

.. admonition:: References

   The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown
   in this example:

   - `matplotlib.path`
   - `matplotlib.path.Path`
   - `matplotlib.patches`
   - `matplotlib.patches.PathPatch`
   - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.add_patch`


.. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_shapes_and_collections_path_patch.py:

.. only:: html

  .. container:: sphx-glr-footer sphx-glr-footer-example

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter

      :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: path_patch.ipynb <path_patch.ipynb>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python

      :download:`Download Python source code: path_patch.py <path_patch.py>`

    .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-zip

      :download:`Download zipped: path_patch.zip <path_patch.zip>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.github.io>`_
