""" ======================================= Advanced quiver and quiverkey functions ======================================= Demonstrates some more advanced options for `~.axes.Axes.quiver`. For a simple example refer to :doc:`/gallery/images_contours_and_fields/quiver_simple_demo`. Note: The plot autoscaling does not take into account the arrows, so those on the boundaries may reach out of the picture. This is not an easy problem to solve in a perfectly general way. The recommended workaround is to manually set the Axes limits in such a case. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np X, Y = np.meshgrid(np.arange(0, 2 * np.pi, .2), np.arange(0, 2 * np.pi, .2)) U = np.cos(X) V = np.sin(Y) ############################################################################### fig1, ax1 = plt.subplots() ax1.set_title('Arrows scale with plot width, not view') Q = ax1.quiver(X, Y, U, V, units='width') qk = ax1.quiverkey(Q, 0.9, 0.9, 2, r'$2 \frac{m}{s}$', labelpos='E', coordinates='figure') ############################################################################### fig2, ax2 = plt.subplots() ax2.set_title("pivot='mid'; every third arrow; units='inches'") Q = ax2.quiver(X[::3, ::3], Y[::3, ::3], U[::3, ::3], V[::3, ::3], pivot='mid', units='inches') qk = ax2.quiverkey(Q, 0.9, 0.9, 1, r'$1 \frac{m}{s}$', labelpos='E', coordinates='figure') ax2.scatter(X[::3, ::3], Y[::3, ::3], color='r', s=5) ############################################################################### # sphinx_gallery_thumbnail_number = 3 fig3, ax3 = plt.subplots() ax3.set_title("pivot='tip'; scales with x view") M = np.hypot(U, V) Q = ax3.quiver(X, Y, U, V, M, units='x', pivot='tip', width=0.022, scale=1 / 0.15) qk = ax3.quiverkey(Q, 0.9, 0.9, 1, r'$1 \frac{m}{s}$', labelpos='E', coordinates='figure') ax3.scatter(X, Y, color='0.5', s=1) plt.show() ############################################################################# # # ------------ # # References # """""""""" # # The use of the following functions and methods is shown in this example: import matplotlib matplotlib.axes.Axes.quiver matplotlib.pyplot.quiver matplotlib.axes.Axes.quiverkey matplotlib.pyplot.quiverkey