matplotlib.patches

Patches are Artists with a face color and an edge color.

Classes

Annulus(xy, r, width[, angle])	An elliptical annulus.
Arc(xy, width, height, *[, angle, theta1, ...])	An elliptical arc, i.e. a segment of an ellipse.
Arrow(x, y, dx, dy, *[, width])	An arrow patch.
ArrowStyle(stylename, **kwargs)	ArrowStyle is a container class which defines several arrowstyle classes, which is used to create an arrow path along a given path.
BoxStyle(stylename, **kwargs)	BoxStyle is a container class which defines several boxstyle classes, which are used for FancyBboxPatch.
Circle(xy[, radius])	A circle patch.
CirclePolygon(xy[, radius, resolution])	A polygon-approximation of a circle patch.
ConnectionPatch(xyA, xyB, coordsA[, ...])	A patch that connects two points (possibly in different Axes).
ConnectionStyle(stylename, **kwargs)	ConnectionStyle is a container class which defines several connectionstyle classes, which is used to create a path between two points.
Ellipse(xy, width, height, *[, angle])	A scale-free ellipse.
FancyArrow(x, y, dx, dy, *[, width, ...])	Like Arrow, but lets you set head width and head height independently.
FancyArrowPatch([posA, posB, path, ...])	A fancy arrow patch.
FancyBboxPatch(xy, width, height[, ...])	A fancy box around a rectangle with lower left at xy = (x, y) with specified width and height.
Patch(*[, edgecolor, facecolor, color, ...])	A patch is a 2D artist with a face color and an edge color.
PathPatch(path, **kwargs)	A general polycurve path patch.
StepPatch(values, edges, *[, orientation, ...])	A path patch describing a stepwise constant function.
Polygon(xy, *[, closed])	A general polygon patch.
Rectangle(xy, width, height, *[, angle, ...])	A rectangle defined via an anchor point xy and its width and height.
RegularPolygon(xy, numVertices, *[, radius, ...])	A regular polygon patch.
Shadow(patch, ox, oy, *[, shade])	Create a shadow of the given patch.
Wedge(center, r, theta1, theta2, *[, width])	Wedge shaped patch.

Functions

bbox_artist(artist, renderer[, props, fill])	A debug function to draw a rectangle around the bounding box returned by an artist's Artist.get_window_extent to test whether the artist is returning the correct bbox.
draw_bbox(bbox, renderer[, color, trans])	A debug function to draw a rectangle around the bounding box returned by an artist's Artist.get_window_extent to test whether the artist is returning the correct bbox.